389 
long, No. 523; Kadaura, 30 miles east of Jos, 19 Sept., 
No. 599. 
_The above specimens have been identified from Schlechter’s 
original description of a plant from Kokumi in Northern Cameroon. 
As indicated by Mr. Lely there is a certain amount of variation 
in the colour of the corollas and also, as seen in his specimens, 
in the breadth of the leaves (W. B. Turrill). 
Ceropegia pedunculata, Turrill, sp. nov.; affinis C. angustae, 
N.E. Br.,sed foliis hispidulis florik Ito minoribus distinguit 
Herba perennis, volubilis. Caulis ramique filiformes, flexuosi, 
glabri. Folia patula, lineari-lanceolata, acutissima vel obtusa 
sed mucronata, basi rotunda, subpeltata, usque as 5 cm. longa, 
saepissime 3 cm. longa, 3-8 mm. lata, costa media in pagina 
inferiore prominente hispidula superiore sulcata, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque inconspicuis, supra omnino hispidula, infra costa media 
margineque excepta glabra; petioli circiter 3 mm. longi, hispidi. 
Cymae extra-axillares, umbelliformes, paucifforae; pedunculus 
1-5-5 em. longus, glaber; pedicelli circiter 5 mm. longi, glabri; 
bracteae minutae, anguste lineares. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, 
superne attenuato-acuminata, 2-5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, 
glabra. Corolla tubulosa, extra glabra; tubus 1-6 cm. longus, 
basem versus 4 mm. diametro, medio constrictus, 3 mm. dia- 
metro, fauce gradatim ampliatus, 6 mm. diametro; segmenta e 
basi triangularia linearia, 1-3 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, apice acuta 
leviter connata. Corona exterior 2 mm. longa, dentibus 10 plus 
minusve longe pilosis instructa. Corona interior 4 mm. longa, 
lobis 5 linearibus erecto-conniventibus glabris praedita. Ovaria 
anguste cylindracea, 1-5 cm. alta, glabra. 
NortHERN Nicerta. Bornu Road and Kilba country, 
4.8.1909, J. M. Dalziel 96. Naraguta, 5.8.1921, plant trailing in 
rock-crevices, 3-4 ft. long; corolla red, brown and green, Hausa 
name “ Kafan Fakara ”’ (Partridge Foot), H. V. Lely No. 495. 
Leptadenia lancifolia, Decne. ; F.T.A. iv. i. 430; Holland 466. 
Lemme, 2600 ft., 7 May; climbing and spreading 2-4 ft., 
whitish flowers in clusters, No. 137. 
Distrib — North Tropical Africa. 
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GENTIANACEAE. 
Exochaenium pumilum, 4. W. Hill in Kew Bull. 1908, 337. 
Belmontia pumila, Baker; F.T.A. iv. i. 552. 
Naraguta, small plant in marsh ground, only one example 
found, 17 Aug.; 2 ins., flowers white, sepals keeled, 
No. 542. 
Distrib —A tiny Gentianaceous plant originally found by Barter 
in a swamp at Lom, and not found again until collected by 
Mr. Lely. 
