Pentatropis. | LXXXV, ASCLEPIADEX (BROWN). 381 
and about 4 in. thick, lanceolate, acuminate into a beak, smooth, 
glabrous.— Wight & Arnott, Contrib. Bot. 53 in a note. P. spiralis, 
Deene. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2 sér. ix. 327, t. 11, fig. E.; and in DC. Prod. 
viii. 536; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii, 251, fig. 73, P-Q., and 
258 ; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Internaz., 1892, 349. P. spiralis, 
Decne., var. longepetiolata, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 343. T'ylo- 
phora cirrosa, Aschers, in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 132. 
Nile Land. Dahlak Island, in the Red Sea, Hhrenberg (ex Ascherson). 
Nubia: Gebel Uaratab, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 219! Otao, Johnston, 4! sea- 
coast to between 3000-4000 ft., Bent! Eritrea ; Sarat, near Massaua, Steudner, 
199 ! 752 (ex Engler) ; near Samhar, from the hills of Vurek to the River Amba, 
Penzig ; Shoho, Petit (ex Engler). Abyssinia: Begemeder; near Senka Berr, 
7500 ft., Schimper, and Anadehr, 7800 ft., Schimper, 596 (ex Engler), and without 
precise locality, Salt / 
Extends through Arabia to the drier parts of India. 
Stem and leaves as in the above, but the pubescence 
Var. senegalensis N. E. Br. 
Pedicels 
in the axils of the leaves and base of the young shoots more pronounced. 
6-8 lin. long. Corolla-lobes 23-3 lin. long, not twisted in bnd, elongate- 
triangular, acuminate, scarcely tapering into linear tails, Coronal-lobes rather 
larger, about 2 lin. long and broad.—Pentatropis senegalenis, Decne. in Ann. Se. 
Nat. 2 sér, ix. 328. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Roger /, Perrottet, 476! Heudelot, 530! is in 
moist places by the River Senegal, Leprieur (ex Decaisne). 
2. P. fasciculatus, V. /. Br. Stems slender, glabrous, but with 
a little woolly tomentum at the very base of the branchlets, Leaves 
spreading ; petiole 1-14 lin. long; blade }~1 in. long, 3-6 lin. broad, 
ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, mucronate, glabrous. Umbels sub- 
axillary, 8-10-flowered, quite glabrous in all parts; peduncles }-1 
lin. long ; pedicels filiform, 24-3 lin. long. Sepals } lin. long, ovate, 
acute. Corolla pentagonal and obtuse in bud, 5-lobed to } of the way 
down, rotate; lobes 14 lin. long, 1} lin. broad at the base, deltoid, 
obtuse, not twisted in bud. Coronal-lobes arising } lin. above the base 
of the staminal-column and reaching to its apex, ? lin. long, compressed, 
triangular-acuminate in outline when viewed sideways, truncate at the 
base, adnate to the column for ? of their length, with a free linear 
acute apex.—Pentarrhinum fasciculatum, K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost- 
Afr, C. 323. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa; Pangani, Stuhlmann, Coll. I., 809! 
Imperfectly known species. 
3. P. hoyoides, K. Schum. in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 40. 
Stem twining, glabrous. Leaves fleshy, glabrous; petiole scarcely 
exceeding 2 lin. in length; blade }~1} in. long, 4-1 in. broad, oblong 
or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subobtuse, apiculate ; veins very inconspic- 
uous. Flowers 4-8 in axillary fascicles; pedicels at the most 4} lin. 
long. Sepals 2 lin. long, subulate, glabrous. Corolla rotate ; tube 
1 lin. long ; lobes 2 lin. long, acuminate, glabrous outside, pubescent 
within. Outer coronal-lobes laterally flattened, somewhat foliaceous, 
