>'^'ecamo/ie.] i^xxxv. AscLEriAOE.t: (brown). 283 



12. S. Whytei, iV. A\ Br. in Kew Jhdletin, l>;'.)s, 308. Stem 

 twining, with a rust-coloured spreading pubescence in the young siatf, 

 becoming glabrous; bark reddish-brown. Leaves shortly petiolatc, 

 1^-2-^ in. long, 4-|-10 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute or acuminate at the 

 apex, slightly rounded or acute at the base, at first pubescent on both 

 sides with rust-coloured hairs, at length glabrous above or on botli 

 sides. Cymes about 1 in. in diam., corymbose, compound ; divisions 

 with peduncles 1-8 lin. long, 2-;Miowered, or again dichotomously 

 or teinately branched ; all parts except the corolla clothed with short 

 spreading lust-coloured hairs ; bracts |-J lin. long and broad, ovate, 

 acute; pedicels 2-4 lin. long, slender. Sepals j lin. long, h lin. 

 broad, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Corolla 2 lin. in diam., 

 glabrous; tube i lin. long, campanulate ; lobes spreading, -^' lin. long. 

 h lin. broad, oblong, obtuse. Coronal-lobes minute, erect, falcate-subu- 

 late, as long as the anthers and incurved over their tips. St^le exserted 

 much beyond the anthers ; apical part globose, puberulous. 



Mozamb. I>ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Malosa, 4000- 

 6000 it., Whyte ! 



lo. S. Stuhlmannii, K. Schum. in Euijl. Pji. Ost-Afr. C. 32o. 

 Branches softly tomentose with minute brownish haiis on the young 

 parts. Leaves small, rarely more than 7-8 lin. long, 'i].-^\ lin. broad, 

 ovate, acute, somewhat rounded at the base, puberulous on both sides ; 

 at length nearly glabrous above. Cymes 2-o lin. in diam., compact, 

 about 5-G -flowered, very shortly pedunculate, all parts except the corolla 

 subtomentose like the stem ; bracts |-^ lin. long, lanceolate, acute ; 

 peduncles and pedicels ^-| lin. long. Sepals ^-j lin. long, oblong, 

 obtuse. Corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base ; lobes | lin. long, live 

 times as long as the tube, elliptic-oblong, obtuse and slightly cochleate 

 at the apex, dark brown in the dried state, with rather broad whitish 

 semitransparent margins, glabrous. Coronal-lobes minute, erect, subu- 

 late, half as long as the staminal-column, or rather more. Anthers 

 connate by their tips around the style, not fringed or bearded at theii- 

 apex. Style slightly exceeding the anthers; apical part broad and 

 cushion-like with a transverse groove. — K. Schum. in Engl, it Tnintl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 202. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Karairwe ; Katuio, UHJU ft., Sltihl- 

 manii, 1894 ! 



14. S. frutescens, JJecne. In DC. Prod. viii. .")(>1. A twimng 

 shrub with slender woody stems, glabrous in all parts. Leaves shortly 

 petiolate, J-U- in. long, h-'2 lin. broad, linear or oblong-linear, acute or 

 obtuse, mmutely apicufate, acute or rounded at the base. C^yme.-^ 

 compact, umbel-like, 3-4 lin. in diam., lateral or terminating short 

 lateral shoots; peduncles h-\h lin. long; bracts minute; peilicel> 

 1-2 lin. long. Sepals scarcely h lin. long, ovate or ovate pblong, obtu.se, 

 very minutely ciliolate. Corolla r)-lobed to '^ of the way down ; lobes .-, 

 lin.^long, I lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Coronal-lobes muiuU-, 



