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obtusi, 0*75 mm. longi ; fauces villosae. Stylus cum stigmate 

 3 mm. longus, glaber. Drupa globosa vel subglobosa, interdum 

 magis minusve cordata, 7-9 mm. diametro ; pyrenae 2. 



Uganda. Bugoma, in woods, Dawe, 711 ; plains below 

 Ruwenzori, 900 m., Dawe, 603. 



Evidently closely allied to R. macrqphylla, which has so far 

 been observed only in the Cameroons and the island of S. Thomas 

 (Ribeiro, No. 2). 



974. Cryptolepis linearis, N. E. Brown [Asclepiadaceae] ; 

 species ab omnibus foliis linearibus et cymis terminalibus con- 

 gests subcapitals distinctissima. 



Fruticulua ramosus. Rami graciles, minutissime scaberulo- 

 tuberculati, rufescentes. Folia opposita, patula, 3*5-7 cm. longa, 

 1*5-3 mm. lata, linearia, acuta, basi cuneata vel subrotundata, 

 plana vel marginibus revoluta, vix petiolata, utrinque glabra. 

 Flores in cymam 20-30-floram terminalem capituliformem con- 

 gestae. Bracteolae numerosae, 1*5 mm. longae, 0*75 mm. latae, 

 ovatae, obtusae, glabrae, apice minutissime ciliatae. Sepala 1*75-2 

 mm. longa 1*5 mm. lata, ovata, obtusa, glabra, apice minutissime 

 ciliata. Corolla glabra ; tubus 2*5 mm. longus, campanulatus ; lobi 

 2*5 mm. longi, 1*5 mm. lati, oblongi vel ovato-oblongi, obtusi ; 

 sacculi ad sinus truncati, minute bidentati. Coronae lobi clavati, 

 horizontaiiter porrecti. 



Angola. Ulondo Mountains, 1360 m. alt., Wellman, 1785. 



975. Ceropegia Wellmanii, N. E. Brown [Asclepiadaceae] ; 

 affinis C. umbralicolae, K. Schum., foliis cordato-ovatis glabris et 

 floribus minoribus distinctissima. 



Hirba erecta 20 cm. vel ultra alta, caule inferne compresso, 

 glabro, superne parce puberulo. Folia paten tia vel deflexa ; 

 petiolus 7-10 mm. longus, puberulus ; lamina 3-4*5 cm. longa, 

 1*3-2*5 cm. lata, elongato-ovata vel latissime ovata, acuta vel obtusa 

 et^ minute apiculata, basi cordata, utrinque glabra, nervis subtus 

 minute et parce puberulis, minutissime ciliata. Flores ad nodos 

 bim. Pedicelli 1 cm. longi, minutissime puberuli. Sepala 5-6 mm. 

 longa, lanceolato-attenuata, apice recurva, parce et minutissime 

 l'uberula. Corollas tubus 2*2 (vel ultra ?) cm. longus, fere 1 cm. 

 diametro, subcylindricus, superne levissime angustatus, inferne 

 glaber, virescens, prope apicem microscopice et parce puberulus, 

 purpurascens ; lobi apice connati, 2*2 cm. (vel ultra) longi, e basi 

 deltoideo anguste lineares, replicati, marginibus undulatis, dorso 

 minutissime puberuli, intra glabri, atropurpurei . Corona exterior 

 cupularis, 10-dentata, dentibus 4 mm. longis erectis linearibus 



cum 



minuto inter iis munitis. Coronae interioris lobi 1 mm. longi, 



unthens arete incumbentes et breviores, dorso partitionibus coronae 

 exteriori connexi. 



Angola. 



Wellman 



am ^ ?*?> « bla «* Tirucalli ) implexa, Stapf [Euphorbiaceae] ; 

 amnis h. Bottae, Boiss. et E. Shhimperi, Presl, sed dumos densis- 

 simos tormans, ramis longis vel erectis vel patulis vel pendulis 

 quaquaversus implicatis junioribus superne longe (ad vel 



