+14 LXXXY. ASCLEPIADE (BROWN). [Gymnema. 
prominent and glabrous or nearly so at the subacute free incurved tips, 
densely ciliate on each side of the decurrent part below. Style 
protruded much beyond the erect anthers, exceeding the corolla-tube, 
but rarely as long as the corolla-lobes ; apical part stout, ovoid, odtuse, 
slightly two-lobed or entire. Follicles 24-34 in. long, 4 in. thick, 
lanceolate, attenuate into a beak, glabrous. Seeds 345-5 lin. long, 
ovate, plano-convex, with a rather broad marginal wing, glabrous, 
brown.—DC, Prod. viii. 621; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 43; Hook. f. 
Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 29; Wight, Ic. Pl. ii. i. 3, t. 349; Martelli, Fl. Bogos. 
55; K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 325, and in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 283, fig. 85, F-G, and 284, and in Engl. Jahrb. 
xxx, 385. G. rufescens, Decne., and G. subvolubile, Decne., in Ann, Sc. 
Not: 2 sér. ix: 277, t. 11, fp. A; and in DC, Prod. vin. 621. 2: 
subvolubile, Hook. Niger F). 455; De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 
159. G. humile, Deene. in DC. Prod. viii. 621; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 
Abyss. ii. 42. G. M’Kenii, Harv. Gen. 8. Afr. Pl. ed. 2, 239. G. 
Jruticulosum, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 101. G. geminatwm, Hiern in 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 691, not of R. Br. Periploca sylvestris, Retz. 
(me 1 10; Waid. Phytog.. 7, t..5, fig. 8, and Sp. EL: 1. 1252. 
Cynanchum subvolubile, Schumach & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 150. 
C. senegalense, Sieber ex Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 621. Asclepias 
geminata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 20, and Fl. Ind. ii. 45 (1832). 
Upper Guinea. Seneyal, Roger, 49! Sieber, 22! Gold Coast: Accra, 
Ansell! Ada, Thonning ; Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 72! Lagos: near Owi Owi, 
Millen, 49 (1895 Coll.)!| Ogumpa, Dawodu, 89! Niger River (Quorra), Vogel, 
46! 166! Barter! Cameroons: Yaunde, Zenker, 1497! 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Keren, Steudner, 756! Beccari, 283 (ex Martelli). 
Abyssinia: Plain of Hamedo, 4700 ft., Schimper, 117! near Gapdia, Schimper, 807 ! 
Modat Province, Schimper, 1752! near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1722! and without 
precise locality, Quartin Dillon & Petit! Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2347 ! 
Lower Guinea. Loango: Chinchocho, Soyaur, 43! Angola: Pungo 
Andongo; on lofty ledges of the Presidium, Welwitsch, 4198! Huilla ; in thinly 
wooded parts of Morro de Lopollo, at Ferrao da Sola, Welwitsch, 4242 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo; Dar es Salaam, Kirk! 
Kondeland, on a mountain side by Lake Nyasa at Langenburg, 1600 ft., Goetze, 
863 (ex Schumann). British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 1162! Likoma 
Island in Lake Nyasa, Johnson ! 
Extends into Madagascar, South Africa, and the drier paris of India. The 
Australian plant united with it by Bentham is quite distiuct, 
The leaves when chewed destroy the taste of sweetness. This was first observed 
by M. P. Edgeworth (Proce. Linn. Soc. i, 353). See also Hooper in Nature, xxxv- 
565-567. 
Imperfectly known species. 
2. G. crenatum, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 273. A 
climbing shrub, very much branched; branches grey, glabrous ; 
branchlets reddish-pubescent. Leaves small, coriaceous; petiole 1-2 
lin. long, reddish-pubescent; blade 14 in. long, 9 lin. broad, oblong- 
obovate, obsoletely crenate towards the obtuse apex, tapering below to 
a cuneate entire base, shining above, puberulous beneath. Cymes 
