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toideis margine microscopice ciliolatls ; coroll(S basi intrustE lobis 

 ovatis obtusisslmis quam tubus abbreviatus multo longioribus ; corona 

 obscure annulari addito lobulo parvulo subulato pateute e basi tila- 

 mentoruin oriundo ; coitherls apice counatis oblongis quain filamenta 

 long-ioribus ; sliflo ab antlieris facile superato. 



Yaunde, Bitye, on ground out of cultivation ; Hates, 1392. 



Folia (lamina) 18-15 X 6-8 cm., in sicco supra fusca subtus 

 griseo-viridia, glandulis translucentibus microscopicis copiosissime 

 induta ; petioli validi, ±2 cm. long. Stipube retlexie, circiter -1 mm. 

 long. Paniculjc patentes, 10-15 X 5-7 cm. Pedunculi +5 cm. long. ; 

 Imjus rami subdistantes, patentes, ±2'5 cm. long. ; ])edicelli 5-7 mm. 

 long. J5racte5e fugacea?, ovata?, circa 1 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 

 circa 1 mm. long. Corolla extus viridis, intus fusco-purpurea, pansa 

 niodo 15 mm. diam. ; hujus lobi Q-^ x 5 mm. long. Corona? lobuli 

 •5 mm. long. Filamenta crassiuscula, '5 nnn. long. ; antberie 1 mm. 

 long, v^el piuUuhim ultra. PoUinia bipartita, ambitu rbombica, acuta, 

 in toto *7 mm. long. Ovarium ovoidemn, *8xl"25 mm. Stylus alte 

 bipartitus, lobis oblongis, truncatis, -5 mm. long. 



Foliage an.l indorescence of B. parpio'eus N". E. Pr., from wbieli, 

 irrespective of the different Horal structure, it can be told on sight by 

 the much smaller Howers. Mr. N. E. Brown, who was kind enough 

 to examine a flower forme, directed my attention to the intrusion of- 

 the base of the corolla, a character very unusual in Astclepiadacece, so 

 much so tliat he can recall only one similar case among African 

 species. 



It should be noted that, wlien dried, the flowers appear to be 

 mostlv unopened buds ; tliis is due, as i\lr. Bates notes, to the short 

 time the corollas remain expanded. 



Auisopus Batesii, sp. nov. Planta volubilis ; ramalis gracilibus 

 crebro foliosis glabris ; folils petiolatis oblongo-ovatis breviter acumi- 

 natis l)asi rotunda to-cordulatis utrobique glabris necnon leviter nitidis ; 

 uniheJlis axillaribus subsessilibus pauciHoris ; peiliceUis liliformibus 

 flores excedentibus ; calycis segmentis ovato-oblongis obtusis margine 

 ciliolatis ; corolhe vix medium usque divisie tubo campanulato lobis 

 ovatis obtusis intus subtiliter velutinis; coronte \)\\\\\\)s ext. prominen- 

 tibus lingua^'ormibus breviter villosis phyllis int. superne liberis 

 rotundatis integris gynostegio brevioribus ; stylo exserto apice robusto 

 leviterque bilido. 



Yaunde, Bitye ; Bttcs, 1300. 



F(dia usque 10x5 cm.; pleraque vero 4-7x2 -3-5 cm., in sicco 

 Uete viridia ; cost.e laterales ut reticulum pag. inf. mediocriter visi- 

 bil.es ; peti(di tenues, 6-20 mm. long. UmbelUe zt6-flora3. Pedun- 

 Q\\Y\ validi, minute bracteati, circa 2 mm. long. Pedicelli 4-10 mm. 

 long. Flores atropur])urei, in sicco 8 mm. diam. CoroUae tubus 

 4 mm., lobi 3-5 mm. long. Coronae phylla ext. 15 mm., ])hylla int. 

 1 mm. long. Gynostegium 1'5 mm. long. Antherarum appendices 

 erectae, ova tie, 1'5 mm. long. Pollinia oblongo-pyriformia, '2 mm. 

 long., glandulae aliquanto breviori aftixa. Styli pars exserta circa 

 1-25 mm long. 



This chiefly differs from A. Manni N. E. Br. in the .more 

 prominent outer coronal leaves of the flowers, the shorter, broad, 

 entire leaves of the inner corona, and the exserted stvle. 



