Sir.ychnos.'] lxxxvi. loganiace.e (baker). 529 



39. S. Zenkeri, (?% J/xS'aS'. An erect shrub ; branches <j;labrous ; 

 bark yellowish. Leaves oblong, up to 4^ by 1| in., acuminate into a 

 point 0-9 lin.long, cuneate at the base, quite glabrous on both surfaces, 

 3-nerved from the base nearly to the apex, also with a more slender 

 nerve near each margin ; petiole 1 lin. long, rugulose. Cymes axillary, 

 sessile, about 15-flovvered. Calyx 1 lin. long; lobes rounded, ciliate. 

 Corolla glabrous outside, densely bearded in the throat ; tube 1 h lin. 

 long, cylindrical ; lobes 5, slightly shorter than the tube, oblong- ovate. 

 Stamens inserted in the corolla-throat ; filaments very short ; anthers 

 oblong, nearly 1 lin. long. Ovary globose, glabrous ; style cylindrical, 

 pilose ; stigma truncate. 



upper (ruinea. Cameroons : Bipiude, Zenker^ 2436 ! 



40. S. H'oistii, Gilg in Engl. PH. Ost-Afr. C. 810. A shrub or 

 small tree; branchlets sub-quadrangular, whitish, glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong, 1-2 in. long by about half as broad, quite glabrous, acute, 

 narrowed to the base, coriaceous or sabcoriaceous, triplinerved from the 

 base, shortly petioled. Cymes short, axillary, 3-o-flowered. C.ilyx- 

 segments 5, ovate. Corolla unknown. Berry globose, the size (»f a 

 small cherry, 1 -seeded, orange-yellow when dry. 



IM£ozaml>. Sist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Maslicua, Hoist, SS33.V. 



41. S, sennensis, Baker in Ken: Bulletin, 1895, 97. A much- 

 branched shrub, glabrous in all its parts; branchlets slender, tetragonal. 

 Leaves ovate-oblong, subcoriaceous, acute, 2-3 in. long, narrowed 

 gradually from the middle to both ends and distinctly triplinerved from 

 near the base to above the middle, nearly sessile. Cymes axillary, 

 many-fiowered, on short ascending peduncles. Calyx very small ; 

 segments broad, obtuse. Corolla and fruit not seen. 



IVsiozaizilD. llist. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; opposite Si una. 

 Kirk ! 



42. S. clirysocarpa. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 98. A shrub, 

 glabrous in all its parts ; branchlets slender. Leaves oblong, acute, 

 rigidly coriaceous, 2-3 in. long, distinctly triplinerved from near the 

 base to above the middle ; petiole very short. Cymes terminal and 

 axillary; peduncle very short. Calyx-segments short, broad. L'orolla 

 not seen. Fruit globose, orange-yellow, lA-2 in. in diam., niany- 

 seeded. 



Upper G-uinea. Sierra Leone : by a stream near Wilberforce, 2k)0 ft., 

 Johnston ! Gold Coast, Burton Sf Cameron ! 



43. S. Stuhimanni, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 570. An erect 

 shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves oblong, acute, moderately lirm, 

 4-5 in. long, 3-nerved from above the base, with the 2 main side nerves 

 springing from the midrib some distance above the base ; petiole very 

 short. Peduncles short, lateral. Calyx-segments 5, very small, obtuse. 

 Corolla not seen. Fruit globose, 1 -seeded, J in. diam., blackish-purple 

 when ripe. 



