Tylophora. | ASCLEPIADE (Brown). 769 
3 lin. long and the same in diam. at the top ; anther-appendages 
reniform or transversely oblong, abruptly inflexed on the truncate 
style-apex ; pollen-masses distinctly pendulous. Schlechter in Journ. 
Bot. 1898, 486. Astephanus badius, E. Meyer, Comm, 224; Dietr. 
Syn. Pl. ii. 909 ; Decne in DC. Prodr. viii. 508. 
Var. 8, latifolia (N. E. Br.) ; leaves with a petiole 4—-? in. long, and a blade 
2-33 in. long, 14-2} in. broad, elliptic, shortly and rather abruptly acute ; flowers 
purplish (Gerrard) ; otherwise as in the type. 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div.; without precise locality, Brehm! Komgha 
Div. ; banks of the Kei River, Drége, 4954! valley between Impetu and Keimouth, 
1000 ft., Flanagan, 1046! 
EASTERN Region: Var. 8: Zululand, Gerrard, 2168 ! 
7. T. simiana (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. Beibl. 45, 33) ; 
stem twining, branching, velvety-pubescent ; leaves herbaceous ; 
petiole 2-4 lin. long, pubescent like the stem ; blade 3-1} in. long, 
3-8 lin. broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, broadly 
cuneate at the base, nearly glabrous above, velvety-puberulous 
beneath ; peduncle 4—2 in. long, lateral at the nodes, bearing 1 or 2 
umbel-like 3—7-flowered cymes, slightly puberulous ; bracts minute ; 
pedicels 2-24 lin. long, glabrous ; sepals about # lin. long, } lin. broad, 
ovate, obtuse, thinly puberulous and ciliate ; corolla lobed nearly to 
the base, dull purple ; lobes very spreading, 24 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, 
ovate-oblong, very obtuse, glabrous on both sides ; corona-tubercles 
3-2 lin. long, ovate in dorsal view, subacute, constricted on the 
inner face into a sort of keel by which they are adnate to their tips 
to (but do not exceed) the filament part of the } lin.-long staminal 
column ; anthers transversely oblong, with short transverse sub- 
truncate appendages inflexed upon the margin of the style-apex, 
which has a small truncate central boss; pollen-masses distinctly 
pendulous. Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1898, 486. 
Coast Reion : King Williamstown Div. ; Mount Coke, 1500 ft., Sim, 1305 ! 
I have examined a type specimen of this plant, named by Dr. Schlechter, but 
doubt if it is more than a mountain form of 7. syringzfolia, the flowers seem 
identical, except in colour, besides which the only difference appears to be that 
the leaves are smaller and much more obtuse ; in pubescence and other characters 
there is no distinction between it and some specimens of 7’. syringafolia. 
8. T. syringefolia (E. Meyer, Comm. 198); stem herbaceous, 
twining, usually pubescent or tomentose, occasionally glabrous ; 
leaves thinly coriaceous ; petiole 1-1 in. long; blade 14-4 in. long, 
3+2 in. broad, ovate, acute or acuminate, broadly rounded, sub- 
truncate or subcordate at the base, glabrous or thinly pubescent 
above, glabrous to densely pubescent beneath ; peduncles lateral, 
}+21 in. long, pubescent or glabrous, usually bearing 2 (rarely 3-4) 
umbel-like 5—8-flowered cymes } to 1 in. apart; bracts minute ; 
pedicels 1-1 in, long, glabrous or slightly puberulous ; sepals 3—} 
lin. long, ovate or oblong, obtuse, ciliate ; corolla lobed nearly to 
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