270 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE.^ (brown). [Raphio7iacme, 



Coronal-lobes 3-5- (rarely 10-) fid, the middle 

 tooth lonj^est, filiform or subulate. 

 Leaves ll-S in. long. 



Leaves linear or strap-shaped; stems erect ll. E. longifolia. 

 Leaves broad, oblong or obovate-oblong ; 



stems twining 12. i2. denticulata. 



Leaves T,-li in. long, lanceolate ; stems 



twining 13. i?. Loandce. 



1. R. grandiflora, X. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 111. Stem 

 10-12 in. high, simple (always ?), more or less hairy. Leaves rather 

 few, the lower rather crowded, l|-o in. long, ^-1 in. broad, obovate 

 or elongate-obovate, obtuse ; the upper distant, 4-4J in. long, \-l in. 

 broad, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, all acutely narrowed at the 

 base into a very short petiole, hairy on both sides or on the nerves 

 and margins only. Peduncles 1-2, terminal or subracemose at the 

 top of the stem, 2-o- flowered ; bracts 3-5 lin. long, linear or subu- 

 late, hairy ; pedicels 4-7 Hn. long, hairy. Sepals 3-4 lin. long, 

 lanceolate-attenuate, hairy. Corolla ]| in. in. diam., glabrous ; tube 

 campanulate, \ in. long ; lobes 7-8 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, oblong or 

 ovate-oblong, subobtuse, with two parallel fleshy ridges on their basal 

 half. Coronal-lobes arising at the mouth of the corolla-tube, 5 lin. long, 

 erect, rectangular, 3-toothed, lateral teeth short, middle tooth linear, 

 about as long as the rest of the lobe, with two minute teeth in 

 front of it at its base. Anthers large, triangular with a horny 

 callosity on each side at their base, their tips connate in a blunt cone 

 over the rather large conical apex of the style. — Raphiacme grandiflora, 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 425, and in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 221. 



nXozamb' Sist. British Central Africa : Niomkolo near Lake Tanganyika, 

 Carson, 5 of 1890 collection ! Nyasaland; near Blantyre, Last ! 



2. R. (Rhaphiacxne) linearis, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrh. xvii. 

 117. Stems erect, 20-24 in. high, simple, leafy, puberulous. Leaves ses- 

 sile, -i-OHn. (usually 3-J-4i in.) long, lJ-2 lin. broad, linear, attenuate- 

 acuminate, margins revolute, puberulous, scabrid above. Flowers large, 

 in a terminal few-flowered scorpioid raceme. Bracts linear or subu- 

 late. Pedicels J-2 in. long, puberulous. Sepals 4J-5 lin. long, 

 lanceolate-triangular, acuminate, puberulous. Corolla rotate, 5-lobed 

 nearly to the base, lobes 8-10 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, puberulous 

 outside. Coronal-lobes 4-4^ lin. long, about 1 J lin. broad at the ovate 

 base, thence tapering to a long acuminate point. Anthers sagittate, 

 3 J- lin. long, filaments i lin. long. — Raphiacme linearis, K. Schum. in 

 Engl, ct Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 217, fig, G4, M— N & 221. 



IiO-wer Guinea. Angola ; Malange, Mechoiv, 359 partly. 

 Var. /3 g-lal>ra, K. Schum. in JEngl. Jahrh. xvii. 118. Glabrous in all parts. 

 Iiovrer Guinea. Angola: Kitamba, on the River Kuango, Buchner, 569; 

 Malange, Mechow, 359 partly. 

 I have not seen this species. 



