^44 Lxxxv. ASCLEPIADE.E (brown). [Cri/ptolepis. 



Hook. Niger Fl. 457 ; Engler in Engl. Jahrb. x. 244 ; xix. 148 ; K. 

 Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 219 ; Walp. Ann. iii. 01). 



Ijower Guinea. Anfjola, Curror ! Hererolaiul : near Salem, 1800 ft., Marloth, 

 1455 (ex Engler), near ISorissoris, Guricli, 50 (ex Engler). 



Tlie primary leaves of the main brandies are not present upon the speeimens 1 

 have seen, and they are undescribed. 



2. C. hypoglauca, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 320. A 

 large woody climber with glabrous stems. Leaves distant, sessile, 

 •».l-r) in. long, 2|-4 in. broad, and probably larger, oblong, elliptic- 

 oblong or elliptic-obovate, very broadly rounded with a reflexed short 

 cuspidate point at the apex, cordate and stem-clasping at the base, 

 quite glabrous, glaucous beneath. Panicles lateral at the nodes, few- 

 branched and few-flowered, 5 in. or more long, including the o in. long 

 peduncle, quite glabrous in all parts; bracts ^— | lin. long, ovate, 

 iicute; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long, stout. Sepals IJ lin. long, ovate- 

 oblong, acute. Corolla-tube 1| lin. long, funnel-shaped ; lobes 3 lin. 

 long, ovate, rather abruptly narrowed into a linear, obtuse, spirally 

 twisted point, glabrous ; sinus-pockets minute, truncate, not ciliate. 

 Coronal-lobes inserted just above the middle of the corolla-tube, their 

 tips not reaching to the sinuses, rhomboidal-ovoid, thick and fleshy, 

 obtusely pointed, connivent over the staminal-column. Anthers 

 triangular-acuminaA;e, connivent over the short conical apex of the 

 style. — K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 219. 



XHozamb. Sist.' German East Africa : Usambara ; Amboni, Hoist, 2728 ! 



;>. C. apiculata, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 320. Stem 

 twining, glabrous, light brown, with many pale lenticels. Leaves 

 spreading, glabrous; petiole |-|- in. long ; blade 2J-4J in. long, 1^-2^ 

 in. broad, oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly and abruptly acute, 

 cuneately rounded or acute at the base, narrowly revolute at the 

 margin, whitish beneath. Peduncles 1-1 J in. long. Cymes once or 

 twice dichotomously branched ; branches 3-4 in. long, ^ lin. thick, 

 racemosely many-flowered, with internodes \-h in. long, glabrous ; 

 bracts ^-1 lin. long, ovate, acute, glabrous ; pedicels J in. long, 

 moderately stout, glabrous. Sepals 1^-1 f lin. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous. Corolla quite glabrous; tube l|-2 lin. long, campanulate ; 

 lobes 5 lin. long, ^ lin. broad, lanceolate-linear, tapering to a point, 

 spirally twisted ; sinus-pockets truncate, not ciliate. Coronal-lobes 

 h lin. long, arising from the middle of the corolla-tube and just reaching 

 to the sinuses, rhomboid-ovate, acute, thick and fleshy. Anthers 

 triangular, very acute, connivent over the conical acute apex of the 

 style. — K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 219. 



IWozamb. 3>i8t> German East Africa : Usambai-a ; Am1)oni, Hoist, 2564 ! 



Very closely allied to C. caj^ensis, Schlecliter, a native of Xatal, bnt differing 

 from that species in its stouter cyme-branches, shorter corolla-tube, and in the, 

 coronal-lobes i caching to the top of the tube. 



