Candluma.^ lxxxv. ASCLEPiADEiE (brown). \>*,'d 



within, not ciliate. Outer coronal -lobes arising J lin. above the bjiseof 

 the staminai-column, somewhat spreading, J lin. long, deltoid-oblong, 

 terminated by two divergent subulate teeth about ^ lin. lon^, which 

 sometimes have a minute tooth between them, minutely and spai-sely 

 hairy on the back; inner coronal-lobes about \ lin. long, linear, incum- 

 bent on the backs of the anthers and not exceeding them. Staminai- 

 column 1 lin. long; anthers subquadrate, not appendaged. — K. Schum. 

 in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 42. 



irile Xiand. South Somaliland : near Magadoxo, Kirk ! 



7. C. acutangula, X. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1802. xii. :^G!). 

 Stems succulent, triangular ; angles acute, very prominent. Umbels 

 terminal, many-fiowered ; pedicels short. Corolla- lobes smooth outside, 

 densely verrucose and papillose-puberulous within. Corona not described, 

 beyond that " the gynostegium is 2U-angular with a few scattered hairs." 

 — Desinidcnxhis acuiangala, Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. 2 ser. ix. 205. 

 Bouce7'osia acutangula, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 648. 



Upper Guinea. Senegumbia, Perrottet. 



I have not seen this species. If a constant character, tlie triuiisnilar stems 

 readily distinguish it from ail other species hitherto known. 



8. C. iougideus, X. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1802, xii. oCI). 

 Stems erect, branching, glabrous ; branches erect, 5-8 in. long, attenuated 

 vipwards, 4-angled ; angles slightly toothed ; teeth furnished with fleshy 

 terete acuminate deciduous leaves 1-3 lin. long. Flowers solitary or 

 occasionally tw^o together, subaxillary along the upper part of the stem ; 

 pedicels \ in. long, elongating to \-h in. long when in fruit, glabrous. 

 Sepals 1-1^ lin. long, ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Corolla apparently 

 of a dark purple-brown colour, entirely glabrous ; tube :>-4 lin. long 

 and about 2 J-3 lin. in diam., campanuiate ; lobes 2^-8 lin. long, spread- 

 ing, ovate-lanceolate, acute. Outer corona of 10 linear-subulate teeth 

 2-2^ lin. long, each pair with divergent-curved tips, much exceeding 

 the staminai-column ; inner corona of 5 linear-subulate teeth 1 \ lin. 

 long, incurved over the top of the staminai-column, with their tij>s 

 closely inrolled in a circinnate manner. Staminai-column about 2 lin. 

 long ; anthers incumbent on the truncate apex of the style, oblong, with 

 a short, erect, obtuse appendage. 



xrile Xiaiad. Nubia: Wady Laemeb, between Suakin and Berber, Schwein- 

 furth, 441 ! 



9. C. vittata, N. E. Br. Plant apparently about (I or s in. high, 

 branching. Branches 4 angled, glabrous, about 4 lin. thick in the 

 dried state, much attenuated upwards ; angles slightly toothed ; teeth 

 bearing minute deciduous fleshy ovate very acuminate leaves i -1 lin. 

 long. Flowers solitary or 2-4 together, scattered along 2-4 in. of the 

 very slender terminal part of the branches, erect ; pedicels 2-.'» lin. long, 

 glabrous. Sepals 1 lin. long, f lin. broad, ovate, acuminate, glabrous. 

 Corolla-tube about 1 J lin. long and \\-l lin. broad, cam p.uui lute (or 

 globose-campanulate ?), whitish, longitudinally striped with (lark-)>urple. 



