ibecaitione. 



LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE.E (bROWN). 285 



l-\\ in. long, :U-10 lin. broad, varying from elliptic to orbicular, usu- 

 ally about equally acute or obtuse at both ends, apiculateor very shortly 

 sub-cuspidate, glabrous on both sides; secondary lateral veins' evident 

 only on the underside, but not very conspicuous, reticulate. Cymes 

 axillary and terminal on short lateral glabrous shoots, pedunculate, com- 

 pactly o-C)- flowered, |-l in. in diam. ; peduncles U-G lin. long, more or 

 less puberulous ; bracts J-^ liu. long, ovate, obtuse, ciliate''; pedicels 

 1-U lin. long, glabrous. Sepals ^ lin. long, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 

 ciliate. Corolla 2 lin. in diam., glabrous; tube J lin. long, campanulate • 

 lobes spreading 1-1^ lin. long, oblong, obtuse. Coronal-lobes minute,' 

 subfalcate, erect, not reaching to the top of the staminal-column. Style 

 shortly protruded beyond the anthers ; apical part terete or very slightly 

 clavate, minutely bilobulate. Follicles widely divergent, glabrous, only 

 seen in a young state. — K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. -Vlh. 

 GynxneAWi parvifoluim, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. ;>42. 

 Wile Xiand. British East Africa : Bongo; Kulongo, Schweinfurth, 2232 I 

 Mozamb. Dist. Gcn-mau East Africa : Kilimanj iro, 5000 ft., Ju'tnt/on ! 



18. S. zambesiaca, Schlechter in Joarn. Bot. 1805, :>03. Stem 

 twining, with two thinly and minutely adpressed-pubescent lines alon^ 

 the flowering shoots, becoming glabrous. Leaves thin ; petiole 2-?* lin. 

 long ; blade l^-lf in. long, f -1^ in. broad, broadly ovate, acute, broadly 

 rounded at the base, glabrous on both sides ; secondary lateral veins 

 evident beneath, reticulate. Cymes axillary and terminal, about ;V in. 

 in diam., o-8-flowered. with ascending branches ; peduncles usually 

 3-4 lin. long, those of the terminal cymes less, puberulous down one 

 side ; bracts J-J lin. long, ovate, subobtuse, minutely ciliate ; pedicels 

 1-2 lin. long, thinly puberulous on one side. Sepals i lin. long, elliptic- 

 ovate, obtuse, minutely ciliate. Corolla about 2 lin. in diam., glabrous ; 

 tube J lin. long ; lobes 1 lin. long, oblong, obtuse. Coronal-lobes fal- 

 cate, acute, reaching nearly to the top of the staminal-column. Style 

 shortly exserted beyond the anthers ; apical part cylindric, not thickened 

 at the top, subacute. Follicles 3|-3J in. long, 2-2J lin. thick, terete, 

 tapering to a long acute point, glabrous, very spreading or slightly 

 reflexed, 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; by the River Shire at 

 Chiromo, Scott-Elliot, 2803 ! and near Chikwawa, Kirk ! 



The pubescence on the flowering shoots is very obscure and easily overl-xiked 

 unless examined with a powerful lens; it soon falls off and in fruit tlie shoots are 

 glabrous. 



19. S. Kirkii, N. E. Br. in Keio Bulletin, 1895, 248. Stem 

 twining, glabrous. Leaves thin, scarcely coriaceous; petiole lJ-2 

 lin. long; blade 1J-2J in. long, -j-lj in. broad, broadly ovate, loog- 

 acuminate, rounded or very broadly cuneate at the base, glabrous on 

 both sides; secondary lateral veins very conspicuous on both sides, 

 reticulate. Cymes axillary or terminal, lax, about J in. in diam., few- 



