Cryptolepis.'] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 247 



sinus-pockets truncate, ciliate. Coronal-lobes arising at the middle of 



the corolla-tube, fleshy, subulate, obtuse, strongly incurved, pubescent. 



Anthers acuminate, connivent in a cone. 



liower Guinea. Lower Congo : Xtoinbi River, near Lutctc, liens. A, 227 I 

 Very near C. Baumii, X. E. Br., differing in its linear leaves and more fleshy 



(and in the dried state darker coloured) corolla, whicli has very nnicb narrower lobes, 



more oblique at the apex. 



8. C. producta, iV. E. Br. Stem apparently of scrambling; 

 habit, minutely scabrid. Leaves opposite or alternate; petiole ^1 lin. 

 long; blade -J-lJ in. long, J-§ in. broad, oblong, obtuse, apiculate, 

 rounded or subcuneate at the base. Cymes axillary sessile or sub- 

 sessile, about I in long and J in. in expanse, 7-15-flowered ; bracts 

 minute, ovate, acute ; pedicels lJ-2 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 1 lin. 

 long, J lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Corolla quite glabrous 

 inside and out ; tube Ij lin. long, campanulate ; lobes o lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad, narrowly oblong, obtuse, erect or ascending; sinus-pockets pro- 

 duced into linear truncate or minutely bifid teeth \ lin. long, resem- 

 bling a second series of coronal-lobes. Coronal-lobes arising from the 

 middle of the corolla-tube, J lin. long, clavate, obtuse, glabrotis. 

 Staminal column J lin. long ; anthers with subulate tips, connivent in 

 a cone. 



JaO-wer Guineai Angola : Amboella ; by the River Kubungo, above Knimarva, 

 3600 It., Baum, 457 ! 



In having the sinus-pockets produced into distinct lobes, this plant resembU-s 

 C angolensis, Welw., and belongs to tlie same group of sjjccies, the flowers however 

 are very muoh larger and the coronal-lobes quite different. 



9. C. Baumii, N. E. Br. Stem flexuose or twining, not scabrid, 

 wrinkled in the dried state, reddish-brown. Leaves spreading, gla- 

 brous ; petiole 1-2 lin. long; blade 1-lf in. long, 5-7 lin. broad (or 

 larger ?), lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute, rounded at the base. 

 Cymes sublateral at the nodes, f— Ij in. long including the short 

 peduncle, |-J in. in diam., much branched, compact, corymbose, many- 

 flowered, glabrous ; branches erect or ascending ; bi-acts J-J lin. long, 

 ovate, acute; pedicels 1-lf lin. long. Sepals | lin. long, J lin. broad, 

 oblong-ovate, obtuse, glabrous. Corolla 2h lin. in diam., campanulate, 

 shortly pointed and slightly twisted in bud, glabrous outside, pube- 

 scent at the base of the lobes around the mouth of the tube within, 

 tube I lin. long ; lobes 1 J-1 J lin. long, f-1 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, 

 erect, spreading, or recurved at the tips ; margin of the sinus-pockets 

 ciliate with rather long hairs. Coronal-lobes inserted at the middle of 

 the corolla-tube much above the insertion of the stamens, J-^ lin. 

 long, fleshy, subulate, acute, incurved, resembling fish-hooks, sparsely 

 pubescent or hairy. Staminal column h lin. long ; anthers deltoid, 

 very acute, connivent in an acute cone over the conical apex of the 

 style. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Amboella; by the River Longa, below Napalanka, 

 3700 ft., Baum, 577 ! 



