2'acazzea.] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 205 



This lias been distributed from Berlin as T. rerticillata, K. Schuin., from which 

 it is quite distinct, the intloi'escenoe being widely different. 



7. T. verticillata, A'. Schum. in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 115. Stems 

 puberulous, bscoming glabrate. Leaves verticillate ; petiole 2^-4 lin. 

 long; blade 1-2^ in. long, ^-Ijin. broad, ovate-oblong or oblong, obtuse 

 and muoronate or shortly acuminate at the apex, rounde<l or truncate 

 at the bajse, glabrous above, pale greyish-tomentose beneath, both sides 

 reticulate. Panicles ;)-4i in. long, very hix, in whorls of three along 

 the terminal part of the stem, the lower in the axils of leaves, the 

 upper with the leaves reduced to small bracts ; bracts of the panicles 

 -i-1 lin. long, ovate, acute, pubescent; pedicels slender, 3-5 lin. long, 

 puberulous, as are also the slender branches of the panicle. Sepals 

 |- lin. long, ovate, acute, puberulous. Corolla rotate ; lobes 2^-;> lin. 

 long, linear-oblong, obtuse or subacute, with narrowly revolute margins, 

 glabrous. Coronal-lobes filiform, erect, o-3i lin. long, adnate at their 

 base to the lower half of the filaments, which are united with the alter- 

 nating shortly bifid lobules into a ring or short tube. — K. Schum. in 

 Engl. cV: Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 21 G. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Xear Kitanxbn, Biichner, 612 ! 



Kitauiba is stated to be in Gaboon in the original description, this ajjpears to be 

 an error, and probably Kitamba on the Kiver Kuango, in Angola, is intended. 



8. T. nigritana, X. E. Br. in Kpau Bulletin, 1895, 248. Stem 

 glabrous. Leaves spreading ; petiole |- lin. long; blade 2J-3 in. long, 

 lO-lo lin. broad, oblong, slightly narrowing towards the shortly cuspi- 

 date-acute apex, obtuse at the base, glabrous above, covered with a 

 short close pubescence beneath. Panicles 2 in. long, pedunculate, quite 

 glabrous in all parts ; peduncles |-| in. long; pedicels 2-^) J lin. long; 

 bracts ^— J lin. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, deciduous. Sepals I lin. 

 long, broadly ovate, subacute, glabrous. Corolla lobed nearly to the 

 base ; lobes 2-2^- lin. long, glabrous. Coronal-lobes 3 lin. long, filiform, 

 erect, tortuous, adnate at the base to the lower half of the filaments, 

 which are united with the alternating shortly bifid lobules into a 

 short tube. 



Upper Guinea. Lower Niger : Aboh, Barter^ 486 ! 



1). T. conferta, X. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 247. Stem 

 minutely puberulous on the younger parts, becoming glabrous. Leaves 

 spreading, petiolate ; petiole I in. long, puberulous ; blade 2^-4 in. long, 

 1-1| in. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, subacute or 

 rounded at the base, quite glabrous on both sides. Panicles corymb- 

 like, subsessile or with a peduncle up to ^ in. long; branches 1-2^ in. 

 long, ending in a raceme of 3-7 secondary peduncles ^-1 in. long, 

 which bear small clusters of (1-8 flowers ; biacts 2-1 lin. long, broadly 

 ovate, acute, brown, glabrous ; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, and, like tlie 

 peduncles and branches of the panicle, minutely puberulous. Sepals 

 -J-1 lin. long, broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, minutely ciliMte. 



