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longi, 6-7-meri. Calycis lobi quam corolle tubus breviores, 
subulati. Corolle tubus ab Monet ae 7 lin. longus, apice 
21 lin. diam. ; lobi subulati, 5 lin. lon Stamina quam corollee 
lobi paullo longiora ; filamenta filiformia ; ; antheræ oblongæ, 
versatiles. Stylus exsertus, 12 lin. longu 
FRENCH CoNGO. Mfoa, 85 miles east " Gaboon, Bates, 521. 
gd d ee pat alegre: Baker [Composite-Senecionides ]. 
This name roposed for S. nyikensis, Baker (Kew Bulletin, 
1898, $ 154), HR was already occupied q. c. 1897, p. 271). 
614. Carpodinus congolensis, Stapf [Apocynacem]; affini 
niflore, Stapf, sed foliis minoribus latioribus tannioribus, 
bracteis calycis spite faults minoribus et ab his magis 
diversis, corolla tubo multo tenuiore distincta. 
Frutex scandens, ecirrhosus, glaberrimus. Folia oblonga vel 
elliptica, 15 poll. longa, 15-2 lin. lata, abrupte acuminata, acumine 
lineari 2 in. ies "papyracea, læte viri ia, nervis utrinque 
5-6 ; petiolus gracilis, 2-4 lin. longus. Flores axillares, solitarii ; 
bractew minute. Calyx 1-1} lin. longus, segmentis late ovatis 
obtusis ciliolatis. Corolle tabus gracillimus, sub fauce ampliatus, 
in. longus, extus glaber, lobos lineares aequans. Ovarium 
sti tylusque pubescens. 
CONGO FREE STATE. Lower Congo, Bingila, Dupuis. 
5. Carpodinus gracilis, — itin da affinis C. ligus- 
tr Polim Stapf, sed x Zr iis minoribus tenuioribus plus minusve 
pilosulis, cymis 2- 3-floris laxis vel ad florem vica pedunculo 
gracili suffultum sodnats distincta. 
Fruticulus, ramis A peapea glabris vel sparse pilosulis nonnullis 
in cirrhos gracillimos transmutatis. Folia ovato-oblonga vel ovato- 
lanceolata, sensim obige acuminata, basi otadi. 13-24 poll. 
onga, 7-12 lin. lata, tenuiter coriacea, subtus parce pilosula, 
glabrescentia, ervis secundariis nque circiter 12 pa 
um tertiariis et venis tenuibus vel tenuissimis. Cymæ axillares 
vel terminales, 3-2-flores vel ad r solitarium redacte ; 
pedunculus et cymæ ramuli gracillimi, ille 4-12 lin., hi 1-3 lin. 
longi, pilosuli ; bractee minute, rufo-pilosule. Cal ycis segmenta 
ovata, subobtusa, vix 1 lin. longa, minutissime he ess | 
ciliolata. Corolle gracilis tubus 81 in. longus, sub fauce sensim 
ampliatus; lobi lineares, acuti, circiter 8 “lin. longi. varii 
basi subconstrictum, glabrum ; stylus gracillimus, 6-7 lin. longus, 
glaber. E Tori ellipsodieus vel subglobosus, basi truncatus, 
1$-1j poll. 1 
CONGO fume pice TE. Lower Congo, Dewevre, 516; very 
common between EH bafis and Léopoldville, Lawrent. 
676. “Sent a vem Stapf [Apocynacee]; affinis C. par- 
viflore, Stapf, sed foliis minoribus oblongis abrupte longeque 
acuminatis, ids Publics do Pus crebrioribus, floribus graci- 
lioribus diver 
ruter ss ond cirrhosus, ramis gracilibus glaberrimis. Folia 
oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, abrupte longeque acuminata, basi 
