2H0 Lxxxv. AscLEPiAUE.'E (liiiowN). [jSeccimone. 



resemblance to thnt phint. The figure in question is a fairly good one for that 

 period and is undoubtedly a representation of Leptadenia heterophylla, Decne. 

 The plant described by ^^clmltes as Secamone Alpini is characterised in such an un- 

 mistakable manner that is is quite evident the descrijjtion was made entirely from 

 the South African, without reference to the Egyptian plant of Aljuno. 



5. S. platystigma, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 143. A 

 glabrous climber. Leaves 14— 2 J in. long, J-l;|in. broad, shortly petio- 

 late, varying from lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, acuminate, rounded or 

 broadly cuneate at the base. Cymes usually numerous, axillary and 

 terminal on lateral shoots, many-flowered, J— 1 J in. in diam., more or 

 less clothed with minute incurved rust-coloured hairs ; branches widely 

 spreading; peduncles J-lJ in. long; bracts J lin. long, ovate, obtuse, 

 minutely ciliate; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long, glabrous. Sepals |-1 lin. 

 long, broadly ovate, obtuse, minutely ciliate. Corolla rotate-cam panu- 

 late ; lobes 11 lin. long, twice as long as the tube, oblong, obtuse, 

 glabrous or with a somewhat velvety surface within, but not pubescent. 

 Coronal-lobes reaching nearly to the tips of the anthers, falcate, in- 

 curved. Anthers more or less bearded or laciniate at the apex. Style 

 protruded much beyond the anthers ; apical part stout, ovoid-clavate, 

 two-lobed or rarely entire. — K. Schum. in Engl, tk Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. ii. 202, fig. 7G, K-L, inaccurate ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. ('»81 . 

 Toxocarpus africanus, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. lOD, t. 118, fig. A. 



urile Iiand. British Kast Africa : Unyoro; \u Wnckeis, Speke Sf Grant ! 



jMO'weT Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto; in dense forests near Cambondo, 

 Welwitsch, 5935 ! 5944 I forests of Sobato Cabanga Cacalunga, Wehmisch, 5936 I 

 at Ndelle, V, ehoitsch, 5943 ! forests of Quilombo Qui'acatubia, Wehvitsch, 5945 1 

 Sobato de Mussengue, Wehvifsch, 5946 ! Pungo Andongo, Wehvitsch, 5947 ! 

 Mechow, 92 (ex Schumami). 



The plate of Toxocarjms africanus, Oliv., is inaccurate as to the open flowers on 

 the plant, and also as to the analyses, for the type specimen is only in very young 

 bud, with the corolla not even exserted from the calyx. So far as the specimen 

 goes, it agrees with Secamone platy stigma, K. Schum., but further material is 

 required to make the identification certain. 



6. S. xnyrtifolia, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 45o. Stem glabrous 

 climbing. Leaves spreading, coriaceous, glabrous ; petiole 2-o lin. long ; 

 blade lJ-2^ in. long, i-lj in. broad, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, 

 acute or acuminate, obtusely or cuneately rounded at the base. Cymes 

 numerous, many-flowered, \ in. in diam., arranged in small axillary and 

 terminal pedunculate panicles 1-J-2J in. long, f-1 J in. in diam., pubes- 

 cent with minute rust-coloured hairs on the peduncle and branches ; 

 bracts ^ lin. long, ovate, acute or obtuse ; pedicels \-\ lin. long, usually 

 with 1-3 bracteoles. Sepals elliptic-ovate, obtuse. Corolla 1-li lin. in 

 diam., rotate-campanulate, 5-lobed to | of the way down, glabrous, 

 greenish. Coronal-lobes minute, compressed, deltoid-subulate, incurved 

 or subfalcate, -J lin. long, arising near the base of the staminal-column, 

 which is J lin. long and slightly enlarged above. Style not produced 

 beyond the anthers. — K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 2:)4, and in Engl. 

 & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 262. aS'. Afzelii, K. Schum. in Engl. 



