278 LXXXV, ASCLEPIADEH (LROWN). | Se. amone, 
Leaves long-pointed, pedicels 2-34 
lin.long . : ; beh9. S: Kanew. 
Leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, acute, 
subcoriaceous , ‘ é . 9. S. usambarica, 
Branches of the cyme widely spreading. 
Style divided nearly to the middle of 
the apical part into 2 subulate 
acute lobes. és a . 8. S. leonense. 
Style distinctly thickened or dilated 
at the top of the apical part. 
Branches of the cyme distinctly 
pubescent. 
Leaves 13-2} in. long; cymes 
1-1} in. in diam. . . 5, S. platystigma. 
Leaves 3-11} in. long; cymes 
3-2 in.indiam.  . . 7. S. micrandra. 
Branches of the cyme glabrous . 10. S. sansibariensis. 
1. S. gracilis, V. £. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 248. A slender 
scrambling or climbing shrub, quite glabrous in all parts. Branchlets 
much divided, very slender. Leaves shortly petiolate, 4-8 lin. long, 
2-4 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, rounded or subcuneate at the base, 
membranous. Flowers few; peduncle 1 lin. long or less, 1- or rarely 
2-flowered ; pedicels 3 lin. long, very slender. Sepals less than 3 lin. 
long, ovate or oblong, obtuse or subacute. Corolla 2 lin. long, white or 
yellowish, campanulate, 5-lobed to rather more than half way down, 
thin and membranous, with a membranous flap forming a pocket at the 
base of each sinus between the oblong obtuse lobes and a slender ridge 
running from the base of the pocket to the bottom of the corolla-tube. 
Coronal-lobes nearly or quite as long as the staminal-column, falcate, 
erect. Style protruded much beyond’the anthers; apical part broadly 
obconic, subtruncately bilobed. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
_ 2. S. erythradenia, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 141. : 
climbing shrub, clothed with a minute rust-coloured pubescence on the 
Leaves shortly 
young shoots, petioles, midribs and inflorescence. 
petiolate, 3-1 in, long, 24-5 lin. broad, ovate or lanceolate, acute, 
rounded at the base, glabrous on both sides except the midrib, y ellowish- 
green beneath. Cymes laxly 2-5-flowered ; peduncles 1-1} lin. long; 
pedicels 2—3 lin. long, bracteate at the base; bracts }-1 lin. long, 
lanceolate, acute, Sepals 1 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Corol 
white; tube 1} lin. long, campanulate ; lobes spreading, 1} lin. long, 
oblong, obtuse. Coronal-lobes exceeding the stamens, falcately incurv' 
over the anthers. Style protruded much beyond the anthers; 2p 
part ovoid-clavate, shortly bifid. Follicles immature in the specimens 
seen, 2} in. long, 2 lin. thick at the base, attenuate-terete, smoc™ 
slightly reflexe .—Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 262, fig. ‘% 
F—J, and 263; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 681. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Huilla; in wooded parts of Morro de Lopol 
Welwitsch, 5941! 
Jo, 
