Pantati'opis.] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 381 



and about J in. thick, lanceolate, acuminate into a beak, smooth, 

 glabrous. — Wight & Arnott, Contrib. Bot. 5o in a note. P. spiralis, 

 Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2 ser. ix. 327, t. 11, fig. E. ; and in DC. Prod! 

 viii. 53G ; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 251, fig. 73, P-Q., and 

 258 ; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Internaz., 1892, 341). /-•. spiralis, 

 Becne., var. longepetiolata, Engl. Hochgebirgsfi. Trop. Afr. 3-43. 7y/o- 

 phora cirrosa, Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. FI. Aethiop. 132. 



Xlle I.and. Dahlak Island, in the Red Sea, Ehrenberg (ex Aschenon). 

 Nubiii : Gebel Uaratab, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 219 ! Otao, Johnston, 4! sea- 

 coast to between 3000-4000 ft., Bent ! Eritrea ; Sarat, near Massana, Steudner, 

 199 ! 752 (ex Engler) ; near Samhar, from the liills of V'urek to tlie Iti'ver Ambii,' 

 Penzig; Shoho, Petit (ex Engler). Abyssinia: Jiegemeder ; near St-nka Uerr,* 

 7500 ft., Schimper, and Anadehr, 7800 ft., Schimper, 596 (ex Engler}, amX without 

 precise locality. Salt ! 



Extends through Arabia to the drier parts of India. 



Var. senegalensis N. E. Br. Stem and leaves as in the above, but the pubescence 

 in the axils of the leaves and base of the young shoots more pronounced. Pediiels 

 6-8 lin. long. Corolla-lobes 2i-3 lin. long, not twisted in bud, elongate- 

 triangular, acuminate, scarcely tapering into linear t;iils. Coronal-lobes rather 

 larger, about f lin. long and broad. — Pentatropis senegalenis, Decne. in Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. 2 ser. ix. 328. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, igo^^rgr .', Perro^^e/, 476 ! Heudelot, 5301 is in 

 moist places* by the River Senega), Leprieur (ex Decaisne). 



2. P. fasciculatus, J\\ E. Br. Stems slender, glabrous, but witli 

 a little woolly tomentum at the very base of the branchlets. Leaveji 

 spreading ; petiole 1-lJ lin. long ; blade |— 1 in, long, 3-C lin. broad, 

 ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, mucronate, glabrous. Umbels sub- 

 axillary, 8-10-flowered, quite glabrous in all parts; peduncles \-l 

 lin. long ; pedicels filiform, 2^-3 lin. long. Sepals h lin. long, ovate, 

 acute. Corolla pentagonal and obtuse in bud, 5-lobed to j of the way 

 down, rotate ; lobes \^ lin. long, 1^ lin. broad at the base, deltoid, 

 obtuse, not twisted in bud. Coronal-lobes arising J lin. above the base 

 of the staminal-column and reaching to its apex, | lin. long, compressed, 

 triangular-acuminate in outline when viewed sideways, truncate at the 

 base, adnate to the column for f of their length, with a free lineiir 

 acute apex. — Pentar^'hinum fasciculatum, K. Schum. in Engl. PH. Ost- 

 Afr. C. 323. 



Mozaxnb. Dlst. German East Africa ; Pangani, Stuhlmann, Coll. I., 809! 



Imperfectly knoivn species. 



3. P. hoyoides, K. Schum. in Ann. Isiit. Bot. Roma, vii. 40. 

 Stem twining, glabrous. Leaves fleshy, glabrous ; petiole scarcely 

 exceeding 2 lin. in length ; blade i-U in. long, J-1 in. broail, oblong 

 or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subobtuse, apiculate ; veins very inconspic- 

 uous. Flowers 4-8 in axillary fascicles ; pedicels at the most 4^ lin. 

 long. Sepals | lin. long, subulate, glabrous. Corolla rotate; tube 

 1 lin. long ; lobes 2 lin. long, acuminate, glabrous outside, pubescent 

 within. Outer coronal-lobes laterally flattened, somewhat foliaceou.^. 



