2')0 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADEiE (brown). [Cri/ptoUpis. 



varying from narrowly lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, acute or obtuse 

 and apiculate, cuneate or rounded at the base, pallid beneath. Cymes 

 subaxillary, subsessile, or on peduncles up to J in. long, 3-lG-flowered, 

 not dense, trichotomous, J- J in. in diam. ; bracts 7^-1 lin. long, ovate, 

 obtuse; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long. Sepals |-f lin. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 minutely ciliate at the apex. Corolla quite glabrous, yellowish-green, 

 ovoid and rather acute or acuminate in bud ; tube §-1 lin. long, cam- 

 panulate; lobes IJ-lf lin. long, §-f lin. broad, oblong or lanceolate, 

 oblong, obtuse ; sinus-pockets entire or produced into a minute tooth, 

 not ciliate. Coronal-lobes inserted at the middle of the corolla-tube, 

 |-J lin. long, subrhomboid, subterete or clavate, obtuse or acute, fleshy. 

 Anthers deltoid, very acuminate. Follicles diverging at an angle of 

 about 80°, 3-3| in. long, about -J in. thick, narrowly fusiform, gradually 

 tapering from about the middle to a subacute point, glabrous. Seeds 

 about 4 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, narrowly oblong, convex on one side, 

 concave with a central ridge on the other, minutely scabrous. — Ectadium 

 ohlongifolium, Meisn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 1843, 542 (442 by error) ; 

 Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 827 ; Walp. Rep. vi. 481. Secamone acutifolia. 

 Sond. in Linnsea, xxiii. 70 ; Walp. Ann. iii. 48. Ectadiopsis ohlongi- 

 folia, Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 471 ; Schlechter in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xviii. Beibl. 45, 14 ; K. Schum. in Engl, tfe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. ii. 219. E. acutifolia, Benth. in Benth. & Hook.f. Gen. PI. ii. 741 ; 

 K. Schum. in Engl, tk Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 219. 



N'lle Kand. Uganda : Ankole ; on dry grassy liills on the East side of Lake 

 Albert Edward, Scott-ELliot, 8066 ! 



nf ozami). Dlst. Portnguese East Africa: between Massi Kessi k Revue, 

 Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 239 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



14. C. EUiotii, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1895, 300. Stems erect, 

 branching, scaberulous. Leaves |-1 in. long, 3-0 lin. broad, on petioles 

 ^-1 lin. long, elliptic-oblong, about equally subobtuse at both ends, 

 apiculate, margins revolute, glabrous on both sides, whitish or glaucous 

 beneath. Cymes lax, terminal, corymbose, the main branches 3-10 lin. 

 long, glabrous, ultimate cymules 3-4-flowered ; pedicels \-^\ lin. long, 

 glabrous. Sepals 1 lin. long, §-| lin. broad, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 

 very obtusely rounded at the apex, minutely ciliate. Corolla glabrous, 

 ovoid, and obtuse in bud; tube 1 lin. long, campanulate ; lobes IJ lin. 

 long, 1-1:^ lin. broad, somewhat rhomboidal-oblong in outline, obtuse 

 and unequal sided, that side which is on the inside when in the bud 

 being broadest and produced into a distinct angle at the middle ; sinus- 

 pockets truncate, not ciliate. Coronal -lobes arising from the middle of 

 the corolla-tube, rather less than J lin. long, fusiform-clavate, acute, 

 incurved. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa: Urundi Hills, Scott-ElUot, 8372 ! 



Schlechter also included a specimen of C. ohlonqifoUa, Schlechter under this 

 name, but I have retained his name for the present plant, as it is evident that it is 



