Secamone. | _ LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE2 (BROWN). 283 
12. S. Whytei, V. “4. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1898, 308. Stem 
twining, with a rust-coloured spreading pubescence in the young state, 
becoming glabrous; bark reddish-brown. Leaves shortly petiolate, 
14-23 in. long, 43-10 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the 
upex, slightly rounded or acute at the base, at first pubescent on both 
sides with rust-coloured hairs, at length glabrous above or on both 
sides. Cymes about 1 in. in diam., corymbose, compound ; divisions 
with peduncles 1-3 lin. long, 2—3-flowered, or again dichotomously 
or ternately branched ; all parts except the corolla clothed with short 
spreading rust-coloured hairs; bracts }-} lin. long and broad, ovate, 
acute; pedicels 2-4 lin. long, slender. Sepals 3 lin. long, $ lin. 
broad, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Corolla 2 lin, in diam., 
glabrous ; tube } lin. long, campanulate; lobes spreading, 4 lin. long, 
2 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse. Coronal-lobes minute, erect, falcate-subu- 
late, as long as the anthers and incurved over their tips. Style exserted 
much beyond the anthers; apical part globose, puberulous. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Malosa, 4000— 
6000 ft., Whyte ! 
13. S. Stuhlmannii, A. Schum. in Engl. Pl. Ost-A ifr. C. 329. 
Branches softly tomentose with minute brownish hairs on the young 
parts. Leaves small, rarely more than 7-8 lin. long, 33-43 lin. broad, 
ovate, acute, somewhat rounded at the base, puberulous on both sides ; 
at length nearly glabrous above. Cymes 2-3 lin. in diam., compact, 
about 5—6-flowered, very shortly pedunculate, all parts except the corolla 
subtomentose like the stem; bracts }—} lin. long, lanceolate, acute ; 
peduncles and pedicels }—3 lin. long. Sepals 3-3 lin. long, oblong, 
obtuse. Corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base; lobes 2 lin. long, five 
times as long as the tube, elliptic-oblong, obtuse and slightly cochleate 
at the apex, dark brown in the dried state, with rather broad whitish 
semitransparent margins, glabrous. Coronal-lobes minute, erect, subu- 
late, half as long as the staminal-column, or rather more. Anthers 
connate by their tips around the style, not fringed or bearded at their 
apex. Style slightly exceeding the anthers; apical part broad and 
¢ushion-like with a transverse groove—K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 262. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : 
mann, 1894 ! 
Karagwe ; Kafuro, 4000 ft., Stuhl- 
in DC. Prod. viii. 501. A twining 
shrub with slender woody stems, glabrous in all parts. Leaves shortly 
petiolate, 1} in. long, 4-2 lin. broad, linear or oblong-linear, acute or 
obtuse, minutely apiculate, acute or rounded at the base. ibe 
‘compact, umbel-like, 3-4 lin. in diam., lateral or terminating . ac 
lateral shoots ; peduncles 3-14 lin. long; bracts minute; pe ice s 
1~2 lin. long. Sepals scarcely lin. long, ovate or ovate-oblong, sage 
very minutely ciliolate. Corolla 5-lobed to of the way down; lo = 3 
in. long, } lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Coronal-lobes minute, 
14. S. frutescens, Decne. 
