Strychnos.'] lxxxvi. LOGANiACEiK (baker). 521 



shortly petioled, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2-") in. long, acute, 

 cuneate or rounded at the base, rigidly coriaceous, shining, triplinerved 

 from the base. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, with densely flowered 

 branches ; pedicels short. Sepals round, i lin. long, Corel la- tube 

 rather larger than the calyx, with a ring of hairs inside at the throat ; 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, half as long again as the tube. Stamens 

 scarcely exserted. Fruit unknown. 



Upper Guinea. Liberia : Grand Bassa, Linklage, 1690. 



3. S, congolanay Gily in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 120. A sarmentose 

 shrub ; tendrils spiral, slender, slightly hairy ; branchlets subterete, 

 pubescent. Leaves shortly petioled, oblong- lanceolate or lanceolate, 

 2-4 in. long, 1-1 J in. broad, cuneate at the base, acuminate at the 

 apex, subcoriaceous, shining, glabrous, triplinerved from above the base. 

 Fruit large, with a thick pericarp, copious pulp and several seeds. — 

 De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 1()1. 



South Central' Congo Free 8tate : near Kasongo, Dewevre, 931. 



4. S* Kipapa, Glk/ in Notizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Beo'lin, ii. 25 (J. 

 Probably a sarmentose shrub ; internodes long ; branchlets subterete, 

 glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate-oblong, nearly 1 ft. long, 

 3-4: in. broad, very acuminate, but obtuse at the tip, narrowed to the 

 base, shining, glabrous, triplinerved from a little above the base. 

 Flowers and fruit unknown. — Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 119. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Lutida ; in woods by streams, near 

 Mnkenge, Pogqe^ 539. 



5. S. Dewevrei, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 119. A sarmentose 

 shrub ; tendrils woody, spiral ; internodes long ; branchlets glabrous. 

 Leaves distinctly petioled, ovate-oblong, 4-G in. long, 2-3 in. broad, 

 acuminate at the apex, rounded at the base, glabrous, subopaf|ue, 

 triplinerved from above the base. Flowers and fruit unknown. — De 

 Wild, k Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. IGl. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Lukolela, Dewevre, 845. 



6. S»cliloroc2ir^?i^ Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 120. A sarmentose 

 shrub; tendrils thick, spiral ; branchlets terete, glabrous, lenticellate. 

 Leaves shortly and stoutly petioled, ovate-oblong or oblong, 3-4 in. long, 

 cuneate at the base, acuminate at the apex, glabrous, shining, tripli- 

 nerved from above the base. Cymes few-flowered, apparently terminal. 

 Fruit globose, middle-sized, hard, green, apparently few-seeded. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius. 



7. S. guerckeana, Gilg in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 311. A climb- 

 ing shrub; tendrils forked. Leaves ovate, about 1 in. long, i-^l ni. 

 broad, rounded or subcordate at the base, acuminate at the apex, 

 glabrous, triplinerved from a little above the base. Cymes few-flowered, 



