liaphionacme.] lxxxv. asclepiadk.*: (buuwn). 275 



peduncles 1-2 lin. long; bracts J-I lin. long, lanceolate, acute; 

 pedicels l-;^> lin. long. Sepals j lin. long, ovate, acute. Coiolla-tube 

 1 lin. long, campanulate ; lobes 2^-3 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, gla- 

 brous within, green. Coronal-lobes arising at liie mouth of the coiolla- 

 tube, tripartite; lateral segments ^-IJ lin. long, varying from narrow 

 deltoid-lanceolate to subulate, middle segment 2-2A lin. long, subulate 

 erect, tortuous at the apex. Stamens with filiform filaments very 



shortly dilated at their base; anthers oblong, connate at their tips. 



Raphiacme lonyifolia, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 42.**, and in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 221. 



Mozamb. Bist. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Slnrc Valley ; on Monimltiila 

 Mountain, 1900-2000 ft., A^rA-./ British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Manganja 

 Hills, Kirk! 



12. R. denticulata, iV^. E. Br. Tuber growing to G in. in diam., 

 depressed. Stem 2-3 ft. long, twining, minutely velvety-pubescent. 

 Leaf-pairs 4-0 in. apart, spreading; petiole 7-13 lin. long, lather .stout, 

 velvety-pubescent; blade 3|-C in. long, 1J-3J in. broad, ohlong or 

 obovate-oblong, obtuse at the apex, rounded or cuneately narrowed 

 into the petiole at the base, velvety-pubescent on both sides, dark green 

 with paler veins above, pale green beneath. Cymes axillary, 2-lC- 

 flowered, velvety-pubescent; peduncles 1-H lin. long; pedicels lJr-2 

 lin. long. Sepals small, \-\ lin. long, and nearly as broad, broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, pubescent, dull purplish-tinted. Corolla-tube 1^-1-^ lin. 

 long, 1^-2 lin. in diam., campanulate, glabrous ; lobes fleshy, .*> lin. long, 

 lf-2J lin. broad, ovate or oblong, obtuse, reflexed, with recurved 

 margins, so as to present a convex upper surface, puberulous outside, 

 minutely papillate within, dull purple with an olive-green area at the 

 apex. Coronal-lobes 2 J lin. long, erect ; basal half 2 lin. broad, trans- 

 versely oblong, with two thick keels inside ; apex abruptly produced into 

 a central subulate point, and the lateral angles each with 2 (or rarely 4) 

 small subulate teeth, purple-tinted throughout or olive-greeft in the 

 upper part, purple at the base. Filaments of the stamens dull purple ; 

 anthers ovate, apiculate, connivent over the apex of the style, white. 

 Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Mahon ! 

 Described from a plant cultivated at Kew. It is allied to E. scandetis, N. V.. Hr., 

 hut has larger leaves, larger flowers and very different coronal-lobes. 



13. R, Loandae, Schlechter <£• Rendle ex Iliern in Cat. Afr .I'l. Wdm. 

 i. 679. A sparingly lactescent herb. Rootstock somewhat wootly. 

 Stem twining, about 18 in. long, somewhat branched in the specimen 

 seen, minutely pubescent. Leaves i-1^ in. long, 1^-4 lin. broad, sub- 

 sessile or on petioles up to 2 lin. long, lanceolate (" narrowly ovate- 

 elliptic or obovate," Iliern)^ obtuse, cuneate at the ba.se, rather thick, 

 imdulate on the margin, shortly pubescent on both sides, but more 

 densely so beneath. Cymes small, axillary, not exceeding the leaves, 

 shortly pedunculate, pendulous, 3-6-flowered ; peduncle 1-2 lin. long, 

 recurved, pubescent; pedicels H-2i lin. long, pubescent. Sepals 1^ 



