418 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE.E (brown). [Marsdenia. 



Corolla-lobes linear, ^-1 lin. broad; apex of style 



evserted beyond the anthers into a long beak . 2. M. Schimperi. 

 Corolla-lobes oblong, 1-2 lin. broad; apex of the 

 style not beaked. 

 Sepals 2r,— 1^ lin. long; coronal-lobes linear-oblong 

 or liinceolate, about as long as the staminal- 

 column . . . . . . .3. M. zamhesiaca. 



Sepals 1^ lin. long; coronal-lobes truncate, 



shorter than the s t am inal- column . . 4:. M. spissa. 



Sepals I lin. long ; coronal-lobes subulate-tipped, 



much longer than the staminal-column . 5. M. rubicunda. 

 **Corolla-lobes under 2 lin. long. 

 Leaves not cordate at the base. 



Style produced much beyond the anther-appendages 



into a lon^ filiform beak . . . . Q. M. umhellifera. 



Style not produced beyond the anther-appendages. 



Pedicels 1-li lin. long 7. 3f. Taylori. 



Pedicels 6-8 lin. long 8. ilSf. efulensis. 



Leaves cordate at the base. 



Flowers umbellate at the ends of the cyme- 

 branches . . . . . . .9. M. angolensis. 



Flowers in small fuscicles or sessile umbels, which 

 are compactly racemose along the cyme- 

 branches. 

 Leaves cordate-oblong, twice as long as broad. 



Stems puberulous ; corolla-tube hairy within . 10. M. leonensis. 

 Stem glabrous; corolla-tube glabrous within . 11. M. glahrifiora. 

 licaves very broadly cordate-ovate, not more than 

 ^ longer than broad. 

 Corotial-lobes with a tubercle at their base . 12. M. racemosa. 

 Coronal-lobes without a tubercle at their base . 13. M. profusa. 



1. M. crinita, Oliver in Hook. Ic. PL t. 1993. A large twiner, 

 all the younger parts of the stem, together with the petioles and all 

 parts of the inflorescence (except the corolla) densely covered with long 

 spreading tawny or rast-coloured hairs. Leaves spreading; petiole 

 |-li lin. long ; blade 2-4 J in. long, lj-2| in. broad, ovate or elliptic- 

 ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, broadly rounded or cordate at the 

 base, sparsely hairy above, hairj^ like the stem on the veins beneath, 

 but with shorter hairs, ciliate. Cymes lateral or subaxillary, peduncu- 

 late, many-flowered, lJ-2 in. in expanse; peduncles f-lj in. long; 

 pedicels 5-8 lin. long. Sepals 3-4 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Corolla quite glabrous on both sides, white; tube li lin. long, globose- 

 campanulate ; lobes 3-4 lin. long, oblong, obliquely acute, very spreading, 

 with one twist. Coronal-lobes reaching to the apex of the style ; their 

 basal part f lin. long, orbicular or rhomboid-orbicular, adnate to the 

 filament part of the staminal-column, projecting as broad wings at the 

 sides ; their apical part | lin. long, erect, free, oblong-linear, obtuse or 

 denticulate. Anther-appendages scarcely reaching to the apex of the 

 style, lanceolate, acute. Style not or scarcely exserted beyond the 

 coronal-lobes, apical part very stout, shortly conical, with an obtuse or 

 truncate apex. 



