Ceropegia.'] lxxxv. asclepiade.*: (hiiown). 445 



I lin. long, deeply bifid ; teeth linear-attenuiite, obtuse, fringed with 

 long hairs, and rising above the level of the anthers ; inner coronal- 

 lobes 1 lin. long, connivenc-erect, linear, dorsally connected at the base 

 to the outer corona. 



Zrile Xiaud. Abyssinia : witliout precise locality, iSchimptr, 463 ! 



12. C aiiiniSy Vaike in Linnvca, xl. 21 H. Glabrous in all parts 

 except the inside of the corolla. Stem twining. Leaves somewhat 

 fleshy; petiole 2-3 lin. long; blade |-1J in. long, l|-f) lin. broad, 

 linear-oblong, narrowly oblong or narrowly lanceolate, acute or subtrui- 

 cate and apiculate at the apex, subtruncate or rounded at the base, 

 narrowly re volute along the margins. Peduncles ^-1 in. long, 

 umbellately 3-6-flowered ; bracts J lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; 

 pedicels 3-5 lin. long. Sepals 1 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Corolla slightly curved, glabrous outside, clothed inside from the base 

 of the tube to the tips of the lobes with long straight hairs ; tube Ti 

 lin. long, slightly inflated and 2 lin. in diam. at the base, very 

 shortly funnel-shaped at the mouth, which is about \ in. in diam. ; 

 lobes 2 J lin. long, incurved and connate at the tips, deitoid-ovate, 

 acuminate, replicate. Outer coronal-lobes J lin. long, ascending, sub- 

 quadrate, with a broad notch at the apex, concave, ciliate with ratiier 

 long hairs; inner coronal-lobes 1-1|^ lin. long, connivent-erect, linear, 

 with recurved or revolute tips, glabrous. — Martelli, Florul. Bogos. 'ii). 



Xflle ]Land> Eritrea: near Keren, £eccari,'605l Mount Alaui Kalp, Sc/iwein- 

 furth Sf Riva, 1633 ! Abyssinia : without precise locality, Schimjjer, 301 I 



13. C. ruspoliana, K. Schum. in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 42. 

 Stem twining, slender, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, glabrous ; petiole 

 2J-3J lin. long ; blade 2^-2| in. long, 2^ lin. broad at the middle, very 

 acutely acuminate, shortly rounded at the base, recurveii along the 

 margins, paler beneath. Umbels pedunculate, about 5-floweied ; 

 peduncle J-lJin. long; pedicels scarcely exceeding ^ in. in length. 

 Sepals 1 lin. long, subulate. Corolla probably spotted with purple- 

 brown in the upper part, clothed with long scattered haii-s inside : tul)e 

 7h lin. long, slightly dilated at the mouth ; lobes 3 lin. long, cohering 

 at their tips, recurved along the margins (replicate ?), pilose with long 

 hairs on the inner face. Outer coronal-lobes J lin. long, concave, 

 notched at the apex, furnished with some hyaline hau-s within ; inner 

 coronal-lobes | lin. long, overtopping the stJiminal-colunin, subulate, 

 revolute at the apex. 



Itflle Stand. Galla Territory : in wooded places on C'ttroumu' Mouulain, Him. 

 1373. 



I have not seen tliis species, hnt judging from tlie descrijition it must l>e very 

 closely allied to C. ajinis, Vatke. with whicli it may i)rove to be identical ; the only 

 difference ap))ears to be in the size ot the leaves. 



14. C. biddumana, K. Schum. in Ann. Istit. Jiot. i:<nwi, vn. 4 1. 

 Stem twining. Leaves petiolate, herbaceous, thin ; petiole 2-:i! 

 lin. long, slender; blade ^-Ig in. long, 4-.") lin. broad, ol)lon.«:-lanreolnte, 



