Cryptolepis. | ASCLEPIADEZ (Brown). 529 
somewhat membranous, 3—1 lin. long, 2~} lin. broad, oblong, sub- 
obtuse, very minutely ciliate; pedicels 2-1 lin. long, glabrous ; 
sepals } lin. long, 4-2 lin. broad, ovate, obtuse, rather membranous, 
very minutely ciliate; corolla small, glabrous, yellowish; tube 
{ lin. long, campanulate; lobes 12 lin. long, 1 Jin. broad, oblong, 
obliquely obtuse at the apex; corona-lobes arising from the middle 
of the corolla-tube, 1 lin. long, clavate, fleshy, connivent over the 
stamens ; filaments of the stamens very short; anthers 3 lin. long, 
deltoid, very acuminate, connivent over the very short conical apex 
of the style; follicles widely diverging, 12-2 in. long, 31-52 lin. 
thick at the swollen base, whence they gradually taper into a long 
slender acute beak, with a very small hook at the apex; seeds 3-4 
lin. long, 14-12 lin. broad, narrowly ovate to somewhat rhomboid- 
ovate, flattened with a central keel on one side, convex on the other, 
seabrid-tubereulate all over, brown. Ectadiopsis cryptolepioides, 
Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 51, 10. 
KALAWARI Re@ton: Transvaal; Hout Bosch, Rehmann, 5879! 5880! near 
Botsabelo, 5000 ft., Schlechter, 4082! Bush Veld, near Warm Bath, 3900 ft., 
Bolus, 12154! among shrubs on Elandspruit Mountains, 6000 ft., and Magaliesberg 
Range, near Apies River, 4900 ft., Schlechter, ex Schiechter. Wonderboom 
Poort, Leendertz,519! Rogers in Transvaal Herb. 2502! 
5. C. oblongifolia (Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 315); an 
erect branching shrub; branches usually rather long, slender, 
reddish-brown, very minutely scabrous ; leaves ascending, glabrous ; 
petiole 4-1 lin. long; blade 1-2 in. long, 2-2 in. broad, varying 
from narrowly lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, acute, or obtuse and 
apiculate, cuneate or rounded at the base, pallid beneath; cymes 
subaxillary, subsessile, trichotomous, 1—3 in. in diam. ; bracts 3—] lin. 
long, ovate, obtuse; pedicels 1-14 lin. long; sepals 2-3 lin. long, 
oblong, obtuse, minutely ciliate at the apex; corolla quite glabrous, 
yellowish-green ; tube 2-1 lin. long, campanulate; lobes 13-14 lin. 
long, 2—8 lin, broad, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse ; corona- 
lobes inserted at the middle of the corolla-tube, 1-3 lin. long, sub- 
terete or clavate, truncate, obtuse or acute, fleshy ; anthers deltoid, 
very acuminate; follicles diverging at an angle of about 80°, 
3-32 in. long, about + in. thick, narrowly fusiform, gradually 
tapering from about the middle to a subacute point, glabrous ; seeds 
about 4 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, narrowly oblong, convex on one side, 
concave, with a central ridge on the other, minutely seabrous. 
N. #. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 249. Eetadium oblongi- 
Jolium, Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 1848, 542 (by error 
442); Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 827; Walp. Rep. iv. 481. Secamone 
acutifolia, Sond. in Linnea, xxiii. 76; Walp. Ann. iii. 48. Heta- 
diopsis oblongifolia, Benth, and E, acutifolia, Benth. in Benth. & 
Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 741. EB, oblongifolia, Schlechter in Engl. 
Jahrb. xviii., Beibl. 45, 14; xx. Beibl. 51, 10. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 1188 ! ere 
Katanart ReGion: Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Burke, 322! in stony places 
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