Cryptolepis. } LXXXV, ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). 249° 
The leaves of this plant seem to vary very much in breadth. 
Var. 8 luteola, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 677. A sarmentose shrublet 
3-1} ft. high. Flowers yellowish. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in thickets near Huilla, Welwitsch, 4205! 
I doubt if this is inany way distinct from the typical form. 
Ectadiopsis seandens, K. Schum, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 11, 219>- 
should probably be referred to C. Welwitschii.' It is described as follows: A 
twining shrub. Margins of the sinus-pockets of the corolla-lobes not ciliate. Com- 
mon in Angola. 
Cryptolepis scandens, Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 308, name only, 
collected in sandy soil near Dolo, not far from Stanley Pool, in Lower Congo,. 
Schlechter, 12451. This is stated to be identical with Ectadiopsis scandens, K,. 
Schum., but, as there is not a word of description to support this view, I am doubtful 
of the determination, especially as the specimens distributed by the Berlin authorities 
under this name have the sinus-pockets ciliate, and thus entirely disagree with 
Ectadiopsis scandens in the only distinctive character assigned to it. 
12. C. angolensis, Welw. ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. iL G7. 
Rootstock woody. Stems of the type specimens 8-10 in. high, erect, 
reddish-brown, rough with minute raised points; but according to 
Welwitsch’s note on the label it forms a decumbent, scrambling or 
rarely twining shrub, 2-4 ft. high, with milky juice. Leaves ascending 
or somewhat spreading, perfectly glabrous; petiole 1-2 lin. long ; blade 
1-2 in. long, 3-6 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, cuneate at the base, not 
é-nerved. Cymes axillary, sessile or subsessile, densely many-flowered ; 
bracts minute, rounded, very minutely ciliate ; pedicels 1-1? lin. long, 
rather thick. Sepals ? lin. long, $ lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, very 
minutely ciliate. Corolla obtuse in bud, quite glabrous, white, 
fragrant ; tube 1_2 lin. long, campanulate ; lobes 13-13 lin. long, # lin. 
broad, oblong, obtuse ; sinus-pockets produced into filiform processes 
lin. long, giving the appearance of two series of coronal-lobes, appa- 
rently slightly tortuous. Coronal-lobes arising above the middle of the 
Corolla-tube, #—1 lin. long, subulate, acute, slightly curved somewhat like 
the letter 8. Anthers acuminate, connivent or connate in a cone. 
y Lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in sandy thickets near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 
204, ! 
_ This is very similar to C. Welwitschii, Hiern, in general appearance, but differs 
M the leaves not being 3-nerved at the base, and in the very different coronal-lobes 
and filiform processes of the sinus-pockets. The type consists of two specimens, 
Which are, as described above, and I am inclined to think, from the statement on 
Welwitsch’s label, that he did not distinguish this plant from C. Welwitschir ; cer- 
tainly the specimons show no signs of a sarmentose decumbent or twining habit. if 
find the plant quite glabrous on all parts, not « pulverulent-puberulous on the 
leaves and calyx as stated in the original description, where the filiform processes 
of the sinus-pockets are not noted. 
an. ©, oblongifolia, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 315. bi 
erect branching shrub. Branches usually rather long, slender, Paige 
Town, minutely scabrous. Leaves ascending, glabrous ; petiole 4-14 
lin, long ; blade 4-2 in. long, $-# in. broad, 2—5 times as long as broad, 
