Oncinotis.] Lxxxiv. APocYNACEiE (staff). 223 



2J-3 in. long, 1 in. broad, thinly coriaceous ; secondary nerves about 5 

 on each side, very oblique ; transverse veins loose ; petiole slender 

 2-3 lin. long. Panicles from the axils of the upper leaves, ovate to 

 lanceolate in outline, lJ-2 in. long, slender, delicately and minutely 

 tomentose ; peduncle up to J in. long ; bracts minute, caducous ; 

 pedicels up to 1 J lin. long. Calyx | lin. long ; sepals ovate-oblong, sub- 

 acute, delicately pubescent, eglandular within. Corolla greenish- 

 yellow, delicately and minutely tomentose without; tube 1^ lin. long; 

 lobes linear, up to 3 Hn. long ; throat -scales filiform, obtuse, not quite 

 J lin. long. Anthers 1 lin. long. — Stapf in De Wild. & Durand, 

 Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 41 ; De Wild. & Durand, 111. Fl. Congo, 131, t! 

 Ixxvi. ; Rehq. Dewevr. 156. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : near the Inkassa Ri\er, Dewevre, 883 ! 



7. O. gracilis, Stapf in Kew Bvlletin, 1894, 124. A climbing 

 shrub ; branches terete, spreadingly rufo-hirsute. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, rounded or subacute at the base, 3-3 J in. long, H in. 

 broad, membranous, fulvo-hirsute when young, glabrescent above; 

 secondary nerves 5-6 on each side; petiole 6 lin. long. Flowers in 

 axillary, slender, hirsute, racemes or panicles; peduncle 6-9 lin. long, 

 slender ; bracts lanceolate, small, early deciduous ; pedicels very short 

 or 0. Calyx | lin. long, tomentose ; sepals ovate or lanceolate-ovate, 

 acute. Corolla greenish-yellow, fragrant, minutely tomentose without, 

 very slender, almost subulate in bud; tube 1| lin. long ; lobes linear- 

 oblong, as long as or slightly longer than the tube. FolHcles spindle- 

 shaped divaricate, 6-7 in. long, brown, glabrescent. Seeds spindle- 

 shaped, 8 lin. long ; coma 2 in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Kwahu, 2000 ft., Johnson, 658 ! Lagos : 

 Ollaro, Millen, 106 ! on the road to Igbessa, Millen, 189! 



8. O. hirta, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1232. A very tall climber, 

 more or less yellowish-green in all parts and covered with a stellate 

 tomentum ; branches terete, densely fulvo-tomentose. Leaves oblong 

 or obovate-oblong, shortly acuminate or apiculate, rounded at the 

 base, 3J-4| in. long, 1J-2| in. broad, membranous, fulvo-tomen- 

 tose on both surfaces, ultimately more or less glabrescent alove ; 

 secondary nerves 6-7 on each side; petiole 2-3 lin. long. Panicles 

 axillary, fulvo-tomentose, 2J-4 J in. long ; bracts broad, ovate, tomentose, 

 1-1 J lin. long; pedicels very short or 0. Calyx 1 lin. long, tomentose ; 

 sepals broad ovate, obtuse. Corolla yellowish or greenish, finely tomen- 

 tose outside ; tube slightly longer than the calyx ; lobes oblong, apicu- 

 late, as long as the tube, throat-scales linear-oblong. Follicles cylindrii-, 

 obtuse, densely fusco-tomentose. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI, Weiw. i. 674. 

 Motandra welwiischiana, Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, i. 760; K. 

 Schum. in Engl. &, Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 164 ; De Wild, ct Dm ami 

 in Mem. Soc. Bot. Belg. xl. 24. 



IiO'wer Guinea. Loango : near Makunga, Soyaux, 147 ! Angola : Golungo 

 Alto; in thickets at the base of the Quilombo Quiacatubia Mountains, in Queta uu'l 

 between Ponte de Luis Simoes and Camilungo, Welwitsch, 5956 ! 



