782 ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). [ Fockea. 
2-1 lin. thick, apparently not more than 4—6 in. long, but broken in 
the type specimen, very minutely and densely puberulous with 
curved hairs, brown; leaves (broken) subsessile, }—3 lin. broad, 
linear, with revolute margins, minutely puberulous. Brachystelma ? 
Oomaru, EH. Meyer, Comm. 195; Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 887 ; Decne im 
DC. Prodr. viii. 647. 
pelerigers Recion ; Richmond Div. ; vicinity of Styl Kloof, west of Richmond, 
ége ! 
There are no flowers upon Drdge’s specimen, but its characteristics are so 
exactly those of a Fockea that I have no hesitation in placing it in this genus, and 
it may prove to be the same as F. angustifolia, which it very closely resem bles, 
but the pubescence is much denser and the hairs composing it only about half as 
long as those on F. angustifolia. Drege’s type, except in its more minute 
pubescence, is very similar to Burchell’s 2465 noted under F. angustifolia, and the 
native name ‘‘ Comaru” is not very unlike the native name “Gamrun” of that 
species. 
XXXII GYMNEMA, R. Br. 
Calya 5-partite. Corolla 5-lobed to the middle or beyond ; tube 
campanulate ; lobes ascending or spreading, overlapping in bud. 
Corona arising from and adnate to the corolla-tube, either of 5 fleshy 
lobes adnate up to the mouth of the corolla-tube, with more or less 
incurved tips, or of 5 pairs of fleshy ridges on the lower part of the 
tube, alternating with the corolla-lobes, densely ciliate (always ‘). 
Staminal column arising from the base of the corolla ; anthers short, 
erect, with short membranous appendages. Pollen-masses erect, 
solitary in each anther-cell. Style often produced beyond the 
anthers. Follicles smooth. Seeds crowned with a tuft of hairs. 
Twining shrubs ; leaves opposite ; umbels lateral or subaxillary, often 2 from 
the same node and opposite ; flowers small. 
DisrrtB. Species several, in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old 
World ; only one in South Africa, 
1. G. sylvestre (R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 33) ; stem climbing, 
woody, 3-1} lin. thick, shortly tomentose or densely pubescent, as 
are also the petioles, peduncles, bracts, pedicels and calyx ; leaves 
herbaceous ; petiole 3-10 lin. long; blade }-3 in. long, 3-1} in. 
broad, ovate, elliptic, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, acute or 
shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, rounded, or shortly and 
broadly cuneate at the base, glabrous or (usually thinly) pubescent 
above, varying through all stages from glabrous to softly and 
densely pubescent beneath; umbels subaxillary, usually opposite, 
about 4 in. in diam., many-flowered ; peduncles 1—5 lin. long ; bracts 
minute; pedicels 1-3 lin. long; sepals 1 lin. long, elliptic-oblong, 
very obtuse, ciliate ; corolla 2 lin. in diam., glabrous ; tube cam- 
panulate, 3-1 lin. long; lobes spreading-recurved, about as long as 
the tube, oblong-ovate or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, fleshy, glabrous 
