Raphionacme. | LXXXV, ASCLEPIADEX (BROWN). 275: 
peduncles 1-2 lin. long; bracts 3-1 lin. long, lanceolate, acute ; 
pedicels 1-3 lin. long. Sepals ? lin. long, ovate, acute. Corolla-tube 
1 lin. long, campanulate; lobes 2}-3 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, gla- 
brous within, green. Coronal-lobes arising at the mouth of the corolla- 
tube, tripartite; lateral segments }—1} lin. long, varying from narrow 
deltoid-lanceolate to subulate, middle segment 2-24 lin. long, subulate, 
erect, tortuous at the apex. Stamens with filiform filaments very 
shortly dilated at their base; anthers oblong, connate at their tips.— 
Raphiacme longifolia, K.Schum, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 425, and in 
Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 221. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Shire Valley ; on Morambala 
Mountain, 1900-2000 ft., Kirk / British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Manganja 
Hills, Kirk ! 
12. R. denticulata, V. £. Br. Tuber growing to 6 in. in diam., 
depressed. Stem 2-3 ft. long, twining, minutely velvety-pubescent. 
Leaf-pairs 4-6 in. apart, spreading; petiole 7-15 lin. long, rather stout, 
velvety-pubescent ; blade 33-6 in. long, 1 431 in. broad, oblong or 
obovate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, rounded or cuneately narrowed 
Into the petiole at the base, velvety-pubescent on both sides, dark green 
With paler veins above, pale green beneath. Cymes axillary, 2-16- 
flowered, velvety-pubescent ; peduncles 1-1 } lin. long; pedicels 14-2 
lin. long, Sepals small, }—3 lin. long, and nearly as broad, broadly 
ovate, obtuse, pubescent, dull purplish-tinted. Corolla-tube 14-1} lin. 
long, 14-2 lin. in diam., campanulate, glabrous ; lobes fleshy, 3 lin. long, 
13-24 lin. broad, ovate or oblong, obtuse, reflexed, with recurved 
margins, so as to present a convex upper surface, puberulous outside, 
minutely papillate within, dull purple with an olive-green area at the 
apex. Coronal-lobes 24 lin. long, erect ; basal half 2 lin. broad, trans- 
Versely oblong, with two thick keels inside ; apex abruptly produced into 
«central subulate point, and the lateral angles each with 2 (or rarely 4) 
Small subulate teeth, purple-tinted throughout or olive-green in the 
"Upper part, purple at the base. Filaments of the stamens dull purple ; 
anthers ovate, apiculate, connivent over the apex of the style, white. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Mahon ! 
Described from a plant cultivated at Kew, It is allied to R. scandens, N. E. Br., 
ut has larger leaves, larger flowers and very different coronal-lobes. 
*, 13. R. Loandze, Schlechter & Rendle ex Hiern in Cat. Afr Pl. Welw. 
1. 679, A sparingly lactescent herb. Rootstock somewhat woody, 
Stem twining, about 18 in. long, somewhat branched in the specimen 
Seen, minutely pubescent. Leaves }—1} in. long, 14-4 lin. broad, sub- 
Sessile or on petioles up to 2 lin. long, lanceolate (‘ narrowly ovate- 
elliptic or obovate,” Hiern), obtuse, cuneate at the base, rather thick, 
undulate on the SasOnET shortly pubescent on both sides, but more 
ensely so beneath. ‘Cymes small, axillary, not exceeding the leaves, 
shortly pedunculate, pendulous, 3-6-flowered ; peduncle 1—2 lin. long, 
recurved, pubescent ; pedicels 14-2} lin. long, pubescent. Sepals 1} 
