108 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
but the Wezees consider it а cure for cough and chest-complaints. Тһе fruit is said to be black, the 
size of a bullet; and the shrub is called * m'fombwah."—J. A. G.] 
4. HOLARRHENA FEBRIFUGA, Klotzsch, in Peters, Mossamb. Bot. 277.—Var. glabra, 
App. Speke’s Journ. 699. | ыг 
Hab. Mbwiga, Nov. 1860, Col. Grant! Widely diffused in East Tropical Africa. 
Probably H. glabra, Kl., of Zambesi-land may be the same. 
ГА common plant or bush at M’bwiga, at an altitude of 1300 to 1500 feet, with jasmine-scented flowers. 
--4. A. G.] 
9. ÅDENIUM SPECIOSUM, Fenzl, Diag. Prev. Pempt. Stirp. Æthiop. 3 (extr. Wien. 
Sitzungsb. vol. li.). | 
Наб. Bari country, Feb. 1863 (Adenium no. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 639); also in 
Kordofan and Sennaar. ХЭ 
ГА bush from Madi (February), 3 feet high; but the branches are oddly thick, being 20 inches round at 
the base and tapering to nothing at 3 feet. Stem smooth. Flowers scarlet, deciduous ; the five stamina 
twist round each other like a thread. Called “m’goboll’a” (Kin.). No uses known.—J. А. G.] 
6. ADENIUM no. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 639. A single specimen, differing from 
A. speciosum, Fenzl, in its glabrous leaves. But I find one specimen of it among Kotschy’s, 
associated with others which agree with Dr. Fenzl’s description based upon them. I 
must therefore for the present regard Col. Grant’s plant as a form of 4. speciosum, F. 
Hab. 67 55! S. lat., Col. Grant! 
[A solitary woody plant, 1 or 2 feet high. Flowers (October), of a rich pink colour, from the tips of the 
branches.—J. A. G.] | 
ÅSCLEPIADEÆ. 
1. TACAZZEA APICULATA, Oliv., sp. nov. Frutex volubilis; ramis pubesċentibus glabra- 
tisve; foliis late vel ovato-ellipticis, obtusis, sæpius breviter apiculatis, basi subcordatis v. 
truncatis, subtus breviter tomentellis; paniculis axillaribus laxis, ramulis patentibus 
flore glabro æquilongis v. eodem longioribus. 
Folia 24-34 poll. longa, 14-21 poll. lata ; petiolus 3-4 poll. longus, subtus pallidiora. Inflorescentia folium 
interdum superantia, glabra; bracteolæ squamiformes, ovate, deciduæ. Flores 3-2 poll. diam., rubri. 
Calyx lobis late ovatis, obtusiusculis. Corolla laciniis oblongo-lanceolatis, obtusis, fauce filamentis fili- 
formibus apice incurvatis laciniis alternantibus ; Squamulæ carnosulæ, truncatæ. Stigma turbinatum, 
dilatatum, breviter apiculatum. | 
Hab. Madi and Gondokoro, Dec. 1862, Feb. 1863 ( Тасаггеа, sp., App. Speke’s J ourn. 
639), Col. Grant ! | - | | 
We have apparently the same species from the Zambesi (Dr. Kirk) and the Niger (Barter); the latter 
described as with pale yellow flowers. Barter’s Specimen, moreover, is in fruit, the follicles being very 
similar to those of Tacazzea venosa, Dene., about 13 inch in length, tapering from the base, glabrous, 
obscurely striate when dry. | . 
[Climber by Madi burn, and also at Gondokoro, covering the trees as а creeper; with a milky, round, 
twisting stem, covered closely with down. Leaves paler beneath. Calyx brick-red; corolla (February) 
minute, red, as well as the filaments. Large, red, wicked-looking ants cover this milky plant. 
uses.— J. А. б.) 
Plate LXXII. fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Same, corolla-lobes removed; fig. 3. Anther: 
fig. 4. Gynæcium. ; 
It has по 
