78 IGONES PLANTARUM. 
candiculis brevissimis corpusculo parvo affixa. Stigma crassum, inter 
antheras obovoideum, in rostrum obtusum contortum squamis corone 
duplo longius productum. Fructus ignotus 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla cut open, showing the coronal scales and gynostegium. 
3. Pollen-masses. 4. Pistil 
We have two other species of the same genus, both from West 
tropical Africa 
. brevipes, Benth., minute tomentellum v. glabratum, foliis thos 
ellipticis breviter et acute acuminatis, cymis plurifloris ad axi 
sessilibus, corone squamis alte ccstog ngs pc sire Se patie: 
leben. Folia 2-3. pollicaria, coriacea a a. vee x breviter 
2-fidw, ramis 5—/-floris. Corollee a 3 lin. a albze 
Has. Banks of the Nun River, Mann. 
R. parviflorum, Benth., glabrum, foliis oblongo-ellipticis obtusius- 
culis, cymis pluri floris ad axillas sessilibus, corons squamis basi tan- 
tum adnatis lignlatis acuminatis. 
Has. Gaboon River, Mann.—G. Benruam. 
PLatTEe 1190. 
SPHHIROCODON OBTUSIFOLIUM, Benth. 
ASCLEPIADER, Tribe MarsDENIES. 
Spherocodon, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 772. 
8. obtusifolium, Benth., sp. n., foliis ovatis v. ovali-oblongis obtusis 
v. Vix mucronatis, corals lobis oonniventt bus 
Has. South-east tropical Africa, Shire River: near Miramballa, 
Kirk. 
Caules e basi sublignosa procumbentes ascendentes v. flexuosi, in 
speciminibus 1-2-pedales, duri, tomento min mbescentes. Folia 
