Marsdenia. | LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). 419 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Oyo, Burter, 3426! Millson! Sierra Leone : near 
Bendembu, Scott-Elliot, 5651! 
2. M Schimperi, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 616. A woody 
‘climber, with pale brown bark; young parts closely subtomentose. 
Leaves spreading; petiole {-1 in. long; blade 2-4 in. long, 1-2} 
in. broad, ovate or elliptic-ovate, more or less abruptly acuminate, 
broadly rounded at the base, tomentose or pubescent on the petioles 
and veins on the underside, pubescent above on the veins and with 
minute hairs sprinkled over the surface. Cymes lateral, pedunculate, 
many-flowered, 1}—2 in. in expanse, about half as long as the leaves, 
tomentose on all parts except the corolla; peduncles $—? in. long; 
‘bracts about 1 lin. long, lanceolate or ovate, acute, deciduous ; pedicels 
4-6 lin. long. Sepals 14-2 lin. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute. 
Corolla-tube globose-campanulate, 14-14 lin. long, sparsely hairy 
‘within ; lobes spreading, 23-34 lin. long, #-1 lin. broad, linear-oblong, 
‘obtuse, more or less twisted, glabrous, minutely ciliate along one 
margin at the apex. Coronal-lobes 1 lin. long, erect, lanceolate, acute, 
their basal part adnate to the staminal-column, with thick free margins, 
their apical half free, shorter than the anther-appendages. Staminal- 
‘column, 14 lin. long, conical; anther-appendages very membranous, 
more or less connate into a tube. Apical part of the style exserted 14 
lin. beyond the anther-appendages, very slender, slightly tapering, 
obtuse. Follicles 3 in. long, ? in. or more thick, ovate-lanceolate, 
tapering gradually to an obtuse point, softly pubescent, probably fleshy 
-or leathery when alive. Seeds 5 lin. long, 2} lin. broad, plano-convex, 
with a narrow marginal wing, glabrous, light brown.—A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 42; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 343; Martelli, 
Florul. Bogos. 55; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Internaz. 1892, 349 ; 
K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 292. Cynanchum 
Schimperi, Hochst. ex Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 617. Gymnema ? 
macrocarpum, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 43; Walp. Ann. iii. 62. 
Traunia albiflora, K. Schum. in Notizbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 
1895, 23; in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 326; and in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 283, fig. 85, T-V, and 287. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Mount Alam Kale, Schweinfurth § Riva, 1626! near 
Samhar, and from the River Amba to Monkullo, Penzig (ex Penzig); Keren, 
Beccari, 292! Habab; Rora Azgede Mountains, Hildebrandt, 488 (ex Engler). 
Abyssinia: near Gennia, Schimper, 260! Adowa, Quartin Dillon & Petit! Shireh; 
Beless Plain, Quartin Dillon (drawing seen!); Shoa, Petit (ex Richard) ; Jenda, 
Steudner, 260! Gafat, Steudner, 761 (ex Engler), and without precise locality, 
Schimper, 1012! Quartin Dillon & Petit, 20! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 4600 ft., 
Volkens, 2110! 
Vatke (in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr, 1876, 146) suggests that Gymnema macrocarpum, 
A. Rich., may be the same as Astephanus Schimperi, Vatke (now Podostelma 
Schimperi, K. Schum.), but an examination of Richard’s type made for me by 
Mr. Burkill proves it to belong here. 
