Marsdeitia.'l lxxxv. asclepiade-e (brown). 121 



pedicels -| in. long. Sepals U lin. long and nearly as broad, very 

 broadly ovate, acute. Corolla rotate-campanulate, 5-6 lin. in diam. ; 

 lobes l|-2^ lin. long, l-i lin. broad, oblong or ovate-oblong, very 

 obtuse, tomentose along the more or less revolute margins and at the 

 apex within. Coronal-lobes barely 1 lin. long, thick and Heshy, 

 obliquely truncate at the apex, arising from the base of the staminal- 

 column, adnate to it in their lower half, and a little shorter than it. 

 Anther-appendages indexed or connivent over the shortly conical style- 

 apex. Follicles 3-;>i- in. long, IJ-U in. in diam., elongate-ovoid, 

 acuminate, with numerous broad frill-like wings. — I'teri/yocarpics 

 ahi/ssiniciis, Hochst. in Flora, 1S48, 78 ; Walp. Rep. vi. 4'.il. Jlot/a 

 ufricana, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. C30 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Aby.-s. ii. 

 4G ; Yatke in Linna?a, xl. 217. JJregea africana, Martelli, Florul. 

 Bogos. 55; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Iilternaz. 1802, o 11). Dreijea 

 ahyssinica, K. Sebum, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 320 ; and in Engl, k- 

 Prantl, Piianzenfam. iv. ii. 29;> and L^U4, hg. DO, B. D. riibiciuula, 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 003, not of K. Schum. 



Upper Cruiuea. Lagos : Abeokuta, Barter, 3309 ! 



Nile X.and. Eritrei: Gincla Valley, 2800-3300 ft., Schiceinftirth ^ Rlva, 

 2186 1 Keren, Beccari, 48! Ualabat : reg-ton of Mataiuina, Schic't)ifur(}i,2^{)\ 

 Abyssinia: near Sabra, Schimjjer, 1294! 136G! ^ledscliara (Mejara) Hegioii, 

 Schimper, 1573! and witliout precise locality, Quartin Dillon ^y Petit, 27! 

 ^Semiar: Fazokl, Kotschy^ 566! Jur : Wau, Schiocinfurth, 1696! liriti»?li East 

 Africa: near Lake Marsabit, Lord Delamere ! near Lake Baringo, 3400 It. 

 Johnston .' 



XiOiKrer Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith ! Angola : Cazengo ; forests of 

 Muxaulo, Welwitsch, 4226! Libongo; forests by the Kiver Lilune, Jf'cfnitscA, 

 4227! Bumbo; in the Chella Mountains, Welwitsch, 4248! Huilla; near the 

 Banza, Welwitsch, 4249 ! 



Barter notes tlie flowers as cieani-coloureil, \Vehvits<-h as greenish-yellow outsitle, 

 whitish inside. 



5. M. rubicunda, X. E. Br. A stout woody climber, with tlie 

 tips of the shoots, young leaves, inflorescence (except the corolla), ami 

 young fruit more or less covered with a salmon-red tomentum. 

 Leaves 1|-3J in. long, |-3 in. broad, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, acute, 

 obtuse or subtruncate, apiculate, varying from broadly cuneate to cordate 

 at the base, glabrous or pulverulent beneath in the adult state. Cymes 

 as in M. ahyssinica ; pedicels 3 lin. long. Sepals 1 lin. long, ^ lin. bro;ul, 

 elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate, obtuse. Corolla about h in. in diam. ; 

 tube short, 1 lin. long ; lobes rotate, 2J lin. long, 1-1 \ lin. broad, oblong, 

 obliquely retuse at the apex, glabrous on the back, pubescent witiun. 

 Coronal-lobes IJ-lJ Hn. long, much longer than the staminal-cv)lumn, 

 ovate, with broad free margins to the adnate part, tiipering al>ove 

 into free subulate or linear tips, that are incurved and acute, 

 emarginate or bifid at the apex, channelled down the face. Staminal- 

 column arising near the bottom of the coiolla-tube, 1-1 J lin. long; 

 anther-appendages ovate, acute, infiexed over the convex apex of the 

 style. Follicles 3-3.V in. long, lanceolate, tapering to a blunt ^x)int, 

 broadly 4-winged ; wings more or less crenate or obtusely toothed. 



