Demia.} LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). 387 
2. D. garipensis, 4. Meyer, Comm. 220. Stem twining, very 
finely puberulous or glabrous. Leaves apparently somewhat fleshy 
when alive, like rather thick paper in texture in the dried state; 
petiole 3-1 in. long, puberulous; blade 7-1? in. long, }~1} in. broad ; 
broadly ovate, acuminate, deeply cordate at the base, with a broad 
obtuse sinus almost enclosed by the incurved rounded basal-lobes, green 
and glabrous on both sides, or with a few very minute hairs on the 
veins beneath, Racemes (including the peduncles) 3~6 in. long, gla- 
brous or nearly so on all parts except the corolla; pedicels 6-10 lin. 
long, slender. Sepals 12 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, 
erect. Corolla glabrous outside; tube 14 lin. long, campanulate ; lobes 
3-4 lin, long, 2-21 lin. broad, ovate-oblong, obtuse, broadly bordered 
with white woolly hairs on the inner face, otherwise glabrous. Outer 
corona arising at the base of the staminal-column, submembranous, 
annular at the base, 5-lobed ; lobes quadrate, truncate; inner coronal- 
lobes 2 lin. long, fleshy, gradually tapering from the base to a subulate 
point, much exceeding the staminal-column and incurved over it; basal 
Spur }—# lin. long, horizontally spreading, arising } lin. above the base 
of the staminal-column, which is 2 lin. long. Follicles solitary (always 2), 
about 2 in. long, lanceolate, tapering into a short beak, covered with 
soft bristles, otherwise glabrous. Seeds 23-3 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, 
ovate, plano-convex, minutely tomentose on both sides.—Decne. in DC. 
Prod. viii. 544, D. gariepensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 148. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Damaraland; Kamkoichas, 
Giirich, 131 (ex Engler). 
Described from S. African specimens, as I have not seen an example from 
Tropical Africa. 
3. D. extensa, 2. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 50. Stem twining, 
and together with the petioles, peduncles and pedicels pubescent, 
Setose-pubescent or hispid; juice milky. Leaves spreading, thin ; 
petiole 2-31 in. long; blade 1-6 in. long, 3-5 in. broad, cordate- 
orbicular or cordate-ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, usually glabrous, with 
hairs on the veins beneath, sometimes with a short pubescence on both 
Sides ; basal-lobes incurved, semi-orbicular, with a broad truncate-based 
sinus between them. Peduncles sublateral, longer than the leaves, with 
the flowers developing in a corymbose manner at the apex, gradually 
elongating into a raceme, which (including the peduncle) is 2-16 
in. long; bracts very small, 4-1 lin. long, linear or subulate ; pedicels 
1-1} in, long, rather siender. Sepals 1-2 lin. long, ovate or lanceolate, 
acute, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla-tube campanulate, 1)-2 lin. 
long; lobes very spreading, 3-4 lin. long, 14-2 lin. broad, ovate-oblong, 
cute, bearded along their margins, light green. Outer coronal-lobes 
lin. long, subquadrate or oblong, obtuse, truncate or denticulate ; 
ner coronal-lobes 24~4 lin. long, fleshy, white, lanceolate, attenuate 
Into subulate entire or bifid points, rising much above the staminal- 
column and incurved over it, and with an acute spur about 1 lin. long, 
arising below the middle (#-? lin. above the base) of the staminal - 
column. Follicles 2-3 in. long, $ in. thick, lanceolate, attenuate into 
