Cynanchum.] lxxxv. asclepiade.*: (buown). 4Ul 



both sides. Corona 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, undulate, but prolonged at 

 the middle. — De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 15:). 



South Central. Congo Free State : Mwanaim-Toumbwc, DeMJei-rf, 904, m-i.r 

 KabangH, Deiverre, 976 a. 



Stated to be allied to C.minutijlorum, K. Scliuin., but differing in tbe fonn of 

 the coronal-lobes. It seems from the description to be very similar to that form of 

 C. schistoglossum, which I originally described under the name of C. hrevidem. 



18. C. heteromorphum, Vatke in Linmm, xl. 2ir». A glabrous 

 twiner. Leaves spreading; petiole 5-7 lin. long; blade lJ-2 in. long, 

 and up to I in. broad, ovate and acuminate or elliptic and acute, very 

 variable, but all very broad near the base, which is more or less cordate, 

 subrounded, or subauriculate. Peduncles rather shorter than the 

 petioles, several- flowered, puberulous, as are also the pedicels and calyx. 

 Corolla-lobes ovate, somewhat obtuse, minutel}' papillose within. Corona 

 with acute lobes, furnished within sometimes with elongated ligules of 

 the form of those of C. acutum, or sometimes with shorter, and broader 

 ligules somewhat like the exterior ones. 



Xrile ILand. Abyssinia : Plain of Hamedo, Schimper, 940. 



19. C. pleianthuxn, K. &chum. in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 

 39. A perennial herb or shrub; branches slender, herbaceous an<I 

 twining in the upper part. Leaves petiolate, herbaceous; petiole 

 5-14: lin. long, pubescent with somewhat reddish hairs ; blade l--'^ in. 

 long, oblong or ovate-oblong, shortly and very acutely acuminate, 

 broadly cordate at the base, pilose-pubescent on both sides, ciliolate, 

 paler beneath. Umbels simple or 2 to several times forked, peduncu- 

 late ; peduncle -ij-'J Hn. long, minutely puberulous ; pedicels '2-'.\ lin. 

 long, minutely puberulous. Sepals J lin. long, oblong, acute, sub- 

 glabrous. Corolla 1| lin. in diam. Corona 5-lobed, as long as the 

 staminal-column, h lin. long ; lobes ovate-triangular, acute. StyJe- 

 apex slightly umbonate, somewhat 5-lobed. 



larile Iiand. Somaliland : marshy places in Panure di Savati, Biva, loSS. 



20. C. dentatum, K. Schum. in Ann. Istit. Hot. Roma, vii. 39. 

 A perennial woody herb, probably climbing above, subtomento>e on the 

 young parts, afterwards glabrescent. Leaves petiolate, herbaceous; 

 petiole 4-7 lin. long; blade |-2 in. long, ^-1/- in. broad in thf basal 

 part, ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, cordate at the base, minutely 

 puberulous on both sides, ciliolate. Racemes axillary, few-flowered ; 

 peduncle up to 4i lin. long, puberulous. Sepals J lin. long, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, puberulous. Corolla about 3 lin. in diam. ; lobes 

 obtuse. Coronal-lobes 1 J lin. long, free nearly to the base, cuneate, 

 3-toothed, a little longer than the staminal-column, which is contracted 

 under the anthers into a stipe J lin. long. 



Wrile Ziand. Somnliland : in dry wooded places between Sas-aber and 

 Carbaden, Riva, 844. 



