464 Lxxxv. ASCLEPIADE^ (brown). [Ceo'opegia, 



Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 344. C. steudneonana^ K. Schum. in Eogl. k 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 272. 



utile ]baiid. Eritrea : Keren, Steiidner, 1Q^. Abyssinia : Tigre ; Schalia- 

 g-enne, Schimjjer, 225. 



This species appears from tlie description to be very similar to C. ahyssinica, of 

 which it may be only a form, with larger leaves and a hairy corona. 



50. C. humiliSy X. E. Br. Plant about 4 in. high. Tuber 

 globose. Stem erect, not twining, slender, glabrous. Leaves erect, 

 1-lf in. long, i-| lin. broad, linear or linear-subulate, acute, glabrous. 

 Peduncles lateral at the nodes, 1-3 lin. long, 1-2-flowered, blender, 

 glabrous ; pedicels 1 J-0 lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 1-1 J lin. long, 

 subulate, acute, glabrous. Corolla straight ; tube 6-7 lin. long, 

 slightly and gradually inflated in the lower part, slightly dilated at the 

 mouth, glabrous outside ; lobes 2| lin. long, connivent-erect, cohering 

 at the tips, linear from a deltoid base, ciliate. — C vignaldimia, Vatke 

 in Linnrea, xl. 219 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 344 ; K. Schum. 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 271, fig. 80, E, not of A. 

 Richard. 



l^ile Xiand. Abyssinia: Tigre; Aniba-Sea, 6500 ft., ^Sc^iwjj^er, 763. 



I describe tins plant from the tignre and the few diagnostic characters given by 

 Schumann in the work above quoted; it is very distinct from C. mgnaldiana, A. 

 Rich., the leaves being very much narrower, and the corolla small and altogether 

 different in form. 



Imperfectly known species. 



51. C. aristolochioides, Decne. in Ami. Sc. JS^'at. 2 ser. ix. 263. 

 Glabrous. Stem twining, fleshy. Leaves fleshy, petiolate, 2-3J 

 in. long, 1^-2 J in. broad, cordate, shortly acuminate, very acute. 

 Peduncles spreading, sometimes longer than the leaves, few-flowered ; 

 flowers pedicellate, purple-brown. Sepals subulate, acuminate. 

 Corolla-tube curved, inflated at the base ; lobes lanceolate (rounded in 

 another description), cohering into a hemispherical limb, apiculate. 

 Outer coronal-lobes bifid, pilose with long hairs; inner coronal-lobes 

 ligulate, glabrous. — Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 642 ; Vatke in Oesfc. Bot. 

 Zeitschi'. 1876, 147, and in Linnaea, xl. 219; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 343, 



Upper duinea. Senegambia : near Lebar, Heudelot. 



tSile Xiand. Eritrea : Habab, 6200 ft., Hildehrand, 384. Abyssinia : Abba 

 Gerima, 68U0 ft., Schimper ; near Schahagenne, 5000 ft., Schimpery 750. 



I have not seen this plant, and quote the specimens from Eritrea and Abyssinia 

 «n the authority of Vatke & Engler. Dr. Schumann in Engler, Ffi. Ost-Afr. C. 

 :<27 records it from German East Africa, but I have not seen aliy specimens fiom 

 tliat region. 



