FockeaP^ lxxxv. asclepiade^ (browx). \')[) 



Seeds 5 lin. long, \ in. broad, ovate, concavo-convex, niar<;inec], 

 glabrous, pale yellowish-brown. — F. midtifwa, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pi! 

 Welw. i. Gl)3, not of K. Schum. 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : liumbo ; in Matas do Untcato, Ix'tween HtnnUonnd 

 Bruco ; Welivitsch, 41941 German Sontli-wost Afrit-a : Ainlx.l.tii.l ; Omhanja, 

 Schinz, 5 ! 



f>. F. sessiliflora, Schlechter in Fiifjl. Jahrh. xx. Jtpihl. ."»!, 41. 

 Stem woody, glabrous. Leaves erect or somewhat spreading, 'l~\}i in. 

 long, 4-7 lin. broad, lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed 

 into the very short petiole, usually revolute or undulate alonf' the 

 margins, glabrous. Flowers few, sessile, clustered in the axils of tlie 

 leaves. Sepals lanceolate-triangular, much shorter than the corolla, 

 thinly puberulous, mealy. Corolla-lobes ?>-?)\ lin. long, slightly spread- 

 ing, linear- ligulate, obtuse, flexuose, thinly puberulous on both sides. 

 Outer corona tubular, with 5 short trihd lobes, the lateral teeth of 

 which are rather shorter than the middle tooth ; median coronal-lobes 

 filiform, erect, adnate far up the outer corona-tube and half longer than 

 it, with the inflexed margins below the middle forming 10 parnllel 

 keels ; inner coronal-lobes opposite those of the median corona and half 

 as long, scarcely equalling the tube of the outer corona to which they 

 are adnate high up. Anther-appendages lanceolate, obtuse, 0-4 times 

 as long as the anthers. 



nXozaml). Dist. Transvaal : near Klipdani, 4500 ft. SchlecJdet; 4493. 



This locality is just south of the Tropic of Capricorn, but in all probability tbe 

 plant will be found lo occur in tbe tropical part of tbe Transvaal. Scblecbtcr 

 regards the superposed teeth witbin tbe coronal-tube as belotiging to 2 distinct 

 coronal whorls : I regard them as mere ap])endages of one, such as occur in Ci/niiu- 

 chu7n, Schizofjlossiim, and Asclepias. 



4. F, Lugardi, X. E. Br. Stem creeping on rocks, under 1 ft. 

 high (LiKjard), probably also twining, |-1 lin. thick, puheruloii.s on the 

 young parts, becoming glabrous. Leaves large, spreailing; j)etiole 

 1 J-2 lin. long ; blade 1-3| in. long, J-1 in. broad, lanceolate or ohlong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or acute, more or less cuneate at the base. Hat, 

 glabrous on both sides. Inflorescence axillary, subses.-^ile or shortly 

 pedunculate, spicate ; axis stout, 2-G lin. long (including the peduncle) ; 

 flowers subsessile, densely crowded, developing successively; l^rncts 

 minute, ovate, subtomentose ; pedicels about h lin. long, subtomento.'-e. 

 Sepals h lin. long, elongate-deltoid, acute, subtomentose Corolla 

 green, subtomentose outside, minutely puberulous on the bnsiil part of 

 the lobes inside, otherwise glabrous ; tube about A lin. long, broadly 

 funnel-shaped ; lobes spreading, much twi.sted in bud, i>-7 lin. Jong, 

 |-1 lin. broad at the base, narrowly linear, obtuse ; margins strongly 

 reflexed or revolute. Corona tubular, with about '2(\ unequal tet-th 

 besides the teeth within; tube l^-U Hn. long; .') longer teeth J 1 

 lin. long, linear, acute, bifid or irregularly denticulate at the aj>ex, 

 with a small subulate inflexed tooth on each side inside the base, 

 alternating with 1 or more minute irregular teeth; teetli within the 



