Strophanthus welwitschii (Baill.) K.Schum.

locality Belgian congot about 5 :
88* of Hgldinga, Lower Congo.
L. J. BRASS AND E. F. WOODWARD No.__jS0!
date—Karch 1950 alt--ea*
flwwcun oa a «Mill area of eroded slope*
m long-grass small~tr#e savanna5 soli
aandy, yellowish* Shrub or mall
%# 2-3 a MJU In youth* & small osdW
aeript shrub, half Mdte 1m the loag
gitssa and sending up 1 to several loz>|
waad-Ii&e leading shoots, which when t«
or mrt Is mmber , twine amtM each
other I thus brace thess^Lm is it ere«
position* In age, a small bushy tapped
%rm with usually single *ree% at«»
ewered wSJfc pale eorfcy	Jftdi
yellowish * brittle; roots y»Ui**ilk *
with yellowish-shite and dark purpl*.
Corolla lobes half «bite & half «WO-f %,. :
jMVpla below, whit© above. Throat scales
of corolla dark purple. Follicle»
divaricate at sore or leas right angle»»
#»der or stout; purplish-green, parpU*
lnmt or green, ant soiaewhat glaucous; m
?Bost «Booth to sparsely or copies»!?
dotted with pal« brown lenticeUs( see
ittoi)t apex notched or rounded; large»*
W- tfee immature follicles 19.5 «? l*** *
) e* is greatest diameter.
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frbarim 3 flowering sha*ta fwal -jf
feremi plants* selection «CJMSNtalf
show wart&tio&s*
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THE UPJOHN-PENICK EXPEDITION
FOR
BOTANICAL EXPLORATION
name BtTGphml&mM Welwitscfcii
‘native name SSI2JU4IFWESSI (Kl&ongO
Strophanthus teeiwfocMi j t5tw
det. H. J. Beentje
Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
HERBARIUM OF THE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Africa	2nd sheet
N°- Brass and Woodward 20922
Strophanthus Welwitschii
Belgian Congo; Mr. 20, 1950.
04190769