Ceropegia.'] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 457 



rising to the level of the anthers, ciliate with long hairs ; inner 

 coronal-lobes 1 lin. long, connivent erect, linear, with revolute tips, 

 glabrous. 



Wile Xsand. Jur : .Tur (Jhattas, Schweinfurth, 2105 ! 



35. C. setifera, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrh. xx. Beihl. f)!, 4K. 

 Stem twining, thinly pilose. Leaves |-2| in. long, 5-11; lin. broad, 

 ovate-oblong, acuminate or acute, rarely subcordate at the base, sparsely 

 pilose, ciliate. Cymes lateral, lax, few-flowered, as long as the leaves 

 or a little longer. Sepals lA- lin. long, linear, lanceolate, subacute, pul>e- 

 rulous. Corolla 12-14 lin. long, subclavate ; tube slightly inflated at the 

 base, glabrous outside, thinly pilose with white hairs inside ; lobes shoit, 

 lanceolate- triangular, connate at the apex, reflexed at the margins, 

 thinly pilose within. Outer coronal-lobes connate at the base into a 

 short tube, free part subquadrate, deeply bifid at the apex ; segments 

 divaricate, falcate-lanceolate, setaceous-acuminate ; inner coronal-lobes 

 linear, erect, with reflexed tips, much longer than the outer corona. 



XVIozamb. Dist. Tropical Transvaal : near Mahilas Kop, 2500 ft., Schlechter, 

 4515; near Valdesia, bank of the Limvovo Kiver, 1800 ft., Schlechter, 4543. 



I have not seen this species. From the statement that the cymes are as lonj^ as 

 the leaves, I have assumed in the key to the species that they are peduncuhite. 



oG. C. pachystelma, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrh. xx. Beibl. 51, 47 

 Stem twining, more or less pilose. Leaves subcoriaceous ; petiole 2^-5 lin. 

 long ;blB,de |-2 in. long, J-1 in. broad, ovate-oblong, shortly acuminate, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrescent or thinly puberulous. Cymes lateral, subumbel- 

 late, few-flowered ; peduncle scarcely exceeding the petiole, puberulous ; 

 pedicels equalling the peduncle, slender, deflexed after flowering. Sepals 

 lanceolate or lanceolate-triangular, acute, slightly pilose. Corolla about 

 1 in. long; tube about 10 lin. long, globose-inflated and 2^ lin. in diam. 

 at the base, slightly dilated at the-mouth ; lobes 'Ih lin. long, erect, con- 

 nate at the apex, linear-oblong, reflexed along the margins, glabrous 

 outside, tomentose-villous within. Outer corona cup-shaped, with very 

 obtuse semi-orbicular lobes, thickened at the margin; inner coronal- 

 lobes erect, linear-oblong, obtuse, dilated below the middle, much longer 

 than the outer corona. 



Mozamb. Hist. Tropical Tranavaal : near Valdesia, on the banks of tlie 

 Limvovo, 1800 ft., Schlechter, and near Mahilas Kop, 2500 fc, Schlechter, 4511. 



Also in South Africa. I have not seen this species. 



37. C. paricyma, iV. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, IHDS, ;;oi>. 

 Stem apparently solitary, about 2 ft. long, twining at the top, ^^^nder 

 slightly pubescent. Leaves spreading; petiole 3-S hn. long ; blade 1-L 

 in. long, ^1 in. broad, oblong-ovate, tapering to a blunt point, cordate 

 at the base, or the lowest leaves cuneately narrowed into the petiole, 

 sparsely pubescent on both sides. Cymes in paii-s, subsessile at the 

 nodes, 4-6-fiowered; bracts J-| lin. long, subulate; pedicels .?-., lin. 

 long, slender, glabrous: Sepals 1-1 i lin. long, J lin. broa<h lanreolate^- 

 subulate, subglabrous. Corolla-tube straight, l-ll Im. long, inflated 



