Glossoiiema.^ lxxxv. AscLEPiADEiE (brown). 2y;> 



4-11 lin. broad, ovate, obovate, oblong, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, retuse or subacute at the apex, brondly rounded, .subtrun- 

 cate or cuneate at the base. Cymes lateral at the nodes, .Ne.s.sile, unibel- 

 lately about 4-7-flowere(l (5-l)-tlowered, Fraiichet); bracts \},-'I}, lin. 

 long, subulate ; pedicels 1-6 lin. long, unequal. Sepals 1-2 lin. long, 

 linear or lanceolate, acute. Corolla o-l lin. in diani., yellowish ; tube 

 \}i lin. long, funnel-shaped; lobes very spreading, IJ lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad, ovate to elliptic-ovate, obtuse, thickened just below the apex, 

 with a few short hairs on the back, glabrous within. Coronal-lol)es 

 arising from the corolla-tube a little above the origin of the staujinal- 

 column, subulate, acute ; apex incurved or arched over the top of 

 the staminal-column, something like a fish-hook. Staminal-colunin 

 |-1 lin. long, arising a little above the middle of the corolla-tube ; lila- 

 mental part slender ; antheriferous part and the top of the style abru}itly 

 dilated into a broad flat pentagonal disk ; anthers erect or divergent- 

 erect, their appendages broad, transverse, obtu.sely roundefl. inHexed 

 over the rim of the flat pentagonal apex of the style. — K. Schum. in 

 Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. ?){\. G. Elliotii, Schlechter in Journ. Hot. 

 180.-), 304. 



IVlle liand. Somalilaiid: without locality, Mr^-. Lort-Phillips ! Tigicli, 

 'Recoil; Dolo, above liana, Biva, 1129 (ex Schnmann). British East Africa: 

 Kikumbuliu, Scoit-Elliot, 6184 ! 



Also in Socotra. 



G. Elliotii cannot be separated specifically from G Sevoili; the flowers arc 

 dentical in the two, and the leaves of the Somalilaud plant are so variable that the 

 difference between those of the specimens figured by Francliet and those of G. Elliolii 

 are completely connected by Mrs. Lort-Pldllips's specimen. The anthers are not in- 

 cumbent as stated in the original description of G. Elliotii. 



5. G. Thruppii, Oliver in James, Unknown Horn of Africa, .S2«>. 

 A dwarf herb about 6 in. high, branching at the base. Stem somewhat 

 bifariously hairy with short spreading hairs. Leaves subsessile, \-'-\ 

 in. long, \-\ in. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse,apiculate, 

 more or less conduplicate and arching-recurved, glabrous above except 

 along the midrib and principal veins, ciliate and sparsely beset with 

 short white hairs beneath, lowest leaves almost glabrous-. Cymes 

 axillary, 3-5-flowered ; peduncles l-li lin. long; pedicels '1 lin. long, 

 and, as well as the calyx, clothed with short white spreading hairs. 

 Sepals 1{ lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla subrotate, \-\\ lin. 

 in diam., glabrous within, thinly pubescent outside ; lobes very spread- 

 ing, \\ lin. long, triangular-ovate, thickened at the obtuse apex. 

 Coronal-lobes inserted at the middle of the corolla-tube and re^iching to 

 about \ the length of the corolla-lobes, ovate, ovate-oblotjg, or sub- 

 quadrate, truncately obtuse or emarginate at the inrolled apex. 

 Anther-appendages hyaline, broad, transverse, intlexed. Style not 

 exceeding the anthers, flat and pentagonal at the apex. 



Wile Iband. Somaliland : at Ounanuff, Ja)nts Sf Tliru^p ' 



