•Gi/m'iwlfnna.] lxxxv. asclepiade.e (brown). -41 



]. GYMNOLJSMA, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 710. 



Calyx minute, 5-partite. Corolla very small, carapanulate, Tj-lobed 

 to below the middle ; lobes overlapping to the left in bud. Corona of '» 

 minute quadrate lobes, entirely adnate to the filaments of the stamens 

 except a very narrow margin at the apex. Stamens arising at the 

 mouth of the short corolla-tube ; filaments short, free ; anthers ovate- 

 obtong, apiculate, connivent over the very shortly conical apex of the 

 style, and united to the dilated part of it at their base. Pollen granu- 

 lar. Follicles narrowly lanceolate-fusiform, acuminate, smooth. Seeds 

 crowned with a tuft of hairs. — A shrub. Leaves opposite. Flowers 

 very small, crowded in small long-peduncled congested corymbs or 

 heads, which are composed of sev^eral very small spike-like cymules. 

 3facropelma, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. o21. Sackfu-ia, liaill. 

 Hist. PI. X. 2()b; and see Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ]X9><, r»"). 



Species 1, endemic. 



Allied to Ciyptolejns, but differing' in liaving the very minute eoroniil-loUcs 

 adnate to the filaments of the stamens: they were overlooked by Bentham, and arc 

 not represented in the figure of the }»laiit. 



1. G. Newii, Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. xii. 74, t. 1 186. A woody shrub 

 or climber (?) with a reddish bark, pubescent in the young parts. Leaves 

 subsessile or very shortly petiolate, 2J-8J in. long, 4-10 lin. broad, 

 varying from linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, minutely 

 velvety on both sides. Peduncles axillary, solitary, slender, 1-51 in. 

 long, pubescent, bearing a small congested head of several small sessile 

 several-flowered cymules, that gradually elongate into little spikes 1-2 

 lin. long; bracts |-| lin. long, ovate, acute, pubescent, deciduous; 

 pedicels 1-1 1 lin. long, elongating to 2-2 J lin. long when in fruit. 

 Corolla about 1 J lin. in diam., glabrous ; tube J- J lin. long ; lobes |-1 lin. 

 long, rather more than J lin. broad, ovate, acute. Coronal-lobes alx)ut 

 4 lin. long, J lin. broad, "transversely oblong, broader than the staminal 

 filaments and entirely adnate to them, truncate at the apex and form- 

 ing a transverse ridge at the base of the anthers. Follicles \\ in. long, 

 2-2J lin. thick, puberulous. Seeds 8 lin. long, |-1 lin. broad, narrowly 

 ovate-lanceolate, flattish. — K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 32(». 

 Gymnolaima Newii, K. Schum. in Engl. &l Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 

 211. Sacleuxia salicina, Baill. Hist. PI. x. 205 ; K. Schum. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxiii. 232; and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 221'.. 

 Macropelma angustifolium, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C, 321 ; 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 218, fig. 63, F, G ; and in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xxiii. 282. 



Nile I.and. Britisli East Africa : Kikunibuliu, 2500-3000 ft., Scuff -£11 iof, 

 6149 ! Maungu, Scott-Mliot, 6162 ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. Zanzibar, ex BaiUon. Clennan East Africa : Kilimanjar«». 

 New I Merue, Fischer, 383 (ex K. Schumann). 



