264 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). [ Tacazzea. 
Baill. Decaisne has erroneously described the coronal-lobes as sagittate, I find 
them as described above. 
+. T. venosa, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 493. Stems apparently 
erect, pubescent, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves petiolate, 
ascending; petiole 4 in. long; blade 24-5 in, long, 3-14 in. broad, 
lanceolate, acute, subacute at the base, glabrous above, tomentose 
beneath.  Panicles 13-4 in. long, glabrous in all parts; bracts 
1-1} lin. long, broadly ovate, acute; pedicels 2-8 lin. long. Sepals. 
;-1 lin. long, broadly ovate, subobtuse or acute. Corolla lobed nearly 
to the base ; lobes 2-3 lin. long, oblong or ovate-oblong obtuse. Coronal- 
lobes filiform, tortuous, about 3—3 as long as the corolla-lobes. Lobules 
alternating with the stamens, half as long as the filaments, shortly and 
obtusely bifid. Follicles 13-23 in. long, 7-8 lin. thick, lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 11. Bye 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 341; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 216. Periploca venosa, Hochst. ex Decne. in DC. 
Prod. viii. 493. 
Nile Land. Galabat: Matamma district, Schweinfurth, 191! 192! Abyssinia: 
Waldubba district, Steudner, 749! Tigre; banks of the River Tacazze, below 
Jelajeranne, Schimper, 636! Begemeder ; Asmotsch, 5700 ft., Schimper, 1345! 
Var. 8 Martini, N. E. Br. Sepals very broadly elliptic or nearly circular, very 
obtuse. Coronal-lobes about as long as the corolla-lobes, flat and linear at the base, 
divided 3-3 of the way down into two filiform segments.— 7’. Martini, Baill. in Bull. 
Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. (1889) 808 (88 by error). : 
Nile Land. Nubia, Martin-Saint-Ange (ex Baillon), Galabat ; region of 
Matamma, Schweinfurth, 197! 
6. T. Welwitschii, Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. (1889) 807 
(87 by error). Stems several from a thick rootstock, 4-7 ft. high, erect, 
tomentose, rarely subglabrous on the older parts, ending in a long 
inflorescence of paniculate cymes. Leaves opposite, whorled or occa- 
sionally alternate ; petiole 3-74 lin. long; blade 13-34 in. long, 1-2 1. 
broad, oblong, elliptic-oblong, or occasionally obovate-oblong, rarely 
ovate, obtuse, apiculate, cordate or rounded at the base, nearly glabrous 
or shortly and sparsely hairy above, whitish tomentose beneath. Panicles 
2-4 in. long, with very numerous flowers; peduncles, pedicels, bracts 
and sepals all densely hairy or subtomentose ; pedicels 3-6 lin. long + 
bracts 14 lin. long, ovate, acuminate. Sepals 1 lin. long, broadly ovate, 
acute, Corolla lobed nearly to the base; lobes 3 lin. long, narrowl) 
oblong, obtuse, blackish-purple, veined. Coronal-lobes exceeding the 
corolla-lobes, about 34 lin. long, erect, filiform, tortuous in the uppe 
part, adnate at their base to the lower half of the filaments, which on 
united with the alternating shortly bifid lobules into a ring or shot 
tube. Follicles acuminate, diverging, slightly incurved, tomentose.— 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 678. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; in thickets between Luxillo ” 
Cazella, Welwitsch, 4208! Quilanga, Welwitsch, 4210! Huilla; in the mpi 
wooded thickets of Catumba, Welwitsch, 4209! Amboella; by the Kubango Rivets 
near Chirambu, 3900 ft., Baum, 276! 
