768 ASCLEPIADE (Brown). [ Tylophora. 
5. T. umbellata (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. Beibl. 45, 11) ; 
stem twining, thinly puberulous or glabrous ; leaves thinly coriaceous ; 
petiole J—1 in. long ; blade 1{-3} in. long, 3-1} in. broad, lanceolate, 
ovate-lanceolate, broadly ovate or elliptic-ovate, acute or acuminate 
to obtuse and apiculate, cuneate to broadly rounded at the base, 
glabrous on both sides ; peduncles lateral, sometimes 2 at a node, 
1-2 in. long, slender, usually bearing 2-3 umbels 4—} in. apart, or 
occasionally with 1 umbel, puberulous on one side or glabrous ; 
umbels 5-11-flowered ; bracts minute ; pedicels 4—7 lin. long, slender, 
glabrous ; sepals }-} lin. long, 3 lin. broad, lanceolate-oblong, 
obtuse or acute, more or less ciliate, otherwise glabrous ; corolla 
rotate, dark dull purple, glabrous outside, with a thin microscopic 
powder-like puberulence on the inner face, invisible when wetted ; 
lobes 2 lin. long, 1 lin. or rather more in breadth, oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse ; corona-lobes entirely adnate to the upper half of 
the filament part of the staminal column, wedge-shaped, in side 
view sloping outwards from the acute apex to the very prominent 
truncate base, where the margin on each side is prominent and rim- 
like, the upper part being more compressed ; staminal column about 
2 lin. long and the same in diam. at the top ; anther-appendages 
reniform, abruptly inflexed upon the top of the truncate style-apex, 
sega distinctly pendulous. Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1898, 
Coast Reaion: Uitenhage Div. ; near Uitenhage, Burchell, 4263! Bedford 
Div., near Bedford, Mrs. Hutton! King Williamstown Div. ; along the Yellowwood 
River near King Williamstown, Flanagan, 2191! Komgha Div. ; near Komgha, 
1800 ft., Flanagan, 1702! 
In the original description the flowers are stated to be in simple umbels, but on 
the specimen I have seen of the type (Flanagan, 1702) most of the peduncles 
bear 2 umbels, as do all the other specimens quoted. This may be only @ variety 
of 7. badia, but the flowers appear to be of a darker purple, the corona-lobes 
are ty more prominent at the base, and the staminal column of greater 
diameter. 
6. T. badia (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. Beibl. 54, 12) ; stems 
twining, glabrous ; leaves apparently thinly coriaceous ; petiole t 
in. long, channelled down the face, glabrous or with a few minute 
hairs on the margins of the channel ; blade 1-2} in. long, §—1 in. 
broad, lanceolate, acute, cuneate or slightly rounded at the base, 
glabrous ; peduncles or flowering axes }-1 in. long, very slender, 
bearing 2-3 distant fascicles of 3-5 flowers, glabrous ; bracts minute ; 
pedicels 24-4 lin. long, filiform, glabrous ; sepals 3 lin. long, lanceo- 
late or oblong-lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; corolla rotate, rosy 
(Flanagan) ; lobes 14 lin. long, 3 to nearly 1 lin. broad, lanceolate 
or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, slightly twisted at the apex, glabrous 
on the back, with a microscopic puberulence on the inner face, 
invisible when wetted ; corona-tubercles entirely adnate from close 
to the base to the apex of the filament part of the staminal column 
and not exceeding it, wedge-shaped, broadest at the somewhat 
prominent subtruncate or broadly rounded base ; staminal column 
