Cryptoleinsi] lxxxv. ASCLEPiADEiE (brown). 24^ 



The leaves of this plant seem to vary very much in breadth. 

 Var. ^ luteola, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Wehv. i. 677. A sannentose shrublet 

 \-ll ft. high. Flowers yellowisli, 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in thickets near Huilla, 'iVelioitsch,A:20:>\ 



1 doubt if this is in any way distinct from the typical form. 



BciaiHo'psis scandens, K. Schnm. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 219. 

 should probably be referred to C. Welwitschii. It is descriljed as follows : A 

 twining shrub. Marginsof the sinus-i)0ckets of the corolla-lobes not ciliate. Com- 

 mon ill Angola. 



Cnj2jiulepis scandens, Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Kxped. 30H, name only, 

 collected in sandy soil near Dolo, not far from Stanley Pool, in Lower Conjro, 

 Schlechter, 124.51. This is stated to be identical with Ectadiopsis scandens, K. 

 Sclmm., but, as there is not a word of description to support this view, I am doubtful 

 of the determination, especially as tlie specimens distributed by the Berlin authorities 

 under this name have the sinus-pockets ciliate, and thus entirely disagree with 

 Ectadiojjsis scandens in the only distinctive character assigned to it. 



12. C. angolensis, Welw, ex lliern in Cat. Afr. PL Wehv. i. (177. 

 llootstock woody. Steins of the type specimens 8-10 in. high, erect, 

 reddish-brown, rough with minute raised points ; but according to 

 Welvvitsch's note on the label it forms a decumbent, scrambhng or 

 rarely twining shrub, 2-4 ft. high, with milky juice. Leaves ascending 

 or somewhat spreading, perfectly glabrous ; petiole 1-2 lin. long ; blade 

 1-2 in. long, o-G lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, cuneate at the base, not 

 :)-nerved. Cymes axillary, sessile or subsessile, densely many-flowered ; 

 bracts minute, rounded, very minutely ciliate ; pedicels 1-1 f lin. long, 

 rathei- thick. Sepals | lin. long, -^ lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, very 

 minutely ciliate. Corolla obtuse in bud, quite glabrous, white, 

 fragrant ; tube -\-J lin. long, campanulate ; lobes 1^-1 f ^^^- ^ong, § lin. 

 broad, oblong, obtuse ; sinus-pockets produced into filiform processes 

 -J lin. long, giving the appearance of two series of coronal-lobes, appa- 

 rently slightly tortuous. Coronal-lobes arising above the middle of the 

 corolla-tube, |-1 lin. long, subulate, acute, slightly curved somewhat like 

 the letter S. Anthers acuminate, connivent or connate in a cone. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in sandy thickets near Lopollo, IFelicitsch, 

 4204! 



This is very similar to C. Welwitschii, Hiern, in general appearance, but differs 

 in the leaves not being 3-iierved at the base, .md in the very difFerent eoronal-lobes 

 and filiform processes of the sinus-pockets. The ty])p consists cf two specimens, 

 which aie, as described above, and I am inclined to think, irom the statement on 

 Welwitseh's label, that he did not distinguish tl.is plant from C. WehcHschii .• cer- 

 tainly the specimons show no signs of a sarmentose decumbent or twining lubit. I 

 find the plant quite glabnms on all parts, not " pulverulent-puberulous" on the 

 leaves and calyx as stated in the original description, where the tiliform processes 

 of the sinus-pockets are not noted. 



13. C. oblongifolia, Schlechter in Jourii. Bot. 189G, 315. An 

 erect branching shrub. Branches usually rather long, slender, reddish- 

 brown, minutely scabrous. Leaves ascending, glabrous '; petiole ^, 1 { 

 lin. long; blade J-2 in. long, J-f in. broad, 2-5 times ivs long as bread, 



