Cynanchum.'] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 393 



shorter than the coronal-tube ; anther-appendages linear-subulate, 

 connivent-erect. Follicles 2-2^ in. long, lanceolate, acuminate, with 

 one narrow wing on each side, glabrous. — K. Schuin. in Engl, tt 

 Prantl, Pdanzenfam. iv. ii. 253. C. coniplexurriy N. E. Br. in Kew 

 Bulletin, 181)5, 25G. 



Mozamb. Sist. Portuguese Kast Africft : Shamo, Kirk ! near Muzzaro, 

 Kirk I ^hupan2:a Poorest, Scott! Chiloane, Scott! Quilliniane, Sfuhlmann, i. 

 843! British Central Africa: Nyiis;ilaiul ; Shire Valley, abjve the Cat tracts, 

 Kirk ! 



3. C. polyanthum, K. Schum. in Engl, d- Prantl, Pjlanzeufam. 

 iv. ii. 253. Stem twining, more or less pubescent or shortly hairy, 

 mostly along two lines. Leaves spreading, rather paler beneath, thin ; 

 petiole 1-2 in. long, shortly hairy ; blade 2-3^ in. long, 1^-2:^ in. broad, 

 ovate, acute, with a tine point about ^ in. long, cordate, with rounded 

 lobes and an obtuse sinus between them at the base, glabrous or with 

 a few scattered hairs above and with scattered hairs beneath, the 

 veins also pubescent along each side beneath. Umbels pedunculate, 

 compound, 10-30-flowered; peduncles 1-1| in, long, shortly hairy 

 along one side or glabrous ; bracts 1-1 J lin. long, subulate; pedicels 

 <3-10 lin. long, pubescent. Sepals 1 lin. long, ovate, acute, ciliolate. 

 Corolla-lobes 3-3 i lin. long, linear-lanceolate, apex slightly curved, 

 obliquely obtuse, glabrous. Corona 2-2^ lin. long, tubular for half 

 its length, then with 5 long subulate erect or recurved lobes and 5 very 

 short obtuse entire or bifid teeth alternating with them, but no teetli 

 or lobes within. Anthers broadly deltoid, subsessile, with orbicular 

 appendages, connivent around the stout fleshy obtuse apical part of the 

 style, which is shortly exserted beyond them. — C. mossambicensey 

 Schlechterin Journ. Bot. 1895, 337, not of K. Schum. C. Wehritschii, 

 Schlechter & Rendle in Journ. Bot. 189G, 99. C. ohscurum, K. Schum. 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 253 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 688. Vincetoxicum polyanthum, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xvii. 13G, notof O. Kunze ; Durand tk Schinz. Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 

 194. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker, 223 I 



Ifflle X.an(l. British East Africa: Kampala, Scott-EUiot, 7294/ r<raiula ; 

 Usosa villages, Whyte ! 



Xiower Guinea. Angolo : Golungo Alto; forests of Sobato do Mus-oncue. 

 Wehoitsch, 4222! 4253! Quilooibo Quiacatubia, U'elwitsch, 4224! and witlioiit 

 precise locality, Weltvitsch, A2Q0\ 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State: Moiibultu ; Munzi, Schtceuifurth, 

 3345 ! 



4. C. longipes, N. E. Br. in Keio Bulletin, 1S97, 273. Stem 

 twining, glabrous, with one puberulous line alternating at the nodes. 

 Leaves spreading, thin; petiole 3-3i in. long, slender; blade 

 2-3 in. long, lJ-2 in. broad, ovate, shortly acuminate, cordate 

 at the base,"with a rather deep broad sinus and semi-orbicular lobes, 

 minutely puberulous on the petiole and veins, otherwise glabrous. 



