428 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (brown). \^Fockea. 



1. F. multifloray K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 145. Stems 

 not manifestly twining, rather stout, sparsely leafy or leafless during 

 flowering, pubescent on the young parts ; bark brown. Leaves densely 

 tomentose on both sides; petiole 3-4 J lin. long; blade j-2 m. long, 

 .\-| in. broad, ovate, acute, truncate or subcordate at the base. Cymes 

 corymb-like, many-flowered, axillary ; peduncles J- J in. long ; pedicels 

 4J-7 lin. long, subtomentose. Sepals Ih lin. long, pubescent. Corolla 

 glabrous on both sides or most minutely papillate (not pubescent) within ; 

 tube 1^ lin. long ; lobes o| lin. long, rotate, oblong, subacute, revolute 

 along the margins. Corona 20-toothed, besides the teeth within ; tube 



1 lin. long ; the 5 longer teeth IJ-l J lin. long, spirally coiled at the tips, 

 each alternating with a group of 3 shorter recurved teeth \—}y lin. long ; 

 teeth within the tube 5, filiform, |-1 lin. long, with or without a very 

 short or rudimentary tooth at about their middle on the dorsal side, 

 adnate nearly to the top of the tube, forming 5 keels on the lower part 

 of the latter. Anther-appendages large, inflated-oblong. Style with 



2 rounded knobs at its apex. — K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 326, 

 and in Engl, and Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 294, fig. 90, P-U, and 290. 



XMEozaml). Bist. German East Africa : Uzinja; near the French Mission at 

 Usambiro, Stuhhnann, 848! 



In this species and in F. Schinzii, N. E. Br., tlie inner or lower coronal teeth 

 within the tube are longer than those next above, which are aflnate to them for the 

 greater part of their length. 



2. F. Schinzii, N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1S9.'), 259. Stem 

 tv>^ining, rather stout, ^-\ in. thick, with a brown bark and small 

 scattered tubercles at the lenticels, shrivelling in drying, minutely and 

 densely pubescent or subtomentose on the young shoots, becoming 

 glabrous, leafless at the time of flowering. Undeveloped leaves accom- 

 panying the flowers 2j-;3 lin. long, 1-1 1 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, 

 densely tomentose ; midrib very prominent beneath ; petioles 1-1^ lin. 

 long ; scars of the fallen leaves very large. Cymes corymb-like, axillary, 

 or terminal on very short lateral shoots or tubercles, rather dense and 

 compact or shortly panicled, many-flowered, pedunculate ; the whole 

 inflorescence 1-8 in. long, hoary-tomentose on all parts except the 

 corolla; pedicels 2-5 lin. long. Sepals 1-1 J lin. long, ovate, acute. 

 Corolla G-7 lin. in diam. ; tube 1 lin. long ; lobes 3J-4 lin. long, 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse, w^ith revolute margins, glabrous on the back, 

 finely pubescent all over the inner surface. Corona 20-toothed besides 

 the teeth within; tube 1 lin. long; 5 principal teeth |-J lin. long, 

 erect, not spirally coiled at the tips, each alternating with a group of 3 

 shorter recurved teeth i-J lin. long; teeth within the tube in 5 super- 

 posed pairs adnate nearly to the top of the tube and to each other, 

 forming 5 prominent keels, the outer or upper tooth of each pair |- J 

 lin. long, inner or lower tooth J-J lin. long. Anther-appendages about 

 as long as the corona-tube, erect, inflated-ovate. Style not exceeding 

 the anther-cells ; apical part terete, subentire or minutely 2-5-lobulate 

 at the apex. Follicles 8-9 in. long, 1 in. thick, lanceolate-fusiform, 

 acuminate into a beak, smooth, glabrous, with a keel down each side. 



