442 FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
APOCYNE. 
1. Ectadium ? oblongifolium, n. sp.—glaberrimum, ramis 
gracilibus ; foliis oppositis, subsessilibus, lanceolato-oblongis, 
brevissime acuminato-acutis ; cymis axillaribus folio triplo 
brevioribus, paucifloris; calyce brevi, lobis obtusis ; corolle 
limbo dextrorsum torto, sinuum processibus minutis; an- 
theris glabris. 
Ad sylvarum margines prope flum. Umgani, Port Natal 
(V. c.) Nov. 1839. Krauss, n. 132. **Fruticulus 3-4-peda- 
lis." 
In habit and foliage this plant is very like Apocynum hype- 
ricifolium. From E. virgatum, E. Mey. comm. p. 188, it is 
quite distinct, and since it differs even in some points from the 
generic characters as established by Meyer, namely in the 
minute, almost obsolete appendages at the sinus of the 
corolla, which Meyer calls * sinistrorsum contorta," I must 
contradict this statement, finding the lobes positively dev- 
trorsum contorti not only in our new species, but also, as far 
as my specimen permits to ascertain, in E. virgatum, but in 
this species the lobes are very little twisted indeed. 
ÁSCLEPIADEJE. 
a Tylophora Caffra, n. sp.—fruticosa, ramis puberulis; 
foliis oppositis, breviter petiolatis, lanceolato-oblongis, acutis, 
minute, pubescentibus, supra demum glabris; umbellis 
alterne axillaribus, simplicibus, nutantibus, pedicellis pedun- 
culum subzquantibus petiolo. duplo longioribus calycibusque 
puberulis; alabastris subglobosis, calyce patente, corolla sub- 
campanulata. 
i graminosis circa Port Natal (V. c.) Aug. 1839. Krauss, 
n. 85. 
From What we have seen of this species, it does not ap- 
pear to bea climbing plant. Branches rather straight, densely 
covered with a minute, soft, greyish pubescence. Leaves 1-22 
