Stomatostemma.] lxxxv. asclepiade.e (brown). i>:»;j 



Species 1, also in South Africa. 



I have generically separated this plant from Crifplolepls, chieHy on accoinit o\ 

 the position of the coronal-lohes. These are nuich more distant from the stamens 

 than they are in Cri/ptolepis, occupying the same place that tlie sinus-poikets do in 

 that genus and prol)ably represent the same organs, whilst the coronjil-lohes of 

 Cryptolepls {?ivis\\vy, at the middle of the corolla-tube), are not represented in Stoma- 

 iostemma. The corolla also differs from that of Cryptolepis \n l)eing more inHated 

 and more obtuse when in bud, and in having a mucli broader tube and broader lobes 

 than in any species of that genus. The generic name is formed from crmfxa, a 

 mouth, and (rrefifia, a crown, in allusion to the position of the corona at tlie month 

 of the corolla-tube. 



1. S. Monteirose, ^V. A'. Br. A small bush 4-5 ft. hign, or a 

 climber, glabrous in all parts. Leaves l^--^ in. Jong, l-'l in. In-oatl, 

 oblong, lanceolate or cuneate-obovate. obtuse or acute, sometimes apicu- 

 late, narrowed at the base into a 1-2 lin. long petiole. Cymes 1-1 .V in. 

 long, few -flowered, terminal and subcorymbose, or arranged along the 

 terminal part of the stem and branches in a racemose manner ; pedicels 

 ->-4j lin. long, with two minute bracts at about the middle. Sepals 

 i-lj lin. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Corolla about 1 in. in dium., 

 cream-coloured with a purple-brown centre, somewhat inflated ellipsoid 

 and obtuse when in bud ; tube 2-3 lin. long, broadly campanulate ; lobes 

 ■J in. long, 2-2^ lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, with revolute margins. 

 Coronal-lobes inserted at the sinuses of the corolla, 1 lin. long ; clavate, 

 fleshy, dark purple-brown or blackish in the dried state. Anthers 

 acuminate, connivent over the short conical apex of the style, whitish 

 or yellowish. — Cri/ptolepis J/onteiroce, Oliver in Hook. Ic. PI. xvi. t. 

 1591. 



IMEozaxnb. Sist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; near Lalce Xirami, 

 McCabe, 101 



Also at Delagoa Bay and in the Transvaal. 



This species is stated by Mr, McCabe, on bis label, to be a "small bush or tree 

 growing among rocks," whilst Mrs. Monteiro, who collected it at Delagoa Hay, and 

 Mr. Galpin who collected it near Karberton in the Transvaal, both state that it is a 

 climber. But I cannot find the least difference in the flowers from the different 

 localities. It would appear that in the more humid coast region the jilant is a 

 climber with broader leaves and a somewhat lax inflorescence, whilst in the drier 

 inland region it becomes a bush with narrower leaves aiul a more compact in- 

 florescence. 



4. BATESANTHUS, N. E. ]5r. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 250(1. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla rotate or rotate-campanulate, very deeply 

 5-lobed ; lobes broad, overlapping to the left in bud. Corona in- 

 distinct, arising from the bottom of the corolla, annular, with 5 very 

 short lobules, which are adnate to the base of the filaments of the 

 stamens. Stamens 5 ; filaments free ; anthers erect, oblong, ajipendaged 

 at the apex, connivent over the apex of the style, united to the dilated 

 part of it at their base, and cohering by their appendages at the apex. 

 Pollen granular. Pollen-carrier with a rhomboid deeply divided blai^e 



