Periplocci.] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 251) 



^ZtZ^^2^ Musseugue, Wehvitsch, 4232! and witl^ut precife locHlitj. 



South Central. Congo Free State : ^yB^ugat^, Bemeuse {,^x De Wilderr.au S- 

 Uurand). Lubue, itya (ex Be Wildeman ^ Duraiid). 



8. BASEONEMA, Schlechter & Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1800, 07. 



Calyx-lobes 5. Corolla 5-lobed almost to the base, reflexed ; lobes 

 linear-oblong. Corona none. Stamens 5, inserted at the bnse of the 

 coiolla-lobes and alternating with them ; lilaments free, broadly dilated 

 thick, fleshy and contiguous at the base, filiform above ; anthers erect, 

 linear-oblong, acute, adnate in their lower part to the dilated apex of 

 the style and connivent over it in an obtuse cone, cohering at their- 

 tips, glabrous. "Within the stamens and alternating with them are :» 

 minute free rounded lobules. Style rather slender in the lower part, 

 abruptly dilated into a stout fleshy conical mass at the apex, obtuse.' 

 shorter than the anthers. Pollen granular. Follicles not' seen.— 

 Apparently a shrub. Leaves opposite, petiolate. Flowers small, in 

 dichotomous or trichotomous cymes. 

 Endemic, nioiiotvpic. 



This genus only differs from Tacazzea in being entirely destitute of a corona; in 

 all other characters it is identical with that genus. 



1. B. Gregorii, Schlechter d- Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1800, 07, t. ?>'M), 

 fig. B. Apparently a woody plant, with long straight branches, sub- 

 glabrous or slightly puberulous ; internodes up to 5 in. long. Leaves 

 opposite, spreading; petiole 3 J-5 lin. long ; blade H-21 in. in length 

 and breadth, nearly circular, very shortly and obtusely apiculate, cordate 

 at the base, very shortly velvety-pubescent on both sides, but more 

 sparsely above. Cymes pedunculate, dichotomous or trichotomous, 

 glabrous ; peduncle (')-13 lin. long; branches 2-;>| in. long, spreiiding, 

 several-flowered ; pedicels j-1 in. long, rather slender, glabrous, 

 except at the apex, which is rather densely pubescent and thickenecl 

 under the calyx ; bracts about ^-| lin. long, narrowly oblong, obtuse, 

 densely pubescent with short spreading hairs. Sepals t^-§ lin. long, 

 ^-h lin. broad, ovate, obtuse, densely pubescent, recurved. Corolla 

 reflexed, lobed almost to the base; lobes 3J-3J lin. long, IJ-lJ lin. 

 broad, linear-oblong, obtuse, narrowly reflexed along the margins, 

 tomentose on the back, glabrous, on the inner face minutely ciliate on 

 one margin. Corona none. Filaments of the stamens 1 lin. long, 

 dilated at their basal third into a broad semicircular fleshy mass, above 

 which they are filiform ; anthers about 1-| lin. long, linear-oblong, 

 acute, adhering to the dilated apex of the style, connate at the tips. — 

 Engl. <t Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. zum ii.-iv. 280. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : East Ongalea Mounttiins, at Kinani 

 Gregorij, 14 ! 



