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LXXXVI. LOGANIACE^ (bAKER). 



[A7ithocleista. 



1. A. kamerunensis. 



nohilis. 

 lanceolata. 

 Zenkeri. 

 j)arviJlora. 



cuneate ; petiole dilated at the base. Cymes terminal, trichotomous, 

 usually compound ; bracts small, connate. Flowers large, white or 

 dull yellow. 



Tliree otlier species in Madagascar and one in the Comoro Isles. 

 Erect trees with spinous branches. 

 Calyx o in. long. 



Corolla 2 in. long . . 



Corolla about 1 in. long. 



Fruit 1 in. long ..... 



Fruit 1^, in. long ..... 



Calyx ^ in. long . ... 



Calyx \ in. long ...... 



Erect trees with unarmed brandies. 

 Petiole obsolete. 



Leaves auricled at the base .... 



Leaves not auricled at the base 

 Petiole short. 



Calyx i in. long. 



Corolla-tube scarcely longer than the calyx 



Corolla-tube much longer than the calyx . 



Calyx ^ in. long ...... 



Petiole 1^-3 in. long. 



Upper leaves 1 ft. or more long. 

 Auricles of opposite leaves free 

 Auricles of opposite leaves connate. 



Fruit globose ..... 



Fruit obovate-oblong .... 



Upper leaves 5-6 in, long .... 



Climbing shrubs. 

 Cymes simple 



8. 



9. 



10. 



orientalis. 

 pulcherrima. 



Kalhreyeri. 

 zamhesiaca. 

 stuhlmanniana. 



. 11. A. liehrechtsiana. 



12. 

 13. 

 14. 



xnermia. 



Schweinfurthii. 



magnifica. 



15. A. scandens. 



Cymes compound 



16. A. laxijlora. 



1. A. kamerunensis, Gilg in Engl. Jahrh. xxviii. 125. A tall 

 tree ; b.irk grey, fissured ; branches armed with a few small spines. 

 Leaves crowded, long-petioled, oblong or obovate-oblong, ^-1 ft. long, 

 rouaded at the apex, narrowed gradually to the base, glabrous. In- 

 florescence lax, few-flowered ; peduncle long ; bracts minute ; psdicels 

 very short, articulated. Sepals broader than long, entire,. J in. broad. 

 Corolla 2 in. long ; tube cylindrical, longer than the lobes ; lobes 10-12, 

 lanceolate. 



upper Cruinea. Cameroons : Batanga, Dtn/tZo^re, 1361. 



2. A, nob ills 9 G. Don ; A. DC. in DC. Prod. ix. 36. An erect tree, 

 reaching a height of 50-60 ft. L3aves crowded at the tips of the 

 'braachlets, with pungent spines between them ; uppar leaves of branches 

 ^-12 in. long, 3-4 in. broad ; petiole very short ; leaves in the young 

 plant reaching a lengbh of 4-5 ft. Cymes compound, shorter than the 

 leaves. Calyx J in. long ; outer lobas suborbicular. Corolla-tube half 

 as long again as the calyx; lobes aboat 16, J in. long. Tube of fila- 

 ments short ; anthers J in. long. Fruit globose, 1 in. in diam. — Benth. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 100. A. m%crophylla, G, Don, 1. c. A. Vojelii, 



