Secamoae.^ Lxxxv. asclepiade^ (huown). 279 



3. S. retusa, X. E, Br. m Kew Bulletin, lis'JO, 248. A scrambling 

 or climbing shrub, glabrous in all parts Leaves coriaceous, pale 

 beneath, \-'> in. long, 7-10 lin. broad, oblong or obovate-oblong, retuse 

 or emarginate, with a short apiculus ; base subcuneate; margins revolute ; 

 petioles l-lj lin. long. Cymes few, axillary, pedunculate, laxly 2'-;i 

 times dichotomously branched ; branches {-\ in. long, slender, distantly 

 2-o-flowered ; bracts J lin. long, ovate, acute ; pedicels U-2 lin. long, 

 slender. Sepals h Hn. long, elliptic, obtuse. Corolla 2 lin. in diam., 

 rotate-campanulate, lobed to J of the way down ; lobes oblong, obtuse. 

 Coronal-lobes minute, deltoid-subulate, spreading, shorter than the 

 stamens. Style protruded much beyond the anthers ; apical part broadly 

 obconic, truncately 2-lobed. 



Mozamb. X>ist> Zanzibar, Kirk ! 



4. S. Alj^ioiySchuU.inJioeiii.djSchult.Sust. Vey.\'\. I'l'o {txcl.si/n. 

 ^Secamone, Alpin. ^Eiji/jyt. (ed. 1(;4()) lo^, and l:;>4 Jiy.). A scrambling 

 shrub. Stem woody, glabrous or with a rust-coloured deciduous pubescence 

 on the very young parts. Leaves subcoriaceous ; petiole 1-4 lin. l(jng ; 

 blade h-'2h in. long, |-1 in. broad, oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, obtu.se, 

 acute, or shortly acuminate, acute or cuneately rounded at the base, gla- 

 brous on both sides in the adult state, rusty-puberulous when very young. 

 Cymes in terminal or axillary, pyramidal or coryraobose panicles, .', I ^ 

 in. long and broad, and excluding the corolla rusty-puberulous or .sul> 

 glabrous in all parts ; peduncles ]-| in. long ; bracts ^ lin. long, 

 ovate, acute; pedicels H--i lin. long. Sepals I lin. long, ovate, obtuse 

 or subacute. Corolla l|-2 lin. in diam., glabrous outside, pubesct-nt 

 with white hairs inside; tube scarcely ^ lin. long; lo.bes spreading, 

 g-J lin. long, ^ lin. broad, oblong-ovate, sulmcute or minutely and 

 obliquely emarginate at the apex. Coronal-lobes about J lin. long, 

 subulate, incurved over the tips of the anthers. Style about eciuailing 

 or slightly exceeding the anthers, apical part stout, truncate. Follicles 

 widely divergent or slightly reflexed, o-4 in. long, about 1^ lin. thick, 

 subterete, tapering to a rather long point. Seeds \ in. long, J lin. 

 broad, linear-lanceolate, channelled down the face, very convex on the 

 back, blackish-brown, glabrous, crowned with a tuft of long white hairs. 

 — S. Thunberyii, E. Mey. Comm. 2'2l ; Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 5Ul ; 

 K. Schum. in Engl. &, Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 2(l;5. Beri/ilocu 

 JSecamone, Linn. Mant. Alt. 21G, excl. both synonyms ; Thunb. Prodr. 17, 

 and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. '2o'o, 



BKozamb. Bist. British Central Africa: Nvasalaiicl; Mount Malos:i, 4(if»- 

 6000 ft., }F/ii//c ! Mount Zoniba, 4000-5000 ft., Whi,te ! 



Also in South Africa. 



As tlio above quoted specimens are without fruit, tlie follicles ami si-et's arc 

 described from South African exani])les. The species is easily recognised ly the 

 flowers being pubescent inside. 



The Egyptian plant described and figured by Aljuiio has been niisundersto<Ki by 

 all authors. Linnaeus & Schultes wrongly refer it to this plant, which is not kn<»wu 

 to occur north of the Equator and was unknown to Alpino. iJecaihue refers it to 

 Oxystelma Alpini, Decne., a somewhat remarkable error, as Aljiino's figure bears no 



