392 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). [ Cunanchum. 
1, C. abyssinicum, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 548. Stem slender, 
twining, shortly hairy, or pubescent along two lines or all round. Leaves 
spreading, thin; petiole }-1 in. long, pubescent; blade 14-3 in. long, 
3-1} in. broad, elongate-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, cordate at 
the base, both sides nearly glabrous, ciliolate. Flowers numerous, in short 
umbel-like racemes; peduncles 3-2 in. long, pubescent or shortly hairy; 
bracts 1-3 lin. long, subulate or filiform, pubescent ; pedicels }-} in. 
long, pubescent. Sepals 14-2 lin. long, ovate or lanceolate, acute, 
pubescent. Corolla 3-3 in. in diam., rotate ; lobes 24—4 lin. long, 1-1} 
lin. broad, lanceolate-attenuate, obtuse, with a scattered pubescence on 
the back, puberulous within. Corona tubular, toothed at the top, arising 
near the base of the staminal-column ; tube 1-1} lin. long, principal 
teeth 5, filiform or subulate, 2-2} lin. long, with 5 short exceedingly 
variable lobes alternating with them, these are subulate, tapering from 
the base or deltoid-ovate or abruptly contracted into a short linear 
recurved tooth, or 3—4-denticulate ; within the tube are 5 other filiform 
or subulate teeth with ovate or deltoid bases, 3—2 as long as the long teeth 
in front of which they arise. Staminal-column scarcely as long as the 
coronal-tube ; anther-appendages broadly ovate, obtuse, inflexed or con- 
nivent over the convex or subtruncate apex of the style.—Delessert, 
Ic. v. 29, t. 69; A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. ii. 36; Vatke in Linnea, xl. 
215; K.Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 251, fig. 73, 
A-B, and 253. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Shoa, Pefit! Arbateenseca, near Ado'va, Quartin- 
Dillon, und near Kouaieta (Kuayata), Quartin-Dillon (ex Richard). Plain of 
Hamedo, Schimper, 940 ? (ex Vatke). 
Var. tomentosum, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 342. Leaves 
pubescent above, more or less densely tomentose beneath. The flowers as in the 
type, and the corona equally variable-—K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 324. 
Vincetoxicum Holstii, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 185. Cynanchum Holstii, 
K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 324; and in Engl. & Prantl, Planzenfam, iv. 11. 
253. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper, “No. 793°?” ! 
, _Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Mlalo, Holst, 507! 
Kilimanjaro, 5000-7000 ft., Johnston, 177 !, Volkens, 641! 
2. C. mossambicense, X. Schwm. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 324. 
Stem slender, twining, pubescent with short spreading hairs. Leaves 
spreading, thin ; petioles 3-14 in. long; blade 1-2 in. long, 3-13 in. 
broad, cordate, acute or obtuse, with a mucro zg in. long, quite glabrous, 
whitish-green beneath. Umbels 8-12-flowered ; peduncles 4-1} in. 
long, glabrous or pubescent ; pedicels 3-5 lin. long, glabrous or nearly 
so; bracts minute or none. Sepals 2 lin. long, broadly ovate, acute, 
glabrous. Corolla rotate; lobes 2-3 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, quite glabrous. Corona tubular, subequally 10-toothed ; 
tube 1-1} lin. long; teeth filiform, about 1 lin. long, the alternate 
ones with a broad ovate complicate base, completely enfolding a short 
ovate complicate and slightly hooded subacute lobe, that arises from the 
tube and is adnate to it for 7 of its length. Staminal-column rather 
