Cynanchum. | LXXXV, ASCLEPIADEE (BROWN). 393 
shorter than the coronal-tube; anther-appendages linear-subulate, 
connivent-erect. Follicles 2-24 in. long, lanceolate, acuminate, with 
one narrow wing on each side, glabrous—K. Schum. in Engl. & 
Prantl, Pilanzenfam. iv. ii. 253. C. compleeum, N. E. Br. in Kew 
Bulletin, 1895, 256. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Shamo, Kirk! near Mazzaro, 
Kirk! Shupanga Forest, Scott ! Chiloane, Scott/ Quillimane, Stuhlmana, i. 
843! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Valley, above the Caturacts, 
Kirk ! 
_ 3. C. polyanthum, X. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Planzenfam. 
lv. ii. 253. Stem twining, more or less pubescent or shortly hairy, 
mostly along two lines. Leaves spreading, rather paler beneath, thin ; 
petiole 1-2 in. long, shortly hairy ; blade 2—34 in. long, 14-24 in. broad, 
ovate, acute, with a tine point about } in. long, cordate, with rounded 
lobes and an obtuse sinus between them at the base, glabrous or with 
a few scattered hairs above and with scattered hairs beneath, the 
veins also pubescent along each side beneath. Umbels pedunculate, 
‘compound, 10—30-flowered; peduncles 1-1} in. long, shortly hairy 
along one side or glabrous; bracts 1-1} lin. long, subulate; pedicels 
6-10 lin. long, pubescent. Sepals 1 lin. long, ovate, acute, ciliolate. 
Corolla-lobes 3-34 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, apex slightly curved, 
obliquely obtuse, glabrous. Corona 2-2} lin. long, tubular for half 
its length, then with 5 long subulate erect or recurved lobes and 5 very 
short obtuse entire or bifid teeth alternating with them, but no teeth 
or lobes within. Anthers broadly deltoid, subsessile, with orbicular 
appendages, connivent around the stout fleshy obtuse apical part of the 
style, which is shortly exserted beyond them.—C. mossambicense, 
Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1895, 337, not of K. Schum. C. Welwitschii, 
Schlechter & Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 99. ©. obsewrum, K. Schum. 
in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 253; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. i. 688. Vincetoxicum polyanthum, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. 
me 136, not of O. Kunze; Durand & Schinz. Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 
194, 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 223! 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Kampala, Scott-Elliot, 7294! Uganda; 
Usoga villages, Whyte ! 
Lower Guinea. Angolo: Golungo Alto; furests of Sobato de Mussengue, 
Welwitsch, 4222! 4253! Quilombo Quiacatubia, Welwitsch, 4224! and without 
precise locality, Welwitsch, 4200! 
. South Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu; Munza, Schweinfurth, 
3345 ! 
4. C. longipes, WV. £. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 273. Stem 
‘twining, glabrous, with one puberulous line alternating at the nodes. 
ves spreading, thin; petiole 3-3} in. long, slender ; blade 
2-3 in. long 14-2 in. broad, ovate, shortly acuminate, cordate 
at the base, with a rather deep broad sinus and semi-orbicular lobes, 
minutely puberulous on the petiole and veins, otherwise glabrous. 
