270 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE% (BROWN). [ Raphionacme. 
Coronal-lobes 3-5- (rarely 10-) fid, the middle 
tooth longest, filiform or subulate. 
Leaves 13-8 in. long. 
Leaves linear or strap-shaped; stems erect 11. R. longifolia. 
Leaves broad, oblong or obovate-oblong ; 
stems twining . : : ; . 12. R. denticulata. 
Leaves 3-1} in. long, lanceolate; stems 
twining 5 : : é : . 13. R. Loande. 
1. R. grandiflora, V. Z. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 111. Stem 
10-12 in. high, simple (always ?), more or less hairy. Leaves rather 
few, the lower rather crowded, 14-3 in. long, 4—1 in. broad, obovate 
or elongate-obovate, obtuse; the upper distant, 4-44 in. long, }-1 in. 
broad, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, all acutely narrowed at the 
base into a very short petiole, hairy on both sides or on the nerves 
and margins only. Peduncles 1-2, terminal or subracemose at the 
top of the stem, 2~3-flowered; bracts 3—5 lin. long, linear or subu- 
late, hairy ; pedicels 4-7 lin. long, hairy. Sepals 3-4 lin. long, 
lanceolate-attenuate, hairy. Corolla 14 in. in. diam., glabrous; tube 
campanulate, } in. long ; lobes 7-8 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, oblong or 
ovate-oblong, subobtuse, with two parallel fleshy ridges on their basal 
half. Coronal-lobes arising at the mouth of the corolla-tube, 5 lin. long, 
erect, rectangular, 3-toothed, lateral teeth short, middle tooth linear, 
about as long as the rest of the lobe, with two minute teeth in 
front of it at its base. Anthers large, triangular with a horny 
callosity on each side at their base, their tips connate in a blunt cone 
over the rather large conical apex of the style.— Raphiacme grandiflora, 
K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 425, and in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 221. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Niomkolo near Lake Tanganyika, 
Carson, 5 of 1890 collection! Nyasaland; near Blantyre, Last ! 
2. R. (Rhaphiacme) linearis, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 
117. Stems erect, 20-24 in. high, simple, leafy, puberulous. Leaves ses- 
sile, 3-54 in. (usually 34-41 in.) long, 14-2 lin. broad, linear, attenuate- 
acuminate, margins revolute, puberulous, scabrid above. Flowers large, 
in a terminal few-flowered scorpioid raceme. Bracts linear or subu- 
late. Pedicels }-2 in. long, puberulous. Sepals 44-5 lin. long, 
lanceolate-triangular, acuminate, puberulous. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed 
nearly to the base, lobes 8-10 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, puberulous 
outside. Coronal-lobes 4-44 lin. long, about 1} lin. broad at the ovate 
base, thence tapering to a long acuminate point. Anthers sagittate, 
3% lin. long, filaments } lin. long.—Raphiacme linearis, K. Schum. 9 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 217, fig. 64, M—N & 221. 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Malange, Mechow, 359 partly. 
Var. 8 glabra, K. Schum, in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 118. Glabrous in all parts. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Kitamba, on the River Kuango, Buchner; 569 ; 
Malange, Mechow, 359 partly. 
I have not seen this species. 
