?,24: Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^E (brown). [Ascle2nas. 



WTile Ziand. Jur: Jiir Ghattas, Schweinfarth, 1960! Uganda: BudJu, 

 Scolt-miiot, 7533 ! 



7. A. conspicua, 3" E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 189.3, 258. Plant 

 15 in. or more high ; stems branching and apparently decumbent at the 

 base, subhispid. Leaves distant, ascending; petiole 1-8 lin. long; blade 

 1tW2^, in. long, T^-1 in. or rather more broad, elongate, ovate, acute, 

 cordate at the base, scabrid on both sides. Umbels 2-3 to a stem, ter- 

 minal and lateral, 8— 1-flowered ; peduncles subhispid, 2i— 4 in. long ; 

 bracts 2-^ lin. long, subulate, hispidulous ; pedicels 5-7 lin. long, 

 hispidulous. Sepals 8-4 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate, hispidulous. 

 Corolla 1-]| in. in diam., rotate-campanulate ; lobes G-7 lin. long, 

 4-4^1 lin. broad, elliptic-oblong, subacute, ciliolate, puberulous on the 

 back. Coronal-lobes arising from the base of the staminal-column and 

 twice as long as it, but radiately ascending, so as to reach to about the 

 same level, 4 lin. long, oblong, complicate, bicarinate on the face 

 between the infiexed sides which are produced below the middle into 

 broad deltoid subacute erect teeth. Anther-appendages orbicular-ovate, 

 emarginate, inflexed over the apex of the style. 



IVXozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 12 ! 



8. A. robusta, N.E. Br. Stems 2-4 ft. high, simple, stout, pubes- 

 cent below, more or less tomentose in the upper part. Leaves spreading ; 

 petiole 1-4 lin. long ; blade 2-4-i in. long, 1 -2J in. broad, oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse^apiculate, cordate or rounded at the base,pubescent-scabrid 

 on both sides, scabrous on the margins. Umbels lateral and terminal, 

 6-12-flowered ; peduncles -|-1 in. hmg, tomentose ; bracts 3-4 lin. long, 

 linear, acute ; pedicels |-1 in. long, tomentose. Sepals 4-5 lin. long, 

 2 lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, with a short spreading pubescence. 

 Corolla rotate, ^\~^h in. in diam. ; lobes 7-8 lin. long, 4-li lin. broad, 

 elliptic-oblong, acute, pubescent on the back. Coronal-lobes 8-9 lin. 

 long, stellately ascending, spreading from the base of the staminal-column 

 and three times as long as it, narrowly complicate, linear-acuminate and 

 channelled in the apical part, with the inflexed sides produced just 

 below the middle into subfalcate teeth projecting over the apex of the 

 style ; no tooth within. Staminal-column 2.^-0 lin. long ; anther-ap- 

 pendages rounded, inflexed over the apex of the style. — Gonvphocarjms 

 rohustus, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 40, t. 70 ; Oliver in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxix. 110 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 8v2, and in Engl. 

 k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 237. G. drepancste p.'anus, Hochst. ex 

 Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 110. 



irile Iiand. Abyssinia : near Jelajeranne towards the Tacazze River, Schimper, 

 1673 • Shireii Province, Qtiartin- Dillon ! Uganda : Unyoro, Spel-e ^ Grant, 555 ! 



9. A. odorata, jY. E. Br. Stems erect, simple, about 20 in. 

 high, 2 J lin. thick, minutely tomentose above. Leaves petiolate ; 

 petiole IJ- 7 lin. long, channelled above, puberulous ; blade 3:|-7J in. 

 long, |-2^\ in. broad, oblong or oblong 4anceolate, acute, broadly cuneate 



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