446 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (browx). [^Cei'opegia. 



acute, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both sides, very minutely 

 ciliolate. Umbels pedunculate, several-flowered ; peduncle up to 1 J 

 in. long ; bracts minute ; pedicels scarcely J lin. long. Sepals 1 lin. long, 

 oblong-triangular. Corolla white at the base, purple above, paler at the 

 apex, obscurely spotted ; tube 7-| lin. long, dilated at the mouth, 

 glabrous within ; lobes cohering at the tips, 2-J lin. long, pilose. Outer 

 coronal-lobes concave, notched at the apex, pilose, blackish-puiple ; 

 inner coronal-lobes erect, cylindric, convolute at the apex, blackish- 

 purple. 



xrile Xiand. Galla Territory : Bidduma, in shady woods, Riva, 1212. 



1 have not seen this species, which is imperfectly described, but appears to be 

 allied to C. offinis, Vatke. 



15. C. beccariana, Martelli, Florid. Bogos. 50. Stem twining, 

 glabrous, about 1 lin. thick. Leaves herbaceous ; petiole 4-7 

 lin. long ; blade 1-1 1 in. long, ^-1 in. broad, cordate-ovate, acuminate 

 or acute, glabrous on both sides, distinctly ciliolate with a few very 

 minute incurved hairs on the margins, and with similar hairs along the 

 channel of the petiole. Peduncles lateral, 1-2 in. long, terminating in 

 a few-flowered umbel-like cyme, glabrous ; bracts small, lanceolate, 

 acuminate or subulate, glabrous ; pedicels 5-6 lin. long, glabrous. 

 Sepals 1 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Corolla-tube about 

 !) lin. long, much incurved, inflated at the base, where it is 2^-3 lin. in 

 diam., funnel-shaped, and about 3J-4 lin. in diam. at the mouth, 

 glabrous outside ; lobes about 3 lin. lopg, connivent-erect, connate at 

 the tips, replicate, with crisped margins, glabrous, not ciliate. 



Uile Iiand. Abyssinia : near Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari, 306 ! 



A specimen of this plant was sent to Kew for determination by Dr. Martelli in 

 1885, but as there was but one flower I did not dissect it, and the corona and interior 

 of the corolla are not described by the author. 



16. C. volubilis, N. E. Br. in Kew Bultetin, 1805, 261. Root 

 fibrous {Welivitsch). Stem twining, slender, glabrous, ''more or less 

 glaucous " {Wehoitsch). Leaves membranous in the dried state, spread- 

 ing ; petiole -l J-9 lin. long, ciliate along the edges of the channelled 

 face; blade lJ-3 in. long, f-lj in. broad, cordate-ovate, acute or 

 acuminate, mucronate, with short rounded basal lobes separated by a 

 small acute sinus, glabrous on both sides, ciliolate. Peduncles 2-5 

 lin. long, glabrous, umbellately 2-4-flowered ; bracts h-l lin. long, 

 subulate ; pedicels 3-4 lin. long, glabrous or with short spreading hairs. 

 Sepals 1 J lin. long, subulate, glabrous, or with here and there a short 

 hair. Corolla-tube 5i-7 lin. long, Ij lin. in diam. at the short inflated 

 base, slightly curved above, slightly enlarged into a funnel-shaped 

 mouth 2-| lin. in diam., glabrous outside and inside ; lobes 3-3J 

 lin. long, erect, connate at the tips, deltoid-dblong, somewhat abruptly 

 narrowed just above the middle, replicate, ciliate in the upper part with 

 vibratile purple hairs, otherwise glabrous. (Base of the corolla-tube 

 yellowish, then in the inflated part and outside of the tube spotted with 



