Tas. 5898. 
CHLOROCODON WBHITEII. 
“* Mundi-root” of Natal. 
Nat. Ord. AscLEPIADEa.—Tribe PERIPLOCES. 
Gen. Char.—Calycis 5-partiti segmenta late ovata acuta. Corolla 
5-partita, rotato-campanulata, herbacea, segmentis triangulari-ovatis, tubo 
basi corona carnosa depressa undulata 5-loba aucto, lobis corone emarginatis 
dorso processubus totidem erectis lineari-ligulatis apice 2-fidis gynostegium 
superantibus instructis. Anthere sessiles, triargulari-ovate, in conum con- 
niventes stigmati adnate, glabre; corpuscula (v. bursicule polline replete) 
glandule ovate affixe, teretia, apice 2-fida, dorso longitudinaliter sulcata, 
antice fissa ; pollen e granulis 4-compositum. Stigma depresso-conicum.— 
Frutex Natalensis, volubilis, alte scandens, ramulis teretibus glabris. Folia 
opposita, breviter petiolata, late ovati-oblonga, abrupte acuminata, basi cordata, 
supra setulis minutis appressis conspersa, subtus minute pubcrula. Petioli 
vagina herbacea margine recurva dentata connati. Flores majuscult, virescentes, 
intus basi purpurascentes, in cymas axillares ramosas dispositi. 
CHLoRocopon Whiter. 
In 1867 I received from the Rev. Dr. Brown, late Colonial 
Botanist at the Cape of Good Hope, a letter addressed to 
him by A. 8. White, Esq., of Fundisweni, Natal, concerning 
a plant, the aromatic roots of which are extensively col- 
lected and sold by the native tribes as “ Mundi” or “ Mindi, 
and used by them as a stomachic. So largely indeed was it 
sought that the plant had become rare in that district, and it 
was with difficulty that Mr. White procured the roots, which 
Dr. Brown transmitted to Kew, but which unfortunately 
arrived in a lifeless state. Mr. White further described the 
Mundi as climbing to the tops of the loftiest trees, with 
roots spreading amongst rocks and stones to a distance of 
fifteen to twenty feet from the stem; adding that it was 
never found more than a few miles from the sea, and 
that the nearer the sea it grew the sweeter and better was 
the flavour of the root. On a future occasion Mr. White 
APRIL Ist, 1871. 
