Marsdenia. | ASCLEPIADEZ: (Brown). 775 
4-2 in. long, adpressed-puberulous ; bracts 14-4 lin. long, }-1 lin. 
broad, lanceolate, obtuse, very deciduous; pedicels 14-3 lin. long, 
adpressed-puberulous ; sepals }-1} lin. long, $—1} lin. broad, elliptic, 
ovate, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, glabrous ; corolla quite 
glabrous, white; tube 2-1} lin. long, campanulate ; lobes horizon- 
tally spreading, 1-1} lin. long, 7-1 lin. broad, oblong, very obtuse ; 
corona-lobes very small, inconspicuous, } lin. long, not exceeding 
the anther-cells, ovate, obtuse, erect and closely applied to the backs 
of the anthers, only adnate to the staminal column by the slightly 
impressed centre of the basal part; staminal column 3-1 lin. long ; 
anther-appendages rather large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
connivent-erect and applied to the sides of and about equalling the 
stout conical acute style-apex ; follicles widely divergent or some- 
times solitary, 24-3 in. long, lanceolate, gradually tapering to an 
acute point, with 4 broad toothed wings and including the wings 
3-1 in. in diam. at the base, smooth, glabrous ; seeds 4 in. 
long, } in. broad, ovate, flattened, narrowly margined, smooth, 
glabrous, pale brown, with the margin ochreous-brown. Dregea 
floribunda, E. Meyer, Comm. 199; Decne in DC. Prodr. viii. 618 ; 
Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2, 239 ; Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 
Beibl. 45, 12 and 23; xxi. Beibl. 54,12; Journ. Bot. 1898, 486, and 
Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xviii. 398; Wood and Evans, Natal 
Pl. i. 69, t. 86, as to description and figure of fruit only. Pterophora 
Dregea, Harv. Gen. 8S. Afr. Pl. ed. i. 223. 
Coast Recton: Uitenhage Div.; Zuurberg Range, Drége! Cooper, 2712! near 
Enon, Drége! Prior! between Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown, Krook, 2418 
(ex Schlechter), Albany Div.; in woods near Grahamstown, 2000 ft., McOwan, 
697 ! near the Fish River, 2000 ft., Schlechter, 6108! Fort Beaufort Div. ; woods 
by the Kat and Blinkwater Rivers, Mrs. Barber, 79 ! Stockenstrom Div. ; “‘Ceded 
Territory, ” Zeyher! Komgha Div. ; near the Kei River, 2000 ft., Schlechter, 
6239! Krook, 2412 (ex Schlechter), British Kaffraria, Cooper, 104 ! 
Cenrrat Region: Cradock Div. ; near the Tarka River, Cooper, 356 ! ‘ 
Eastern Rearon: Transkei; Fort Bowker, Bowker, 607! near Kentani, 
Miss Pegler, 1195! Natal; Coast, Wood, 1119! Palmiet, near Durban, 200 ft., 
Wood, 7384! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 12! 181! 
As stated in the Flora of Tropical Africa, I can find no character whereby to 
distinguish Dregea from Marsdenia. According to Mrs. Barber, M. floribunda 
climbs to the top of high forest trees and has greenish-yellow flowers ; Gerrard 
and Wood state on their labels that the flowers are white, and according to 
MacOwan they are ‘fetid, like mice.” The figure in Wood and Evans, Natal 
Plants, represents a flowering branch and analytical details of Gymnema sylvestre 
and the fruit of Marsdenia floribunda. 
XXXI. TELOSMA, Coville. 
(Praceturta, N. E, Br.) 
Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube elongated, inflated at the base ; lobes 
5, horizontally spreading, overlapping and straight or twisted in bud. 
Corona of 5 erect lobes arising from the base of the staminal column 
and adnate to it at their lower part, free above, with a narrow 
