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Gymnolema. LXXXV, ASCLEPIADEE (BROWN). 241 
1. GYMNOL#MA, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 740. 
Calyx minute, d-partite. Corolla very small, campanulate, 5-lobed 
to below the middle 3 lobes overlapping to the left in bud. Corona of 5 
minute quadrate lobes, entirely adnate to the filaments of the stamens 
except a very narrow margin at the apex. Stamens arising at the 
mouth of the short corolla-tube ; filaments short, free ; anthers ovate- 
oblong, apiculate, connivent over the very shortly conical apex of the 
style, and united to the dilated part of it at their base. Pollen granu- 
lar. Follicles narrowly lanceolate-fusiform, acuminate, smooth. Seeds 
crowned with a tuft of hairs——A shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers 
very small, crowded in small long-peduncled congested corymbs or 
heads, which are composed of several very small spike-like cymules, 
Macropelma, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 321. Saclewvia, Baill. 
Hist. Pl. x. 265; and see Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 65. 
Species 1, endemic. 
Allied to Cryptolepis, but differing in having the very minute coronal-lobes 
adnate to the filaments of the stamens: they were overlooked by Bentham, and are 
not represented in the figure of the plant. 
Loe, Newii, Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. xii. 74,¢.1186. A woody shrub 
or climber (?) with a reddish bark, pubescent in the young parts. Leaves 
subsessile or very shortly petiolate, 24-3? in. long, 4-10 lin. broad, 
Varying from linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, BN 
velvety on both sides, Peduncles axillary, solitary, slender, 1-92 In. 
ong, pubescent, bearing a small congested head of several small see 
Several-flowered cymules, that gradually elongate into little spikes — 
te ie bewts 1, long, ovate, acute, pubescent, deciduous ; 
pedicels 1-11 lin. long, elongating to 2-24 lin. long when = fruit. 
Corolla about 14 lin. in diam., glabrous ; tube 4-4 lin. long ; lobes #-1 lin. 
long, rather more than } lin. broad, ovate, acute. Coronal-lobes about 
lin. | ong, 4 lin. broad, transversely oblong, broader than the staminal 
filaments and entirely adnate to them, truncate at the apex and form- 
ing @ transverse ridge at the base of the anthers. Follicles 1} in. long, 
2-24 lin. thick, puberulous. Seeds 3 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, ariaie 
ovate-lanceolate, flattish_K. Schum. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 320. 
Gymnolaima Newii, K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. il. 
"11. | Sacleusia saticina, Baill. Hist. Pl. x. 265; K. Schum, in nn 
Jahrb. xxiii 232; and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. Fos 
. “ropema angustifolium, K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C, Fy 
m Engl, & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 213, fig. 63, F,G; and in Engl. 
Jahrb. xxiii. 232. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Kikumbuliu, 2500-3000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
6149! Maungu, Scott-diliot, 6162! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, ex Baillon, German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 
New / Merue, Fischer, 383 (ex K. Schumann). 
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