Plate 2497. 



MARSDENIA EPULENSIS, N. £. Brown. 



AscLEpiADE.E. Tribe Marsdenie-IE. 



M. efulensis, K E. Brown (sp. nov.) ; caule suffruticoso volubili 

 glabro, foliis petiolatis elliptico-oblongis breviter cuspidatis acutis basi 

 rotundatTS utrinque glabris, cymis umbeliiforraibus axiilaribus oppositis 

 10-12-floris sessilibus, pedicellis gracilibus glabris minutissime asperatis, 

 sepalis eJIipticis obtusissimis cxiiolatis, corollie tubo brevi campanulato 

 lobis ovatis obtusis patentibus dorso gl.'ibris intus puberuJis, corocae 

 lohis erectis parte inferiors columnse staminuw adnata parte superiore 

 libera basi latis leviter concavis alatis superne dorso compresso-gibbosis 

 apice breviter subulatis, stylo apice valde convexo. 



Hab. West Tropical Africa : Efulen, Cameroons, Bates (No, 378). 

 Folioriim petioU 1-1| poIL long!, laminse 3-4i poll, longse, li-2] 



poll, latse. Pedicelli 6-8 lin. longi. Sepala \-% lin. longa, ^ lin. lata. 



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C or oil ce tubus | lin. longus, lobi U-l| lin. longi, 1 lin. lati. Coronce 

 lohi \\ lin. longi. Columna staminum 1 lin. longa. 



Tills distinct and well-marked species, like some other members of 

 the genus, has the pollen-masses somewhat concealed in depressions 

 at or under the margin of the dilated convex apex pi the stjle. The 

 cymes are truly axillary, and arise from both axils of each pair of 

 leaves. — N, E. Bkown. 



Fig. 1, Bud. 2. Flower. 3. Sepal from witliln. 4, Corona and stamJnal column. 

 6. b'tarainal column with corona removed. 6. Pollinia. All enlartjcd. 



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