r)34 Lxxxvi. LOGANiACE.E (baker). [^Strychnos. 



the base to above the middle, pubescent on the back; petiole very 

 short. Cymes lateral. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, liair-y. Corolla not 

 «een. Fruit globose, -J in, diam. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 

 704. 



Itower Guinea. Anfrola : Huilla ; in fm-cst about Lopollo, towards tLc River 

 Monino, WelwUsch,A^1^\ 4780, and fruit, 744. 



iS, deV-lndtiaria^ Gilg in Notizbl. Konio^l. Rot. Gart. Rei'lin, ii. 258, is stated to be 

 very closely allied to S. cocculoides. It is described tlius : a tree 10-19 ft. high; bark 

 black, thin, sliglitly pai)iliose-riigose ; fruit nearly destitute of pulp, very poisonous ; 

 seeds numerous, densely p icked. Angola : Huilla, in woods at 5500-5900 ft., 

 JDeUndt. 1033. 



CO. S. Ungiiacha, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 52, t. 78. An 

 erect tree ; branchlets pallid, glabrous. Leaves oblong, obtuse, subcori- 

 aceous. 2-3 in. long, distinctly triplinerved from above the base to above 

 the middle, glabrous ; petiole very short. Cymes many-flowered, lateral, 

 sessile ; pedicels sometimes as long as the calyx, pubescent. Calyx yV 

 in. long; segments orbicular, much imbricate. Corolla |- in. long; 

 tube longer than the calyx ; segments orbicular. Style longer than the 

 ovary. Fruit globose, 2-2^ in. in diam. Seeds 15-20, ^ in. long. — 

 Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 103. Unguacha Siniiarum, Hochst. in 

 Flora, 1844,103. 



BTile X>an<l. AbyssiuJa : in low-laying places towards the River Tacazze ; 

 TieBv Jelajeraune, Schimper, 1817 ! 



Gilg, in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 564-5, describes three varieties {miorocarpa, grandi- 

 Jolia, and dschxirica) of which we have no aiitlienticated specimens, and in Engl. 

 Jalirb. xxx. 374, var. polyantha, from near Kanada village, Unyika, German East 

 Africa, 4900 ft., Goetze. 1436. 



61. S. xerophila. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 180."), 08. An erect 

 shrub: branchlets pallid, pubescent. Leaves ovate or oblong, cori- 

 aceous, pubescent beneath, 3-4 in. long, obtuse or em_arginate, strongly 

 6-nerved from near the base. Cymes lateral, sessile, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels very short. Calyx |^ in. long; lobes orbicular. Corolla J in. 

 long ; tube cylindrical, longer than the calyx ; lobes oblong, half as long 

 as the tube. Fruit as large as an orange, edible, full of pulp. — S. Ungu- 

 acha, var. grandifolia, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 504. 



Wile Xfand. Jur : Kurshook All's Seriba, Sckiveinfni'th, 1719 ! Madi, 

 SpeJce Sc Grant ! 



02, S. brachyiira, Gilg in Engl. JaJirh. xxviii, 119. An erect 

 shrub, without tendrils. Leaves shortly petioled, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 4-8 in. long, rounded at the base, rounded to a cuspidate apex, gla- 

 brous, shining, triplinerved from the base. Inflorescence short, axillary, 

 apparently many-flowered. Fruit small, globose, 1-seeded. 



"Upper CrUinea. Cameroons : in bush-forest near Bat.inga, -Dinklage, 1133. 



G3. S. Goet^ei, Gilg in Engl. JaJirh. xxviii. 123. An erect shrub, 

 2-3 yards high ; branchlets thick, whitish, subtetragonal, glabrous. 



