StrychnosJ^ lxxxvi. LOGANiACEiE (baker). ')'2o 



12. S. Barteri, Solered. in Kn/jl. Jahrh. xvii. 55G. A climbing 

 shrub, glabrous in all its paits ; tendrils in p;nis on a long peduncle. 

 Leaves oblong, subobtuse, '2-?) in. long, rigidl3' coriaceous, with the 

 lowest pair of main veins springing Irom the midrib some distance 

 above the base ; petiole very short. Cymes many-fiowered, globose, 

 axillary, sessile. Calyx very small ; segments suborbicular. Corolla 

 white, fragrant, \ in. long; segments linear-oblong, longer than the 

 tube. Filaments longer than the anthers. Fruit globose, 1 in. in diam. 

 — Oiiv. in Hook. Ic. Pi. t. 2284. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : ne.ir Madina in Limba country, Scott-Elliot, 

 55691 5S59! Southern Nigeria : Onitsa ; Barter, 124:1 \ 1759! 



lo. S. nigritana. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 97. A climbing 

 shrub; branchlets slender, glabrous; tendrils in peduncled pairs. 

 Leaves oblong, acute, glossy, coriaceous, glabrous, 3—4 in. long, tri- 

 plinerved from the base to above the middle ; petiole ^-h in. long. 

 Flowers few, in axillary shortly-peduncled cymes ; pedicels short, 

 glabrous. Calyx \ in. long ; segments 4, ovate, obtuse, much imbri- 

 cated. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, very hairy at the throat; 

 lobes ovate, spreading, shorter than the tube. Style long. Fruit not 

 seen. 



Upper Guinea. Dahomey : Little Popo, cultivated specimen, Cole ! Logos : 

 Kppah, Barter, 3249 ! Lagos Island, Barter, 2232 ! Nupe, Barter ! 



14. S. loandensis, Baker in Keiv Bulletin, 1895, 97. A climbing 

 shrub ; branchlets glabrous ; tendrils simple, lateral. Leaves oblong, 

 acute, obscurely triplinerved, 1 in. long ; petiole very short. Cymes 

 axillary, few-flowered, sessile; pedicels very short. Calyx yV in. long; 

 segments broad, obtuse. Corolla globose in bud ; tube very short. 

 Fruit not seen.— aS'. Wehoitschii, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 703 

 partly. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Loantla, Welwitsc?i, 6016 ! 



15. S. malacoclados, C. II. Wright. A climbing shrub; branch- 

 lets densely pubescent ; tendrils simple, thickened in the upper part. 

 Leaves oblong, acuminate, rounded at the base, up to 3 by 1^ in., 

 pubescent on the underside of the chief nerves, glabrous elsewhere ; 

 lateral nerves 2 arising near the base, faint, 2 from 2 lin. above the 

 base, strong and continued nearly to the apex of the leaf ; petiole 2 lin. 

 long, pubescent. Cymes axillary, 10-20-flowered. Calyx small ; lobes 

 4, ovate, acute, ciliate. Corolla 1 lin. long, divided nearly to the base ; 

 lobes 4, ovate, subacute, sparingly hairy outside, more densely so in the 

 upper half inside. Stamens inserted near the base of and J as long as 

 the corolla ; anthers half as long as the filaments. Fruit unknown. 



X.ower Guinea. Gaboon : in wet bush, Coino liiver, 60 miles fiom (iaboon. 

 Bates, 502 ! 



IG. S. Vogelii, Baker i,i Kew BaUetin, 1895, 96. A climbing 

 shrub; branchlets slender, glabrous; tendrils in peduncled pairs. 



