268 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADEiE (brown). [Tacazzeu.. 



Upper Guinea. French Guinea : Sulimaiiia ; by the River Dantilia, Scott- 

 Elliot, 5269 I Cameroons : Sanaga, Zenker, 1448 ! 



This variety, accordintf to Scott- P^l Hot, is called " Wak wange" by the natives, 

 wlio rub the powdered leaves on the skin to destroy "crawcravi'" or itch. It may, 

 perhaj)S, ratlier belonoj to T. Kirkii, than to T. apiculata since the more compact 

 panicles and longer pubescence are as in T. Kirkii, but until tlie follicles are known 

 1 leave it where Scott-Elliot has placed it. 



14. T. Kirkii, K. E. Br. in Keio Bidleihi, 1895, 248. Stem twin- 

 ing, more or less tomentose. Leaves spreading ; petioles J-lJ in. long ; 

 blade lJ-4 in. long, 1-2J in. broad, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, very 

 obtusely rounded or emarginate and shortly cuspidate-apiculate at the 

 apex, cordate or obtusely rounded at the base, glabrous above, whitish- 

 tomentose beneath. Panicles 2-4 in. long, more or less pubescent or 

 subtomentose ; bracts 1-H hn. long, broadly ovate, acute, more or 

 less hairy down the middle on the back; pedicels 1^-4 lin. long, 

 usually with a few scattered haii^s upon them. Sepals 1 lin. long, 

 broadly ovate, acute, more or less pubescent with spreading hairs, 

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

 glabrous. Coronal-lobes 4 lin. long, filiform, sometimes bifid at the 

 apex, erect, tortuous in the upper part, adnate at the base to the lower 

 half of the stamens, which are united with the alternating, shortly 

 bifid lobules into a ring. Follicles 1^-2 1- in. long, 3^-4 J^ lin. thick 

 at the base, gradually tapering to a point, slightly reflexed, tomentose 

 or softly pubescent. — Leptop(Hia, Harv. Gen. South Afr. PI. ed. 2, 

 231. 



Mozamb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; near Tete, Kirk ! 

 at Lupata, ^t>>t .' British Central Africa: Boruma, on the Zamhes], Menj/harth, 

 833! 



Also in Xatal, Gerrard, 1796. upon which the genus Lepiojpoetia, Harv. was 

 founded, but no speciiic name given ti> it. 



T. Kirkii very closely resembles T. apiculata, Oliv. (of which it may be only a 

 variety), but differs in its more compact panicles, shorter pedicels, hairy calyx, 

 tomentose reflexed follicles, and the much longer haiis which form the pubescence 

 on the underside of the leaves. See also note under T. apiculata, var. 

 benedict a. 



10. RAPHIONACME, Harv. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. 



ii. 475. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla-tube distinct, campanulate (almost want- 

 ing in R. sjylende'iis) ; lobes 5, erect, spreading or reflexed, often with 

 two narrow ridges on their basal half, overlapping to the left and more 

 or less twisted in the bud. Corona of 5 free entire bifid trifid or 

 tripartite lobes, inserted at or upon the base of the staminal filaments,, 

 above the middle of the corolla-tube or at its mouth, alternating with 

 the corolla-lobes. Stamens inserted above the middle or at the mouth 

 of the corolla-tube ; filaments free ; anthers adhering to the style 



