Tylophora.'] Lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 400 



Axis (or branch ?) of the inflorescence G-7 in. or more long, zigzag, 

 with internodes J-lJ in. long, glabrous, bearing in-12 several- 

 fiowerecl racemes l|-2 lin. long, scattered along it ; pedicels 4-;')^^ 

 lin. long, very slender, thickened at the apex. Sepals i-5 lin. long", 

 \ lin. broad, broadly ovate, acute, glabrous, sparsely and most minutely 

 ciliate. Corolla rotate, about 4|-5 lin. in diam., lobed to about hulf- 

 way from the margin ; lobes 1-^'lin. long, 1|-1| lin. broad, obliquely 

 produced on one side, very broadly rounded. Coronal-tubercles seated 

 near the base of the staminal-coiumn, horizontally projecting for about 

 I lin., convex above, concave beneath, rounded. Staminal-column J 

 lin. long, constricted under the anthers, 5~grooved ; a other- appendage*; 

 thick and fleshy, broadly transversely oblong, very obtuse, erect, over- 

 topping the pentagonal style-apex, which is depressed and bears a small 

 central tubercle. 



Upper Cruinea. Camerooiis: Bipinde, Zenker, 1823 ! 



8. T. teuuipedunculata, K. Schum.. in Enyl. Jahrh. xvii. 144. 

 A very slender twiner, glabrous in all parts. Leaves spreading ; 

 petiole 3-4|- lin. long; blade 1-1 J in. long, 4-9 lin. broad, ovate, 

 oblong-ovate, or lanceolate-ovate, tapering to an acute or subobtuse 

 point, mucronate, base rounded or subtruncate. Peduncles sublateral, 

 1-2 in. long, filiform, bearing two distant clusters of small, dark- 

 coloured flowers ; pedicels 6-8 lin. long, hair-like. Sepals | lin. long, 

 lanceolate, acute. Corolla rotate, 4 lin. in diam. ; lobes 2 lin. long, 

 narrowly lanceolate-attenuate, acute. Coronal-tubercles minute, 

 fleshy, transverse-oblong, seated at the base of the staminal-column, 

 which is rather more than | lin. long. Style truncate, depressed at the 

 apex. 



Iiower Cauinea. Loango : Cliinchocho district, on the border of a mountain 

 forest near Povo Zala, So^ciux, 163 ! 



0. T. stenoloba, ^. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, IsOo, -l^u. Stems 

 slender, twining, pubescent. Leaves probably fleshy ; petiole 1 \-'2. 

 lin. long ; blade f-l^ in. long, 4-8 lin. broad, oblong or elliptic-ohlong, 

 very obtuse, mucronulate, obtuse or cuneately rounded into the petiole 

 at the base, glabrous on both sides, midrib puberulous above, margins 

 •sparingly ciliolate w^hen young. Flower-clusters sessile at the nodes, 

 several-flowered, pubescent on th^ exceedingly short axis ; pedicels 7-« 

 lin. long, hair-like, glabrous. Sepals J lin. long, lanceolate, acum- 

 inate, glabrous. Corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base; lobes 2.1 

 lin. long, linear from a widened base, slightly dilated at the apt-x, 

 spirally twisted to the right in bud, glabrous. Coronal-tubercles adnate 

 to the filament part of the staminal-column from near its base up to 

 the anthers, fleshy, truncate at their base, narrowing upwards. Anther- 

 appendages reniform, inflexed over the truncate apex of the style, 

 which does not project beyond them. — Astephamts stei(olohns, K. Schum. 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 321 ; and in Engl. & Prantl, Pllanzenfam. iv. 

 ii. 22:C fig. 65, C, D, and 224. 



Mozamb. Dist. (lerman East Africa : Tsanibara ; Doda, JloUt^ li)77a\ 



