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Landolphia (Named after M Landolphe)

(named after M. Landolphe, who commanded the West African expedition, to which P. de Beauvois was attached as botanist). ORD. Apocynaceae. A genus comprising about sixteen species of stove scandent shrubs, natives of tropical and Southern sub-tropical Africa and Madagascar. Flowers often rather large; corolla white or yellowish, salver-shaped, with narrow contorted lobes; cymes terminal, sometimes densely to-mentose, sometimes loosely thyrsoid-paniculate. Leaves opposite, penniveined, and reticulated. From the species of this genus caoutchouc is largely obtained. L. owariensis thrives in a well-drained fibry loam, and cuttings root readily in bottom heat. Several other species besides L. owariensis have been introduced to Kew, and distributed to the various British Colonies. L. owariensis (Owara). fl. 1/2in. long; calyx lobes ovate-rotundate. fr. about the size of an orange, with a woody reddish-brown shell, and an agreeable, sweetish acid pulp. l. 5in. long, 1 3/4in. broad, membranaceous. Stems 4in. to 6in. in diameter near the ground.