274 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE (BROWN). | Raphionacme. 
subglobose sessile many-flowered clusters; pedicels about 1 lin. long, 
tomentose. Sepals 1 lin. long, ?-# lin. broad, broadly ovate, obtuse, 
tomentose. Corolla-tube about 1 lin. long ; lobes oblong, obtuse, 2-2} 
lin. long, 14-1} lin. broad, glabrous on both sides. Coronal-lobes 
arising from the base of the staminal filaments, trifid to the base; side 
teeth or lobes } lin. long; middle lobe 1-2 lin. long, nearly } lin. 
broad at the base, flat, subulate-attenuate. Filaments of the stamens 
4 lin. long, linear-oblong, shortly dilated at the base; anthers ovate, 
with short obtuse appendages, connivent.— Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 
i, 678. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Ambaca; in thickets between Halo and Zamba, 
Welwitsch, 4234 ! 
10. R. lanceolata, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxx. 
263. Entire plant pubescent with minute curved hairs. Rootstock 
with a long woody and tortuous neck about 4 lin. thick, producing 
annual branching terete stems 9-12 in. high. Leaves }#—2 in. long, 
2-6 lin. broad, on petioles 1-3 lin. long, lanceolate, acute or subacute, 
the pubescence sometimes very sparse on the upper surface, Cymes 
axillary, shorter than the leaves, 3-7-flowered; peduncles 1-4 lin. 
long; pedicels 13-4 lin. long; bracts 1 lin. long, subulate. Sepals 
1 lin. long, lanceolate, acute. Corolla-tube 1} lin. long, lobes about 24 
din. long, 14-14 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, greenish stained with mauve 
at the tips, outside rather densely pubescent, inside glabrous. Coronal- 
lobes arising at the mouth of the corolla-tube, twisted and connivent 
over the staminal column, concealing it, 2-34 lin. long, lanceolate, bifid 
at’ the apex or occasionally entire, basal part erect, apical part first 
abruptly bent inwards and downwards then erect, greenish. Stamens 
very abruptly and very shortly dilated at the base of the filaments; 
anthers oblong, connivent, apiculate. 
Lower Guinea, German South-west Africa: Ovamboland; Omukangua, 
Schinz, 168! Omandongo, Schinz, 167! Okasima Ka Namutenya, Schinz / 
Var. B latifolia, N. E. Br. Leaves 14-2 in. long, $-1} in. broad, varying from 
narrowly oblong or lanceolate to elliptic or elliptic-oblong, subacute, rounded or 
subcuneate at the base. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Bechuanaland; in the northern 
Kalahari desert, near Chukutsa Sualt-pan, 3000 ft., Lugard, 260! Rhodesia = 
Buluwayo, Rand, 284! Ngamiland; Kwebe Hills, 3200 ft., Mrs. Lugard, 71! 
Kwebe, Lugard, 69! 98! Lake Ngami, Chapman / 
According to Captain Lugard, the plant grows to a height of 1-3 ft. and has 
milky juice. 
11. R. longifolia, V. Z. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 110. Stems 
4—10 in high, erect, simple, pubescent with minute curved hairs, as are 
also the leaves, peduncles, bracts, pedicels, calyx, and outside of the 
corolla. Leaves 5-8 pairs to each stem, 14-8 in. (usually 3-6 in.) long, 
including the 2-4 lin. long petiole, 2—6 lin. broad, varying from linear 
to linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, usually subobtuse, sometimes 
bluntly apiculate. Cymes axillary, rather dense and many-flowered ; 
