Secamone. | LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEEH (BROWN). 285 
1-1} in. long, 34-10 lin. broad, varying from elliptic to orbicular, usu- 
ally about equally acute or obtuse at both ends, apiculate or very shortly 
sub-cuspidate, glabrous on both sides ; secondary lateral veins evident 
only on the underside, but not very conspicuous, reticulate. Cymes 
axillary and terminal on short lateral glabrous shoots, pedunculate, com- 
pactly 3-6-flowered, +—-} in. in diam. ; peduncles 15-6 lin. long, more or 
less puberulous ; bracts }—} lin. long, ovate, obtuse, ciliate; pedicels 
1-1} lin. long, glabrous. Sepals } lin. long, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 
ciliate. Corolla 2lin.indiam., glabrous; tube 4 lin. long, campanulate ; 
lobes spreading 1-1} lin. long, oblong, obtuse. Coronal-lobes minute, 
subfaleate, erect, not reaching to the top of the staminal-column. Style 
shortly protruded beyond the anthers ; apical part terete or very slightly 
clavate, minutely bilobulate. Follicles widely divergent, glabrous, only 
seen in a young state.—K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 325. 
Gymnema parvifolium, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. rh, GE 
Wile Land. British East Africa : Bongo; Kulongo, Schweinfurth, 2232! 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Kilimanj tro, 590) ft., Jornston ! 
18. S. zambesiaca, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1895, 303. Stem 
twining, with two thinly and minutely adpressed-pubescent lines along 
the flowering shoots, becoming glabrous. Leaves thin; petiole 2—3 lin. 
long ; blade 14-i2in. long, 3-1} in. broad, broadly ovate, acute, broadly 
rounded at the base, glabrous on both sides ; secondary lateral veins 
evident beneath, reticulate. Cymes axillary and terminal, about 4 in. 
in diam., 3-8-flowered, with ascending branches; peduncles usually 
3-4 lin, long, those of the terminal cymes less, puberulous down one 
side; bracts 4-1 lin. long, ovate, subobtuse, minutely ciliate ; pedicels 
1-2 lin. long, thinly puberulous on one side. Sepals } lin. long, elliptic- 
ovate, obtuse, minutely ciliate. Corolla about 2 lin. in diam., glabrous ; 
tube } lin. long ; lobes 1 lin. long, oblong, obtuse. Coronal-lobes fal- 
cate, acute, reaching nearly to the top of the staminal-column. Style 
shortly exserted beyond the anthers ; apical part cylindric, not thickened 
at the top, subacute. Follicles 3}-34 in. long, 2-24 lin. thick, terete, 
tapering to a long acute point, glabrous, very spreading or slightly 
reflexed, 
-Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; by the River Shire at 
Chiromo, Scott-Elliot, 2803! and near Chikwawa, Kirk! 
s very obscure and easily overlooked 
The pubescence on the flowering shoots i : 
falls off and in fruit the shoots are 
unless examined with i 
a powerful lens; 16 soon 
glabrous, oo 
19. S. Kirkii, V. Z. Br. im Kew Bulletin, 1895, 248. Stem 
twining, glabrous. Leaves thin, scarcely coriaceous ; petiole 134-2 
lin, long ; blade 14-2} in. long, 2-1} in. broad, broadly ovate, long- 
acuminate, rounded or very broadly cuneate at the base, glabrous on 
both Sides; secondary lateral veins very conspicuous on both sides, 
reticulate. Cymes axillary or terminal, lax, about } in. in diam., few- 
