258 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (brown). [PeHplocce, 



Follicles 3|-5 in. long, 2 lin. thick, terete-attenuate, straight, horizon- 

 tally diverging, sometimes solitary. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. iL 

 83. Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 498 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 341. K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost.-Afr. C. 321 ; in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxviii. 454; and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 216. P. 

 linemns, Hochst. ex Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 498. 



larile Iiand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; on Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 365 ! 1857 ! 

 near Adowa, Quarfin Dillon Sf Petit! near Mai Gouagoua, Quartin Billon! 

 Sanien ; near Enjedcap, Schimper, 1332 ! Begenieder, Schimper, 226 ! Amba Sea, 

 Schimper ! Shoa : Chakka Mountains, Roth, 417 ! and without precise locality, 

 Schimper, 987 ! 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, at Marangu, 4600 ft., 

 Volkeas, 269! Usambara ; Heboma, Hoist, 2573! Ukame; South Uluguru, 

 3900 ft., Goetze, 226 (ex Schumann). 



3. P. nigrescens, Afzel. Stirp. Guin. Med. Sp. Nov. i, 2. 



Stem twining, glabrous. Leaves distant ; petiole f-1 J in. long ; blade 



3-5J in. long, li-3j in. broad, oblong or elliptic-oblong, cuspidate, 



rounded, subtruncate or subcordate at the base, glabrous on both 



sides, glaucous beneath. Panicles axillary, 2-3 in. long, glabrous; 



bracts 1 lin. long, oblong-ovate, obtuse ; pedicels 3-5 lin. longj. 



Sepals 1 J-1 J lin. long and broad, very broadly ovate, obtuse. Corolla 



rotate, glabrous, dark red inside {Holland), nearly black {Barter), with 



a velvety sheen ; tube very short; lobes 4-5 lin. long, 2J-3 lin. broad, 



retiexed, oblong, obtuse, with one margin produced at the apex into an 



oblique membranous inflexed or cochleate auricle. Coronal-lobes 3-4 



lin. long, filiform or linear, not dilated at the base, usually divided 



above the middle into 2-4 filaments, of which the middle 1-2 are 



usually tortuous in the upper part, and the lateral pair short and 



spreading, rarely undivided. Stamens hairy on the filaments and 



backs of the ovate-oblong anthers. Follicles (according to Afzelius), 



about 17 in. long, horizontal or slightly reflexed, lanceolate-attenuate, 



2-edged, angles acute. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 081 ; K. 



Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. '2?)'2. P. Afzelii, G. Don, Syst. Card. iv. 



163. P. Preussii, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 117; and in Engl. 



& Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 216 and 217, fig. G4, R— V. De Wild. & 



Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, ii. fasc. 2, 41. P. nigricans, Schlechter, 



Westafr. Kautscbuk-Exped. 308. Parquetina gabonica, Baill. in Bull. 



Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. (1889) 806 (86 by error); ct Hist. PI. x. 294; 



K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 218. 



Upper Guinea. S'levra heono, Afzelius ! Don! Barter! Scott-T^lliot , 4:206 \ 

 5631! J/aM», 845! Nigrer Territory: New Calabar, at Dc^-Axa'a,, Holland, 1211 

 Old Calabar, Thomson, 43 ! Ikun, in a villap^e near Odortobo, Holland, 261 1 

 Camevoons : Bipinde, Zenker, 863 I between Mokonye and Kumba Ninga, Preuss, 

 151 (ex Schumann). 



Zio-wer Guinea. Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 406 ! Biittner, 

 402 (ex Schumann); Como Kivor, Bales, 465! Gaboon River, Mann! woods near 

 Libreville, Schlechter, 12,822, and witliout precise locality, Duparquet. Loango; 

 Lagoa of Cbiiu-bocho, Soyaux, 46 (ex Schumann). Lower Congo, Smith ! Lower 

 Congo and between Sambo and Yanga, Cahra (ox De Wildeman Sc Durand) \ 



