ASCLEPIADEZ. 337 
Fruiexr vel suffrutee caule caudiciformi?, ramulis brevissimis, pilosis. Folia conferta, petiolata, 
tenuia, membranacea, ovata, absque petiolo 1-14 poll. longa, 7-10 lineas lata, obtusa, basi 
rotundata, utrinque pilosa, subtus venis prominenter reticulatis; petiolus gracilis, 4-6 lineas 
longus. Flores parvi (2-24 lineas diametro), umbellati vel subumbellati; umbelle sessiles, 
pauciflore ; pedicelli 14-23 lineas longi; calycis segmenta suborbicularia, extus pilosula, 
margine scariosa; corolla subrotata, extus glabra, intus fauce lobisque barbata, lobis ovato- 
oblongis, obtusissimis, patentissimis; corone squame minute; ovaria glabra, stigmate longi- 
uscule rostrato. Folliculi desunt. 
South Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter, 970). Hb. Kew. 
3. Marsdenia crassipes, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Glaberrima, ramulis elongatis, foliis carnosis racemosis, rhachi brevi bracteata pedicellisque incras- 
satis, corollz fauce imberba, corone squamis antheras superantibus, stigmate convexo. 
Frutex scandens, undique glaberrimus, ramulis graciliusculis, teretibus. Folia petiolata, carnosa, 
supra nitida, ovata, obovata vel oblongo-elliptica, absque petiolo 3-5 poll. longa, usque ad 
3 poll. lata sed sepius angustiora, acuminata, vix acuta, basi rotundata vel plus minus cuneata, 
venis primariis transversis distantibus, immersis ; petiolus ad semipollicaris. Flores 3-34 lineas 
diametro, racemosi; racemi breves, interpetiolares, bracteati, rhachi pedicellisque incrassatis ; 
bracteze parvee, squamiformes; calycis segmenta ovato-orbicularia, minute ciliolata, corolle 
tubum equantia; corolla brevis, hypocraterimorpha, imberbis, lobis ovato-oblongis, obtusis- 
simis, minute ciliolatis, patentissimis vel recurvis ; coronz squame anguste oblonge, antheras 
excedentes ; ovaria glabra, stigmate convexo. Folliculi non visi. 
Panama, Aspinwall (S. Hayes, 373). Hb. Kew. 
4, Marsdenia maculata, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4299; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 
D- 429. ~ i re No, . - a _ oy be gt aa Kom ee ' 
Panama, near the city of Panama (Seemann, 611).—ConomBia ; VENEZUELA; TRINIDAD. 
Hb. Kew. 
5. Marsdenia mexicana, Dene. in DC. Prodr. viii. p. 527. 
Souta Mexico, Tlacolola, Oaxaca (Andrieux, 241), Tuspango, region of Orizaba 
(Bourgeau, 2450), Zacuapan (Linden, 340). Hb. Kew. | 
6. Marsdenia propinqua, Hemsley, n. sp. 
M. maculate arcte affinis, differt foliis floribusque pubescentibus, cymis distincte pedunculatis [folli- 
culis lignosis fere semipedalibus ?]. 
Frutex alte scandens, ramulis elongatis, teretibus, plus minus pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, 
crassiuscula nec coriacea, late elliptica, absque‘petiolo usque ad 7 poll. longa, acuminata, vix 
acuta, basi rotundata, primum utrinque precipue subtus pubescentia, supra demum glabra 
nitidaque, subtus semper pubescentia; petiolus usque ad semipollicaris. Flores 4-5 lineas 
diametro, densissime cymosi; cymz umbelliformes, multiflori, breviter pedunculati, pedicellis 
brevibus ; calycis segmenta ovato-rotundata, pubescentia ; corolla brevis, hypocraterimorpha, 
imberbis, lobis minute ciliolatis ; coronz squame acute, antheras excedentes ; ovaria glabra, 
stigmate conico. [Folliculi lignosi, leeves, angusti, 5-6 poll. longi, acuti ?] 
Sourn Mexico, region of Orizaba (Botteri, 929; Bourgeau, 24552). Hb. Kew. 
The follicles in Bourgeau’s specimen are not attached ; therefore we cannot be certain 
that they belong to our species. 
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