418 LXXXY,. ASCLEPIADEX (BROWN). [ Marsdenia. 
Corolla-lobes linear, 3-1 lin. broad; apex of style 
exserted beyond the anthers into a long beak . 
Corolla-lobes oblong, 1-2 lin. broad; apex of the 
style not beaked. 
Sepals 23-43 lin. long; coronal-lobes linear-oblong 
or lanceolate, about as long as the staminal- 
bo 
. MW. Schimperi. 
column : : : c . 8. M. zambesiaca. 
Sepals 13 lin. long; coronal-lobes truncate, 
shorter than the staminal-column . 4. MM. spissa. 
Sepals 1 lin. long ; coronal-lobes subulate-tipped, 
much longer than the staminal-column . 5. M. rubicunda. 
**Corolla-lobes under 2 lin. long, 
Leaves not cordate at the base. 
Style produced much beyond the anther-appendages 
into a long filiform beak é : : . 6. WM. umbellifera. 
Style not produced beyond the anther-appendages. 
Pedicels 1-14 lin. long . : : : . 7. M. Taylori. 
Pedicels 6-8 lin.long : : : . 8. WM. efulensis. 
Leaves cordate at the base. 
Flowers umbellate at the ends of the cyme- 
branches. : Z : : ; : 
Flowers in small fascicles or sessile umbels, which 
are compactly racemose along the cyme- 
branches, 
Leaves cordate-oblong, twice as long as broad. 
Stems puberulous ; corolla-tube hairy within . 10. I. leonensis. 
Stem glabrous ; corolla-tube glabrous within . 11. MZ. glabriflora. 
Leaves very broadly cordate-ovate, not more than 
% longer than broad. 
Coronal-lobes with a tubercle at their base . 12. M, racemosa. 
Coronal-lobes without a tubercle at their base. 13. UM. profusa. 
9. M. angolensis. 
1. M. crinita, Oliver in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1993. A large twiner, 
all the younger parts of the stem, together with the petioles and all 
parts of the inflorescence (except the corolla) densely covered with long 
spreading tawny or rust-coloured hairs. Leaves spreading; petiole 
8-1} lin. long; blade 2-4} in. long, 1}-2 in. broad, ovate or elliptic- 
ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, broadly rounded or cordate at the 
base, sparsely hairy above, hairy like the stem on the veins beneath, 
but with shorter hairs, ciliate. Cymes lateral or subaxillary, peduncu- 
late, many-flowered, 14-2 in. in expanse; peduncles 3-1} in. long ; 
pedicels 5-8 lin. long. Sepals 3-4 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate. 
Corolla quite glabrous on both sides, white; tube 14 lin. long, globose- 
campanulate ; lobes 3-4 lin. long, oblong, obliquely acute, very spreading, 
with one twist. Coronal-lobes reaching to the apex of the style; thei 
basal part } Jin. long, orbicular or rhomboid-orbicular, adnate to the 
filament part of the staminal-column, projecting as broad wings at the 
sides; their apical part 3 lin. long, erect, free, oblong-linear, obtuse OF 
denticulate. Anther-appendages scarcely reaching to the apex abe 
style, lanceolate, acute. Style not or scarcely exserted beyond the 
coronal-lobes, apical part very stout, shortly conical, with an obtuse oF 
truncate apex. 
