i^ecamone.'\ lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE.t (urown). 2s1 



Jahrb. xxiii. 234. Apocynum frutescens, Afzel. Ilemed. Guin. 28. 

 Ichnocarpus Afzelii, Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. iv. ;:>00. 



Upper Guinea. SeuegMiiibia : Ml)idieui, Thierri/, 58! Gold Coast: Ahnii 

 Hills, Johnson, 442 ! Cape Coast Cjistlf, I'ogcl, 29 ! Lagos : Abcokuta, Irrliirj, 12 ! 

 Ikiri, J/i7/ew, 51 ! and without jnvcise locality, J///^ew, 1211 Camerooiis : Hipindo, 

 Zenker, 1052 ! Yaunde, Zenker, 1495 ! 



iMOwer Guinea. GmIjoou Rivei-, Mann, 937 ! 



7. S. micrandra, J{. Schum. in Kiujl. Jahrb. xvii. 14i\ Stem 

 climbing, slender, glabrous. Leaves shortly petiolate, \-\\ in. long, 

 li-G lin. broad, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate or rarely ovate, acute, 

 obtuse or rounded at the base. Cymes numerous, small, J-J in. in diam., 

 pedunulate, axillary and terminal on short latend glabrous shoots, 

 several-flowered, rusty-pubescent on the 3-5 lin. long peduncle and its 

 widely-spreading branches; bracts \-h lin. long, ovate, acute; pedicels 

 ^-1 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals I lin. long, ovate, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Corolla 2-2i lin. in diam., rotate-campanulate, a-lobed to r! of the way 

 down, " bright yellow, sweet-scented ' {Monteiro). Coronal-lobes arising 

 towards the base of the staminal -column and about half as long, com- 

 pressed. Anthers not bearded at the apex. Style distinctly protruded 

 beyond the anthers ; apical part slightly clavate. Hiern in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. i. 081. 



Kower Guinea. Angola: AmWv/., Monteiro ! (ioluniro Alto; iu dense foie.st.>> 

 in Sobalo Quilou)l)0, Welioitsch, 5942 ! 



8. S. leonense, N. E. Br. Stem climbing, glabrous, with the 

 exception of some minute red hairs in the axils of the leaves. Leaves 

 spreading, shortly petiolate, 1-1^ in. long, O-D lin. broad, ovate, acute 

 or acuminate, cuneately rounded at the base. Cymes axillary, or 

 terminal on short lateral glabrous shoots, or in small panicles 1-1^. 

 in. long, usually about | in. in diam., trichotomous, with widely spread- 

 ing branches, which are minutely reddish-pubescent ; peduncles .'J-G 

 lin. long; bracts J-J lin. long, ovate, obtuse; pedicels \\ lin. long. 

 Sepals J lin. long, ovate, obtuse. Corolla 2i-;> lin. in diam., glabrous, 

 apparently yellow; tube not longer than the sepals; lobes \\ lin. long, 

 oblong, obtuse, spreading. Coronal-lobes minute, J as long as the 

 staminal-column. Anthers slightly hairy at the apex. Style protuded 

 J lin. beyond the anthers ; apical part very slightly thickened upwards, 

 divided nearly to the middle into 2 subulate acute lobes. — Toxocarjivs 

 leonensis, *S'cott-Elliot in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 02. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Su<?ar Loaf, Scott-EUiof, 5773 I 



9. S. usambarica, K. E. Br. Stem twining, glabrous. Leaves 

 spreading, thinly coriaceous ; petiole 1 1-2 lin. long ; blade ^'-1 4 in. long, 

 5-10 lin. broad, oblong or oblong-ovate, acute, rounded at the base, 

 glabrous on both sides; secondary lateral veins scarcely or not at all 

 visible on either side. Cymes axillary, about i in. in diam., lax, few- 

 flowered, with ascending branches; peduncles 2-3J, lin. long, glabrous; 



