2(14 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (brown). [Tucazzea. 



liaill. Decaisnc has erroneously described the coronal-lobes as i^agittate, I find 

 them as described al)0ve. 



."). T. venosa, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 403. Stems apparently 

 erect, pubescent, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves petiolate,. 

 ascending; petiole \ in. long; blade 2J-5 in. long, J-lJ in. broad^ 

 lanceolate, acute, subacute at th© base, glabrous above, tomentose 

 beneath. Panicles H— i in. long, glabrous in all parts; bracts 

 ]-lJ lin. long, broadly ovate, acute; pedicels 2-8 lin. long. Sepals 

 ^-V lin. long, broadly ovate, subobtuse or acute. Corolla lobed nearly 

 to the base ; lobes 2-3 lin. long, oblong or ovate-oblong obtuse. Coronal- 

 lobes filiform, tortuous, about \-\ as long as the corolla-lobes. Lobules 

 alternating with the stamens, half as long as the filaments, shortly and 

 obtusely bifid. Follicles 1|-2J in. long, 7-8 lin. thick, lanceolate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 32 ; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 341 ; K. Schum. in Engl, k Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam, iv. ii. 210. Periploca venosctj Hochst. ex Decne. in DC. 

 Prod. viii. 493. 



xrile ]band. Galabat : Matamma district, 5'cAwei/j/'«r^A, 191 ! 192! Abyssinia: 

 Waldubba district, Steudner, 749 I Tig^re ; banks of the Kiver Tacazze, below 

 Jelajeranne, Schimj^er, 636 ! Begemeder ; Asraotsch, 5700 ft., Sc?idmper,1^4:'o\ 



Var. (i Martini, X. E. Br. Sei)iils very broadly elliptic or nearly circvdar, very 

 obtuse. Coronnl-lobes about as long as the corolla-lobes, flat and linear at the base, 

 divided 7,-i| of the way down into two filiform segments. — T. Marlini, Baill. in Bull. 

 Soc. Linn." Paris, ii. (1889) 808 (88 by error). 



urile Xianda Nubia, Martin- Saint- Ange (ex Baillon). Galabat ; region of 

 ]\Iataninia, Schweinfurth, 197 ! 



<;. T. Welwitschii, Iktill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. (1889) 807 

 (87 by error). Stems several from a thick rootstock, 4-7 ft. high, erect, 

 tomentose, rarely subglabrous on the older parts, ending in a long 

 inflorescence of paniculate cymes. Leaves opposite, whorled or occa- 

 sionally alternate ; petiole 3-7^ lin. long; blade l|—3i in. long, 1-2 in. 

 broad, oblong, elliptic-oblong, or occasionally obovate-oblong, rarely 

 ovate, obtuse, apiculate, cordate or rounded at the base, nearly glabrous 

 or shortly and sparsely hairy above, whitish tomentose beneath. Panicles 

 2-4 in. long, with very numerous flowers ; peduncles, pedicels, bracts 

 and sepals all densely hairy or subtomentose ; pedicels 3-G lin. long ; 

 bracts 1^ lin. long, ovate, acuminate. Sepals 1 lin. long, broadly ovate, 

 acute. Corolla lobed nearly to the base ; lobes 3 lin. long, narrowly 

 oblong, obtuse, blackish-purple, veined. Coronal-lobes exceeding the 

 corolla-lobes, about 3^- lin. long, erect, filiform, tortuous in the upper 

 part, adnate at their base to the lower half of the filaments, which are 

 united with the alternating shortly bifid lobules into a ring or short 

 tube. Follicles acuminate, diverging, slightly incurved, tomentose. — 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. C78. 



liOwer Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andougo ; in thickets between Luxillo and 

 Cazella, Welwiisch, 4208! Qiiilanga, Wehvitsch, 4210! Huilla ; in the sandy 

 wooded thickets of Catumba, Wehoilsch, 4209 ! Amboella ; by the Kubango River, 

 near Chirambn, 3900 ft., Baiim, 276 ! 



