804 ASOLEPIADAOEiE ELLIOTIANiE. 



infra medium 2-3 cm. latis, petiolo grticili 0'5-0-8 cm. longo ; 

 cymis axillaribus oppositis, laxe paucifloris, quam foliis duplo vel 

 plus duplo brevioribus ; pedunculo tereti, glabro, 0"8-l-2 cm. longo, 

 pedicellis gracilibus infequilongis, quam calyce tamen semper longi- 

 oribus; floribus pro genere minoribus, subrotatis, 0-4 cm. diametro ; 

 calycis segmentis oblongis obtusis, quam corolla triplo brevioribus, 

 margine tenuissime (subinconspicue) ciliatis ; corollae lobis ovato- 

 oblongis obtusis, concavis, utrinque glaberrimis, basi usque infra 

 medium in tubum late campanulatum connatis, 0-2 cm. longis, medio 

 fere vix 0-1 cm. latis; coroufe foliolis antlierarum dorso alte ad- 

 natis carnosis, e basi sublanceolatarostrato-angustatis, quam antberis 

 paulo brevioribus, obtusiusculis; autlieris polliuiisque generis, stig- 

 matis capite obtusato, antberas conspicue excedente. 



Sbire-Zambesi, Cliiroma, January, No. 2803. 



The affinity of our plant is with Secamone sansibariensis K. Sell., 

 from which, however, it differs in the head of the stigma, which in 

 our plant distinctly exceeds the anthers, whereas in S. sansibariensis 

 it is equal to them in height. S. Stuhlmannii K. Sch., also from 

 German Eastern Africa, is distinguished at once by the hairy 

 branches and inflorescence, and the pubescent corolla-lobes. S. 

 Schweinfurthii K. Sch. has smaller flowers and a different corona, 

 as well as a very distinct stigma. The leaves of *S'. zambesiaca turn 

 bright green in drying, a character which is also mentioned by 

 Schumann in the description of his S. sansibariensis. 



Glossonema Dene. 



Glossonema Elliotii Schltr., n. sp. Herba velutina decum- 

 bens, e basi ramosa ; ramis teretibus subtomentoso-velutinis remote 

 foliatis; foliis patentibus vel erecto-patentibus, ovatis vel ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis acutis, utrinque velutinis, 3-5 cm. longis, infra medium 1-2-5 

 cm. latis, petiolo gracili velutino 1-1-5 cm. longo ; floribus in fasci- 

 culis extra-axillaribus alternantibus, 4-7-floris ; pedicellis villosis, 

 inajquilongis, quam floribus tamen semper plus minus longioribus ; 

 calycis segmentis lanceolatis vel Imeari-lanceolatis acutis, villosis, 

 quam corolla duplo brevioribus ; corolla sulphurea subrotata, 0-5 cm, 

 diametro; lobis ovato-oblongis vel ovato-ellipticis, obtusiusculis, basi 

 tertia parte in tubum brevem connatis, 0-3 cm. longis, medio fere 

 vix 0-2 cm. latis ; corona squamis tubo corollre infra apicem adnatis 

 erectis linearibus, apice supra stigma inflexis, quam corolla breviori- 

 bus ; antberis incumbentibus subquadrangularibus, marginibus carti- 

 lagineis alaeformibus brevibus, appendice hyalino in stigma inflexo, 

 rotundato, marginibus loculorum profunde exciso-emarginatis ; 

 polliniis pedunculis oblongis paulo compressis, caudiculis margine 

 interiore supra medium affixis, obtusis, caudiculis filiformibus 

 patulis, glandula} oblongre obtus^e juxta basin insertis, glandula 

 pro magnitudine polliniorum minima. 



Kikumbuliyu, Nov. 26, No. 6184. 



The first species of the genus Glossonema known as yet from the 

 Southern Hemisphere, although it was to be expected from these 

 regions. In structural characters it is at once distinguished from 

 the others by the incumbent anthers, which in this respect resemble 



