BcPinia.] lxxxv. asclepiade.e (brown). .-^.s; 



2. D. garipensis, A'. Meyer, Comm. 220. Stem twining, veiy 

 finely puberulous or glabrous. Leaves apparently somewhat Heshv 

 ■when alive, like rather thick paper in texture in tiie drii-d state* ; 

 petiole J-lin. long, puberulous; blade |-1^ in. long, A-lj in. broad; 

 broadly ovate, acuminate, deeply cordate at the base, with a broad 

 obtuse sinus almost enclosed by the incurved rounded basal-lobes, greeji 

 and glabrous on both sides, or with a few^ very minute hairs on the 

 veins beneath, Eacemes (including the peduncles) :>-('» in. long, gla- 

 brous or nearly so on all parts except the corolla ; pedicels (i-lO lin. 

 long, slender. Sepals If lin. long, f lin. broad, lanceolate, aculp. 

 erect. Corolla glabrous outside ; tube U lin. long, campanuiate ; Lobe^ 

 3-4 lin. long, 2-2^ lin. broad, ovate-oblong, obtuse, broadly bordered 

 with white woolly hairs on the inner face, otherwise glabrous. Outer 

 corona arising at the base of the staminal-column, submembranous, 

 annular at the base, 5-lobed ; lobes quadrate, truncate ; inner coional- 

 lobes 2 lin. long, fleshy, gradually tapering from the base to a subulate 

 point, much exceeding the staminal-column and incurved over it; ba>al 

 spur J-| lin. long, horizontally spreading, arising J- lin. above the ba.se 

 of the staminal-column, which is 2 lin. long. Follicles solitary (always <), 

 about 2 in. long, lanceolate, tapering into a short beak, covered with 

 soft bristles, otherwise glabrous. Seeds 2^-3 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, 

 ovate, plano-convex, minutely tomentose on both sides. — -Decne. in DC 

 Prod. viii. r)J:4. D. gariepensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 14S. 



XiO\(rer Guinea. German South-west Africa: Dainaralaiul ; Kainkuiclias, 

 Giirich, 131 (ex JEngler). 



Descri1)e(l from S. African specimens, as I have not seen an cxampli- from 

 Tropical Africa. 



3. D. extensa, 11. Br. in 2fem. Werri. Soc. i. 50. Stem twining, 

 And together with the petioles, peduncles and pedicels pubescent, 

 setose-pubescent or hispid ; juice milky. Leaves spreading, thin ; 

 petiole f-3i in. long ; blade 1-6 in. long, f-a in. broad, cordate- 

 orbicular or cordate-ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, usually glabrous, with 

 hairs on the veins beneath, sometimes with a short pubescence on both 

 sides ; basal-lobes incurved, semi-orbicular, with a broad trancate-ba:^tnl 

 sinus between them. Peduncles sublateral, longer than the leaves, with 

 the flowers developing in a corymbose manner at the apex, gradually 

 -elongating into a raceme, which (including the peduncle) is 2-1(5 

 in. long ; bracts very small, J-1 lin. long, linear or subulate ; i)ediceis 

 1-1 J in. long, rather slender." Sepals 1-2 lin. long, ovate or lanceolate, 

 Acute, glabrous or pubescent. Corolla-tube campanuiate, \\-2 lin. 

 long; lobes very spreading, 3-4 lin. long, \^~2 lin. broail, ovate-oblong, 

 acute, bearded along their margins, light green. Outer coronal-lobes 

 h hn. long, subquadrate or oblong, obtuse, truncate or denticulate ; 

 mner coronal-lobes 2^-4 lin. long, fleshy, white, lanceolate, attenuate 

 into subulate entire or bifid points, rising much above the staminal- 

 column and incurved over it, and with an acute spur about 1 lin. lon;r. 

 arising below the middle (§-| lin. above the bjise) of the staniin.d 

 ■column. Follicles 2-3 in. long, J- in. thick, lanceolate, attennrue ir)t.. 



