Cunanchum.] ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). 751 
geographical areas, but are intermingled throughout the range of the species. 
Probably Vincetowicum obtusifolium, var. crassifolium, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. iii. 
200, from East London, should be referred to this species, as from the locality 
it can scarcely be the same as Cynoctonum crassifolium, E, Meyer, which Kuntze 
quotes as a synonym. 
9. C. capense (Thunb. Prodr. 47, not of Linn. f., nor R. Br.) ; 
stem twining, becoming woody at the base, glabrous; leaves her- 
baceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous ; petiole 2-9 lin. long ; blade 
$-2 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, oblong to broadly elliptic-oblong, acute 
to very broadly rounded or emarginate and apiculate, rounded or 
slightly subcordate at the base; cymes simple and umbel-like or 
branched, lateral at the nodes, usually 2-14- or occasionally up to 
30-flowered, glabrous in all parts; peduncle 1-3 in. long ; pedicels 
23-43 lin. long; sepals 4—} lin. long, broadly ovate to oblong, 
obtuse, glabrous ; corolla lobed nearly to the base, dark-coloured ; 
lobes 1-14 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, spreading, half 
twisted, glabrous on both sides ; corona 14-1} lin. long, cup-shaped, 
truncate or slightly 5-crenate at the top, white ; staminal column 
2-3 lin. long, not stipitate ; anther-appendages lanceolate, acute, 
connivent above the obtuse top of the style-apex ; follicles solitary, 
1{-2 in. long, about } in. thick near the base, thence tapering into 
along acute beak, smooth, glabrous ; seeds (immature) 4 in. long, 
elongate-ovate, slightly rugose, blackish-brown. Thunb. in Weber 
and Mohr, Archiv. i. (1804), 51; Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 159; and ed. 
Schultes, 236; Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 102, partly, as to Thunberg’s 
plant only ; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. Beibl. 45, 32 in note ; 
xx. Beibl. 51, 6 ; and xxi. Beibl. 54, 10 ; Journ. Bot. 1896, 457, and 
Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xv. 69. Cynoctcnum capense, E. 
Meyer, Comm. 216, partly ; Decne in DC. Prodr. viii. 530; Meisn. in 
Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 1843, 545 (by error 445); Krauss in 
Flora, 1844, 827. Bunburia elliptica, Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 
i. 417.  Vincetoxicum capense, Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 424; 
Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 51, 6. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! ' : 
Coast Recon: George Div.; near George, Prior! near Kaimans River, 
Schlechter, 2382! Knysna Div.; near Knysna, Burchell, 5482! Bowie! Homtini 
Pass, Galpin, 4330! Humansdorp Div. ; Zitzikamma, Arauss, 1255 (ex Meisner) 
Uitenhage Div, ; by the Koega River and between the Zuurberg Ranze and 
Sunday River, Drége ! near Uitenhage, Haagner in Herb. Conrath, 1004! Krook, 
830 (ex Schlechter) ; Sam Tees Vlatke, Drége! Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, 
Zeyher, 889 ! Bunbury, 163! Atherstone, 8! 462! Cooper, 1515! MacOwan, 1011 ! 
Komgha Div. ; near Komgha, Flanagan, 254 (ex Schlechter). 
CentRaL REGION: Somerset Div. ; near Somerset East, Bowker, 111! Graaff 
Reinet Div. ; near Graaff Reinet, Burchell, 2116! 2879! Bolus, 64! Rattray, 83 ! 
between Graaff Reinet and Melk River, Burchell, 2948 ! 2953/7! 
Katanart Rearon: Transvaal; Rietfontein, Zoutpansberg Range, Miss 
Leendertz, 901 ! 
Eastern Recon : Natal ; between Pinetown and Umbilo, Rehmann, 8061! near 
Durban, Kehmann, 8797 ! Wood, 611 (not 611 from Inanda)! 4882 (ex Schlechter), 
and in MacOwan and Bolus, Herb, Norm. Austr.-Afr., 1321! and without precise 
locality, Guienzius! Cooper, 1282! Gerrard, 313! 515 ! 
