'^42 T.XX.W. ASCLKPTADE/K (rROWn). [Ascl^plaS' 



anthers into falcate acute npcuived teetli, und a short horn or tootb 

 on the face of the lobe between them, usually slightly exserted, the face 

 of the lobe in the lower part nairowly 2-winged, subcordate and shortly 

 clawed at the hwi^e.—Stathmostelma Wehvitschii, Britten S: Rendle u^ 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iv. 28 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. (1^7. 



Ibower Guinea. Anifola : Puiiyo Aiulouy:!) : in elevated sandy thickets nenr 

 Petras de Gnin.'ii, very run-, H'^flwlfsch, -ilHH I 410H« ; 70 miles from Ainbriz, 

 Moniolro f 



Siiuilar to A. niacrn,)lha in coroJi.'d sti-ucture, but the habit, and the eolour of 

 the riowers are (juite dist'nct. 



37. A. laurentiana, iV. E. Br. Stem herbaceous, erect, sparsely 

 pubescent. Leaves sessile, up to 8 J in. long and 10|- lin. broad, lanceo- 

 late, attenuate at the base, with hairs on both sides, revolute and 

 scabrous along the margins. Umbels solitary or in pairs, terminal or 

 lateral, 6-flowered ; peduncles as much as 0} in. long, but always shorter 

 than the leaves from whose axils they arise ; bracts 2 J lin. long, lanceo- 

 late ; pedicels 15-10 lin. long, slightly hairy. Sepals ?> lin. long, ovate, 

 acuminate, slightly hairy on the back. Corolla rotate ; lobes h in. long, 

 \ in. broad, elliptic, glabrous, yellow. Coronal-lobes arising a little- 

 above the base of the staminal-column, erect, 2-2 J lin. long, complicate- 

 cucullate, with the inflexed sides produced into small erect teeth, not 

 reaching to the same level as the rounded apex of the lobe, and with a 

 horn on the face within, arising a little below the middle of the lobe. 

 Staminal-column 2 lin. long. — Stathmostelma laurentiana, Dewevre in 

 Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxiv. 87. 



]Lo\irer Guinea. Lower Congo, Laurent. 

 T have not seen this species. 



38. A. rhacodes, N. E. Br. Stem 1-2 ft. high, erect, simple^ 

 rather slender, with a puberulous line down one side alternating at 

 ihe nodes. Leaves somewhat ascending; petiole 1-2 lin. long; blade 

 3-4 in. longj 1-^-2 lin. broad, linear, gradually tapering to an acute- 

 apex, cuneately acute at the base, glabrous, with scaberulous margins 

 and midrib. Umbels few (1-3), lateral and terminal, pedunculate, 

 2-4-flowered ; peduncles f-lj in. long, puberulous along one side ; 

 bracts lJ-2 lin. long, linear or subulate, acute, very deciduous ; pedi- 

 cels |— 1 in. long, puberulous. Sepals 2-3 lin. long, 1 lin. broad,, 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, puberulous or glabrous on the back. 

 Corolla about 1 in. in diam., rotate (or somewhat reflexed ?), very 

 deeply 5-lobed ; lobes '")|-0 J lin. long, 2|— 2J lin. broad, oblong- 

 lanceolate, subacute, glabrous on both sides, scarlet on the inner face,, 

 greenish, tinted with red and becoming yellow at the edges on the 

 back. Coronal -lobes bright orange, arising 1-1 J ^in. above the base 

 of the staminal-column and exceeding it by half their length, 3J-4J 

 lin. long, incurved-erect, narrowly complicate with ascending or sub- 

 erect, falcate-ovate, acute, inflexed sides which much overtop the vet y 

 obtuse apex, an upcurved subulate horn between them at the apex. 

 of the lobe. Staminal-column 2i-3i lin. long ; anther-appendages; 



