Raphionacme.'] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 273 



about IJ lin. broad, linear, subobtuse, narrowed at the bfuse into a 

 petiole ^-1 lin. long, nearly glabrous above except along the midrib 

 and margins, puberulous beneath. Peduncles lateral and terminal, 

 J-l| in. long, compressed, puberulous, dichotomously 2-flovvered, form- 

 ing a terminal lax corymbose inflorescence ; pedicels J-J in. long, 

 puberulous. Sepals J lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, very acute, sparsely 

 puberulous. Corolla-tube 1 lin. long, subglobose, constricted at the 

 mouth, with 10 depressions on the upper half {2 at the base of each 

 lobe), glabrous ; lobes H lin. long, 1-1 J lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, glabrous on both sides, minutely rugulose outside, apparently 

 longitudinally folded. Coronal-lobes ;> lin. long, filiform, erect and 

 tortuous or somewhat incurved at the apex, arising from the very 

 shortly dilated fleshy base of the staminal filaments. Stamen** about 

 1\ lin. long. 



East Tropical Africa. Without locality. Scott-ElUot ! 



The ori<rinal description of this plant is very inaccurate, I find that the con)n\l- 

 lobes have no lateral intiexed lobules whatever. 



8. R. Brownii, Scott-?Jlliot in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 01. 

 Bootstock tuberous. Stem branching, a foot or more high, with long 

 internodes, minutely puberulous. Leaves sessile, t-IJ in. long, \-\ 

 lin. broad, linear-filiform, subobtuse, the uppermost reduced to \evy 

 short subulate bracts. Inflorescence terminal, lax, composed of 2-3 pairs 

 of opposite cymes on each branch, which are 4-0 flowered, unilateml, 

 and ultimately elongate into racemes 1-1 i- in. long, minutely papillose- 

 puberulous in all parts ; bracts -|-1 lin. long, subulate ; pedicels 4-7 

 lin. long, slender. Sepals |-1 lin. long, h lin. broad, ovate, acute. 

 Corolla campanulate ; tube 1^- lin. long; lobes ^^-2^ Hn. long, 1-1 J 

 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse and more or less cochleate at the 

 apex, glabrous inside, pink. Coronal-lobes arising at the base of the 

 stamens, 2|^-3 lin. long, subulate, papillate-puberulous. Stamens 

 1 lin. long, with the basal half of the filaments very broad, trans- 

 versely oblong, very abruptly contracted into the short filiform upper 

 part ; anthers ovate-triangular, connivent, with minute cylindric free 

 appendages at the apex about \ as long as the anthers. Follicles erect, 

 not at all divergent, 5-6 in. long, about 2 lin. thick, linear-terete, sub- 

 torulose, with a slender attenuate apex, minutely puberulous. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : on dry schistose rocks near Falaba, Scott- 

 Elliot, 5179! 



Raphiacme hrowneana, Schlechter, Westafr, Kautschuk-Exped. 308, from hills 

 near Quamikrum, in Togo, Schlechter, 12956, may be intended for the above species. 

 I have nob seen it, and there is no description. 



9. R. Welwitschii, Schlechteo' d' Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1806, 07. 

 Tuber depressed-hemispherical, 3-5 in. in diam. Stems 2-2J ft. high, 

 erect or twining, puberulous. Leaves in 5-6 distant pairs on each 

 stem; petiole 2-3-J lin. long; blade 1-H in. long, 5-10 lin. broad, 

 obovate-oblong, very obtuse, rounded or subcuneate at the base, Boftly 

 velvety on both sides, whitish beneath. Flowers in dense axillary 



