Zygodia.'] lxxxiv. apocynace^. (staff). 210 



3-4 lin. long, rusty pubescent; peduncle fine, 1-2 lin. long; bracts 

 lanceolate to linear ; pedicels extremely short or 0. Calyx finely 

 pubescent, J lin. long, with a few very minute intracalycular glands ; 

 sepals oblong, acute. Corolla subcampanulate, lj-l{ lin. long, 

 glabrous outside, hairy within except at the base ; supra-staminal scales 

 distinct, rather remote from the base of the filament ; lobes ovate, 

 acute, as long as the tube. Anthers hairy on the back. Disc distinct. 

 Carpel-tops pilose. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Usaramo ; Bagamoyo, Kirk ! 



4. Z. melanocephala, Staj)f. A climbing shrub ; young branches 

 slender, minutely rusty pubescent, soon glabrescent. Leaves oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, 1|-2J in. long, 8-10 lin. 

 broad, thin at the time of flowering, ultimately coriaceous, bearded in 

 the nerve-axils below, shiny and pubescent on the midrib above; 

 secondary nerves G-8 on each side, fine, distinct in the young, often 

 obscure in the old leaves; petiole 1 lin. long. Cymes dense, rusty 

 pubescent; peduncle 2 J lin. long; bracts linear; pedicels short or 0. 

 Calyx finely pubescent, 1 lin. long, without intracalycular glands ; sepals 

 ovate, acute. Corolla subcampanulate, 2 lin. long, glabrous without, 

 hairy within except at the base ; supra-staminal scales distinct, rather 

 remote from the base of the filament ; tube hairy within ; lobes ovate- 

 oblong equalling the tube. Anthers hairy on the back. Disc distinct. 

 Carpels pilose at the top. Follicles slender, spreading, up to 8 in. long. 

 — Oncinotis melanocephala, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. ii. 179, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 319. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara; Misosul, on the River 

 Buruka, Hoist, 2217 ! 



Very near Z. myrtifolia, Benth. 



5. Z. kindengensis, K. Schv/m. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. ii. 164. A climbing shrub. Young branches very slender, rusty 

 pubescent. Leaves oblong, acutely acuminate, acute or rounded at the 

 base, 1-1| in. long, 4-6 lin. broad, papery, glabrous, except along the 

 midrib above and the bearded nerve-axils below ; secondary nerves 

 6-8 on each side, fine, but distinct ; petiole 1| lin. long. Cymes few- 

 flowered, rusty pubescent; peduncle 1-H lin. long; bracts linear; 

 pedicels short. Calyx finely pubescent, 1 lin. long with 5 very minute 

 intracalycular glands ; sepals linear. Corolla subcampanulate, 1 J-2 lin. 

 long, glabrous without except at the base ; supra-staminal scales dis- 

 tinct, somewhat remote from the base of the filament; tube finely 

 hairy within ; lobes ovate, acute, as long as the tube. Anthers hairy on 

 the back. Disc distinct. Carpels glabrous. — K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 318. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: Usaraino; Kidunge, Stuhlmann, 

 6344! 



