512 Lxxxvi. LOGANiACE^ (baker). [^Nuocitt. 



Cymes dense, branches approximate; pedicels shorter 

 than the calyx. 

 Leaves lanceolate, about 3 times as long as broad. 



Calyx y'o ill- long . . . . . . As. N. poIyantJia. 



Calyx ^ in. long . . . . . . . h, N. dentata. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, about half as long as broad. 

 Leaves glabrous on both surfaces. 

 Main veins ^-lO-jugate. 

 Leaves acute. 



Calyx i in. long . . . . . Q. N. odorata. 



Calyx X in. long . . . . .I.N. rupicola. 



Loaves obtuse . . . . . . 8. iV. Dekindtii. 



Main veins 10-12-jugate 9. N. goetzeana. 



Leaves pubescent beneath ..... 10. N. samhesiaca. 

 Leaves more than half as broad as long . . . 11. N. angolensis. 



Cymes lax, brandies divaricate ; pedicels as long as the 



calyx . 12. N. Holstii. 



1. N, congesta, R, Br.\ Benih, in DC. Prod. x. 435. A shrub 

 or small tree ; branchlets glabrous or slightly pubescent, 4-anglecl. 

 Leaves 2-I^)-nate, shortly petioled, oblanceolate- oblong, about 3 in. long 

 by 1 in. broad, obtuse, narrowed to the base, entire or slightly repand, 

 glabrous on both surfaces ; main veins 5-6-jugate. Cymes forming a 

 dense terminal panicle ; pedicels or very short. Calyx J in. long; 

 tube subcylindrical ; lobes small, ovate. Corolla-tube nearly as long 

 as the calyx ; lobes J as long as the tube. Stamens about as long as 

 the corolla. Style often much exserted. — A B.ich. Tent. FL Abyss, ii. 

 123; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 335. Lachnopylis ternifolia, 

 A.DC. Prod. ix. 23. 



Wile Xiand. Eritrea : Mount Oualid. 6900 ft., Schweinfurth and Riva, 1868 \ 

 Abyssinia : Samen Province, Schimper, 1159 ! Ankober, IJoth, 462 ! Shoa and 

 Wojerat Provinces, Petit (ex Richard.) 



IMiozamb. 3>ist, German East Africa: Langenburg Distr., Goetze, 1159! 

 1190! British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 2500-6000 ft., Whyiel 

 Johnston ! Zomba Plateau, 4500 ft., Whyte ! Elantyre, Buchanan, 6 ! and without 

 precise locality, Buchanan, 497 ! 820 ! 



2. N. Mannii, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 140. A tree 30-40 ft. 

 high ; branchlfets bro^vn, glabrous, 4-angled. Leaves 3-nate, distinctly 

 petioled, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 3 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, 

 entire, acute, much narrowed to the base, glabrous on both surfaces. 

 Cymes dense ; pedicels or very short. Calyx glabrous, i in. long ; 

 lobes ovate. Corolla-lobes oblong, J as long as the tube. Stamens as 

 long as the corolla-lobes. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Mount Gonkwi, 3000 ft, ! Scott-Elliot, 

 4824 ! Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 7000-7500 ft., Mann, 1206 ! 



3. N. platyphylla, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii.' 141. A tree 

 reaching a height of 30 ft. ; branchlets densely pubescent. Leaves 

 distinctly petioled, ternate, oblong, 2-3 in. long by half as broad, 

 obtuse, narrowed to the base, glabrous on both surfaces ; main veins 



