Ma7'sdenia.] lxxxv. asclepiade.e (brown). 423 



part ; lobes | lin. long, -| lin. broad, erect, oblong-ovate, obtuse and 

 slightly emarginate at the apex, glabrous. Coronal-lobes I- J lin. long, 

 arising at the base of and about as long as the pollen-bearing part of 

 the anthers, erect, thin in the dried state, closely applied to the backs 

 of the anthers and easily overlooked. Staminal-column arising from 

 the base of the corolla, 1 lin. long; filament part "r lin. long, rather 

 stout; anthers erect, subquadrate in the adnate basal part, which has 

 very small projecting horny wings ; pollen-bearing part free, oblong, 

 terminated by short oblong-lanceolate acute connivent membranous 

 appendages exceeding the coronal-lobes. Style not produced beyond 

 the anther-appendages ; terminal pait conicfil, acute. 



ITile ]Land. British East Africa : Kabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor ! 



Thin species is very distinct from all the otlier African members of the ^'enu^. 

 an 1 may be best likened to M. vernicnlosa, Decne., from Madatjascar, from which it 

 differs in its foliage and distinct filamtntal part to the staminal-column. 



8. M. efulensis, N. E. Br. in Hook. Ic. PL t. 24'J7. Stem 

 twining, woody, glabrous. Leaves distant; petiole 1-H in. long; 

 blade 3-4^ in. long, lJ-2-|- in. broad, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, abruptly 

 cuspidate-acute, with a cusp about -| in. long, rounded at the base, 

 glabrous on both sides. Cymes umbel-like, sessile, axillary and from 

 both axils of each pair of leaves, lU-12-fiowered ; pedicels G-S lin. 

 long, slender, very minutely asperate, or almost glabrous. Sepals 

 elliptic-ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, with a few minute hairs on the back. 

 Corolla subrotate; tube |-J lin. long, broadly campanulate ; lobes 

 1J-1| lin. long, 1 lin. broad, widely spreading, ovate, obtuse, glabrous 

 outside, puberulous within, green. Coronal-lobes 1} lin. long, erect, 

 overtopping the staminal-column, and adnate to it at their lower part, 

 free above, concave on the back and winged on each side at the base, 

 the middle part laterally compressed into a broad oblong wing-like 

 gibbosity at the middle, and the apex abruptly contracted into a subulate 

 point, glabrous. Staminal-column 1 lin. long ; anthers oblong, erect, 

 with broadly ovate membranous appendages incumbent on the very 

 convex or shortly conical style-apex. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Efuleu, Bates, 378 I 



9. M. angolensisy N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 18I):>, 258. Stem 

 twining, slender, with a short soft dense pubescence, mingled with long 

 spreading hairs. Leaves spreading ; petiole 1-1 A in. long, pubescent like 

 the stem; blade 2-3 in. long, 1^-2 in. broad, cordate-ovate, acuminate, 

 pubescent above, subtom en tose beneath. Cymes s\ibaxillary, sub.ses,sile, 

 about 1J-1| in. long and 2-3 in. in expanse, lax, composed of 2-3 

 primary branches, which are once or twice dichotomously divided, each 

 division terminating in an umbel of 10-14 flowers, softly pubescent on 

 all parts ; pedicels 4:-5 lin. long. Sepals ^-1 lin. long, A-ji lin. broad, 

 obovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, very obtuse. Corolla retrorsely 

 pubescent outside; tube lJ-2 lin. long, campanulate, retrorsely pubes- 

 cent within ; lobes §-1 lin. long, spreading, elliptic-oblong, very obtuse, 

 fleshy, glabrous on the inner face. Coronal-lobes as long as the stammal 



