Orthanthera.'] lxxxv. asclepiade.e (brown). 435 



between the sepals) at the base, cylindric and 1 lin. in diam. above; 

 Jobes 2^-0, lin. long, 1| lin. broad, more or less spreading, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, recurved along the margins, glabrous on tlie inner 

 face. Coronaljobes I lin. long, adnate to the staminal-column, deltoid, 

 with broad free outstanding wing-like margins, widely diverging down- 

 wards, glabrous. Anthers connivent-erect, | lin. long, linear, apiculate. 

 •Style shorter than the anthers; apical part slender, conical, acute. 

 Follicles 4 in. long, J in. thick, fusiform, tapering into a long beak. — 

 -K. Schum. in Engl, tfe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 2G(')and 1^04, fig. 77, 

 D-E, inaccurate. 0. brovmiana, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. 

 Brandenb. xxx. 2G4 ; K. Schum. in Engl. A: Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 

 266. Barroivia jasminiflora, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 630 ; Delessert, 

 Ic. V. 37, t. 88 (inaccurate as to fig. 1). Pergularia ? jasminiflora, 

 Burch. ex Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 680. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Amboella ; by the Kuban^o River above Kabimlens 

 3700 ft., Baum, 362 ! and near Kubulo, 3600 ft., Baum, 429 ! German South- 

 ■west Africa: Amboland ; Oshiheke, Schinz! Olukoncla, Schinz! Omulongo, 

 Schinz, 144 ! 



BZozaxub. Dlst. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; near Lake Npauii, 

 Lugard, 23 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



The Amboland specimens collected by Schinz and described as a distinct species 

 (O. browniana), differ from typical O. jasminiflora only in their smaller flower.'', 

 the corolla-tube being 3^-4 lin. long and the lobes 2^-3 lin. long. The specimens 

 collected by Bar.m and Lugard, however, completely connect the two extreme forms, 

 so that we must regard O. browniana as merely a small-flowered condition of O. 

 Jasminiflora. The foliage of this plant varies very much. 



44. CEROPEGIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pi. ii. 77!K 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla tubular, usually more or less inflated at 

 iihe base, straight or curved, 5-lobed ; lobes free of more or less connate 

 at their tips, valvate in bud. Corona double, arising from the 

 staminal-column; outer corona cup-shaped, entire or O-IO-toothed, or 

 of 5 bifid or bipartite lobes more or less adnate to the inner coronal- 

 lobes and often appearing to form one series with them, or reduced 

 to minute pouches alternating with the stamens ; inner corona of o 

 short or long lobes opposite the anthers and incumbent on them, or 

 erect, dorsally adnate at their base to the cup of the outer corona, or 

 laterally to its lobes ; in the latter case, the corona appears to be formed 

 of 5 lobes with a tooth on each side at their base. Staminal-column 

 arising a little above the base of the corolla, veiy short and with the 

 corona included in the inflated part of the corolla ; anthers erect, 

 ascending or incumbent on the top of the style ; oblong or sulxjuadrate, 

 unappendaged ; pollen-masses erect, a.scending or subhorizontal, solitary 

 in each anther-cell, attached in pairs by very short caudicles to the 

 pollen-carriers, or subsessile upon them. Style not longer than the 

 anthers, truncate or shortly conical at the apex. Follicles lanceolate 

 or linear-fusiform, acuminate, smooth. Seeds crowned with a tuft of 



