2Iotandra.] lxxxiv. apocynace.*: (stapf), 22r» 



tose in bud, soon glabrescent, with tufts of hairs in the nerve-axils ; 

 secondary nerves 5-7 on each side ; veins faint ; petiole tomentose! 

 2-0 lin. long. Panicle 1-G in. long, 1 in. broad, usually linear or 

 lanceolate in outline when more than 1 in. long, fulvo-tomento.se all 

 over; peduncle very short or up to 1 in. long; bracts subulate, small ; 

 pedicels up to :> lin. long. Calyx j lin. long, tomentose. Corolla white, 

 fragrant, almost subulate in bud ; tube 1} lin, long, minutely puberulous 

 without ; lobes up to 2 lin. long. Follicles divaricate, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, with the acute acumen slightly incurved, densely tomentose, 

 4 in. long. — K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 104 ; De 

 Wild. & Durand, Contr. Fl. Congo, i. 41 and ii. 41, and Reliq. Dewevr. 

 1 .■).■). Echites guineensis, Thonn. in Schumach. ik Thonn. Beskr. Guin. 

 PI. 140. E . paniculata, Thonn. ex A. DC. I.e. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Aquapiru, Thonning ; Abnri Hills, Broim, 

 in Herb. Johnson, 684 ! Kwaliu, Johnson, 642 ! Daliomoy : Bas^iln, Poissou '. 

 Lagos : near Lagos, Mill en, 145 ! Ibadan Koad, Millen, 114 ! Oyo, Barter, 3411 ! 

 Interior, Roioland ! Millson, 16! Southern Nigeria: Onitsa, Barter, 1636 1 

 Canieroons : Yaunde, Zenker Sf Standi, 794 ! Batanga, Bates, 403 ! 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Upper Congo; Kasongo, Detcerre, 99o. 

 Stanleyville, DemeusQ, 423 ! 



2. M. pyramidalis, Stapf. A robust shrub, climbing far and 

 high ; branchlets fulvo-tomehtose. LBaves oblong, acuminate, obtuse 

 at the base, 1|-2J in. long, |-1 in. broad when young, deep green, 

 papery, finely tomentose when quite young, soon glabrescent, at length 

 almost glabrous except the midrib and secondary nerves which retain 

 more or less of the delicate rusty tomentum, sometimes with minute 

 patches of hairs in the nerve-axils, glossy above; secondary nerves 7-N 

 on each side ; petiole rusty-velvety, up to 3J lin. long. Panicle more oi- 

 less pyramidal, up to 5 in. long and to more than o in. broad, rather 

 lax, fulvo-tomentose all over; peduncle very short or up to 1 in. long; 

 bracts subulate, very small or suppressed ; pedicels very short or the 

 terminal up to 2 lin. long. Calyx 1 lin. long, fulvo-tomentose. Corolla 

 white; tube minutely puberulous outside except at the base, 2 lin. 

 long ; lobes up to 2 J lin. long. Follicles lanceolate, acuminate with the 

 acumen incurved, densely tomentose, about G lin. long. — M. yuineeusis, 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 672, not of A. DC. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Golnngo Alto; towards Ambaca nnd in the forests 

 of tlie highest ridges of Alto Queta, Weltcitsch, 5964 I and fruit 11181 



3. M. Lujsei, De Wild, d- Durand in Mem. Snc. Bof. Belij. xl. 2:5. 

 A shrub; branchlets rufo-tomentose when young, at length glabrous. 

 Leaves ovate or obovate-elliptic, acuminate (acumen apiculate), rounded 

 or subcordate at the base, lJ-4 lin. long, j-lj in. broad, dark green 

 and glabrous above except on the finely puberulous nerves, scantily hairy 

 below on the nerves and with tufts of hairs in the nerve-axils ; secondary 

 nerves 5-G on each side, prominent below ; reticulation distinct below ; 

 petiole lh-2 lin. long, velvety. Panicles short; bracts foliaceous, up to 

 3 J lin. long, with reddish hairs ; pedicels short, lengthening after 



