Plate 2453. 



anisopus mannii, n. e. br. 



AscLEPiADE^. Tribe Marsdexie.e. 

 Anisopus, F. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1S95, 259. Calyx parvus, 



5-partitus. Corolla rotata, 5-fida, festlvatlone angustissime imbricata. 

 Corona duplex ; exterioris lobi brevisslrai, tuLerculiformes, carnosi, 

 hirti sub sinibus corollie affixi ; interioris squamae 5, lineari-oblonga;, 

 carnos£e, trinuetrie, medio per totam longitudiuem gynostegio adnate, 

 Stamina prope basin corollas affixa ; anthera3 apice membranaceo- 

 appendiculatse ; pollinia erecta, in quoque loculo solitaria. btybis 

 breviter exsertus ; stigma bilobum.— Frutex voluhihs, fere ommno 

 glaher. Folia petlolata, opposita, memhranacea. Umbellae axiUares, 

 soepe oppositce, altera pedunculata altera sessihs. 



A. Mannii, If. E. Br. U. (sp. unica) foliis ovatis v. late ellipticis 



subito acuminatis basi rotundatis, umbellis plurifloris. 



Hab. W. Tropical Africa : Corisco Bay, Mann (No. 1862). 



Frutex volubilis, 12-15 pedalis. Folia 21-3 poll, longa, 1^-1 1 poll, 

 lata ; petiolus 6-9 lin. longus. Fedicelh 2-4 Im. longi. 



Probably a near ally of Ilarsdenia, which, Mr. Brown points out, it 

 resembles in its inner corona, while it has the outer corona of Lept- 

 adenia. — D. Olivee, 



mg. 1. Bud. 2. Corolla laid open, revealing the staminal column 3. Corona 

 4. Lobe of corona from tlie inside. 5. Staminal column, corona removed. 6. Pol- 

 linia. All enlarged. 



