Toxocarpus.] lxxxv. asclei>iade.k (hikaw). 287 



1. T. racemosus^ ^\ E. Br. Glabrous in all parts, bteiu t\viMiii(,r. 

 Leaves spreading; petiole 5-9 lin. long; blade '2},-4^ in. long, 1-].', in. 

 broad, coriaceous, oblong, rather abruptly contracted into a somewhat 

 obtuse cusp about J in. long, rounded or cuneately rounded at the base, 

 revolute along the margins; midrib acutely inominent in a channel 

 above, prominent and rounded beneath; veins almost horizontallv 

 spreading, straight, parallel, indistinct. Racemes axillary, },-i\ in. lonj:, 

 leafless, with 1-3 distant pairs and a terminal flower or occasionallv 

 with more flowers, and bearing leaves at the lowest nodes; bracts J-1 

 lin. long, ovate, acute or obtuse, disarticulating just above the b;ise • 

 bracteoles similar to the bracts, persistent; pedicels 4-7 lin. loni:. witli 

 4-5 pairs of bracteoles. Sepals 1 lin. long, oblong or ovate-oblon<>^ 

 obtuse, minutely ciliate. Corolla ^ in. in diam. ; tube Ih-'J lin. Ion" 

 turbinate-campanulate, with 2 small thickened bosses alternating with 

 the lobes at the top; lobes 2 lin. long, recurved -spreading, oblong, 

 obtuse, with revolute margins, minutely ciliate at the apex. Coronal- 

 lobes 1 J lin. long, erect, much exceeding the anthers, linear, more or 

 less channelled down the face, obtuse, truncate, incurved and slightly 

 hooded or slightly dilated at the apex. Style exserted for IJ lin. 

 beyond the anthers; apical part slender, attenuate. — lihi/nchostigma 

 racemosum, Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. xii. 77, t. 1180; K. Schum. in 

 Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii.- 283, fig. 85, R — S, and 2s7. 



Upper Guinea. Cam croons : Cameroon Mountain, 4500 ft., Ulann, 1273 ! 



2. T. brevipes, iV. E. Br. Stem twining, covered with short 

 retrorsely spreading rust-coloured hairs on the young parts. Leaves 

 spreading; petiole 2-3 lin. long, at first rusty-pubescent, becoming 

 glabrous; blade l-l- 3 in. long, J-lJ in. broad, lanceolate-oblong or 

 elliptic-oblong, apiculate, broadly or acutely cuneate at the base, glabrous 

 on both sides, drying blackish above and brown or tawny-brown beneath. 

 Cymes subaxillary, subsessile or shortly pedunculate, dichotomous, with 

 branches 3-7J lin. long, all parts except the corolla covered with an 

 adpressed rusty pubescence ; peduncles 0-3 lin. long ; pedicels 2-II 

 lin. long; bracts 1 lin. long, ovate or lanceolate, acute. Sepals 1-1 J 

 lin. long, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, subacute. Corolla 5-(J lin. in 

 diam., white, glabrous, with the exception of a few retrorse hairs within 

 the very short tube ; lobes very spreading, twisted in bud, 2A-3^ lin. 

 long, 5 times as long as the tube. Coronal-lobes -i-J lin. long, erect, 

 scarcely or not at all exceeding the anthers, linear, obtuse or subacute, 

 flat or slightly channelled down the face. Style exserted for ^'-1 lin. 

 beyond the anthers ; apical part conoid, cylindric, fusiform orsubclavate, 

 obtuse. — lihynchostigma brevipes, Benth. in Hook. Ic. PI. xii. 7S, sub. t. 

 1189 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam, iv. ii. 2S7. R. Luj<ri, 

 De Wild, (k Durand in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxviii. 2()s. 

 Secamone ruhiginosa, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 23;). 



XTpper Guinea. Lagos, Millen, 64! Xigcr Delta : Nun Hivcr, Mann, AS\\ 

 Barter, 20120! Cameroons : Lolodorf, Staudf, 365! liatauim, Bates, 32i) ! 

 Bipinde, Zenker, 1955 ! and without precise locality, Preuss, 44<j ! 



