^60 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (brown). {Taca:^zea. 



Corolla lobed nearly to the base; lobes 2-2J lin. long, broadly oblong, 

 very obtuse with a small apical notch. Coronal-lobes 2;J-2J lin. long, 

 rather stout, filiform, inrolled in the upper part, very shortly connate 

 at the base. No lobules alternating with the filaments. 

 Nile Xiand. Abyssinia: Efat, Roth (154) 407! 



10. T.Barteri, Baill in Bull Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. (1889) 808 (88 

 % error). Stem twining, more or less pubescent. Leaves spreading, 

 petiolate ; petioles J-J in. long; blade 1^-3 in. long, |-1J in. broad, 

 jilmost exactly oblong, obtuse, shortly apiculate, subcordate at the base, 

 quite glabrous on both sides. Panicles 1-2J in. long, pubescent at 

 the base of the peduncle, otherwise glabrous ; pedicels 2-3 lin. long, 

 glabrous ; bracts J lin. long, ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Sepals J lin. long, broadly ovate, obtuse, glabrous. Corolla lobed 

 nearly to the base ; lobes 3-3 J lin. long, narrowly oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous, pale yellow. Coronal-lobes 4 lin. long, filiform, erect, 

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

 Lobules alternating with the stamens, nearly as long as the filaments, 

 subquadrate, shortly bifid. Follicles 2 in. long, h in. thick at the base, 

 tapering to a rather stout point. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Xupe, Barter, 1086 ! 



liaillon describes tlie leaves as " not cordate, rounded at tbe base," but in tlu' 

 specimen at Kew tliey are decidedly more or less deeply notched at tlie base. 



11. T. Tholloni, Baill. in Bull. Soc. Liym. Paris, ii. (1880) 807 (87 

 % eo'ror). " Entirely glabrous. Leaves oval-cordate, often apiculate, 

 pale and strongly veined beneath. The lateral inflorescences are very 

 compound, with the principal divisions opposite, 4-8 in. long. The 

 subulate scales of the corona are very long and very narrow, folded 

 upon themselves in the bud, united into a ring at the base. The 

 summit of the style, above the pentagonal dilation, presents a capitellate 

 and two-lobed cone." 



Zio-wer Guinea. Congo, Brazza, 507. 



I have not seen this species, the above is a translation of the description given, 

 from which it would appear to be something like T. apiculata, but glabrous. 



12. T. floribunda, K. Schnm. in Engl. Jahrh. xxx. 381. Stem 

 twining, puberulous in the young state, minutely tuberculate. Leaves 

 petiolate, spreading; petiole |-1| in. long, with a pair of glands or 

 tieshy processes at its apex ; blade 4-6 in. long, 2 J-4 in. broad, elliptic 

 or elliptic-ovate, shortly cuspidate-acute or apiculate, broadly rounded 

 at the base, glabrous or with a few minute scattered hairs above, puberu- 

 lous or downy beneath, scarcely tomentose; midrib without fleshy 

 processes along its upper side. Stipulary line very distinct, thick and 

 projecting, with short stout reflexed and erect teeth. Panicles axillary, 

 5-7 in. long (or larger?), rather lax, with very spreading branches \\- 

 4 in. long, somewhat trichotomously divided, tomentose or minutely 



