Piate 1998, 
MARSDENIA CRINITA, Oliv. 
ASCLEPIADER. Tribe MarspENInZ. 
M.crinita, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; volubilis, caule patentim i 
= petiolatis membranaceis ovato-ellipticis ovatisve breviter a 
atis basi rotundatis cordati tisve, supra parce subtus beset in 
is ti 
ibus oe moses ayo Set corollz sequilongo, corone squamis 
dorso antherarnm in obtusis a carnosulis pea de- 
pressis marginibus beria’ nee solapliial 
Has. Niger So 1859, Oyo, Barter; expedition to interior 
of _. 1890, M 
lia 33-43 poll. rigs 13-22 poll. lata; petioles 4-1 poll. longus. 
Flore albi 4 aot dia 
allied to M, Schimperi, 
in its short Rane ig tawage Cotent um.—D,. OLIVER, 
Fig. 1. Se 2. Gynostegium, hee corona. 3, Same, with apices of the coronal 
deales removed. 4. Pollinia. Fnlarg 
