CaraUMTiia.] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 4^7 



The specimen consists of one piece of stem and several detaclicd Howors. but pro- 

 bably the latter are produced in large umbels near tlie base of the young stems, as in 

 C. lutea, N. E. lir., which seems to be its nenrest ally. The flowers are ])resst-d out 

 flat, but when alive they probably have a sliort campanulate or funnel-shaped lube 

 j-j as long as the lobes. 



16. C. Lugardi, N. E. Br. Plant 2J-3 in. high, branching at the 

 base. Stems 8i— 5 lin. thick, obtusely 4-angled, glabrous ; angles with 

 spreading stout subulate acute teeth l^— 2^ lin. long. Flowers in 

 fascicles of 3-7, lateral below the apex of the stems, developing 

 successively; bra,cts \-\ lin. long, broadly ovate, acute; pedicels lA--> 

 lin. long, I lin. thick, glabrous. Sepals '2-2\ lin. long, ^-§ lin. broad, 

 Itnceolate, acuminate, glabrous. Corolla 1^-1 J in. in diam., very 

 deeply 5-lobed, glabrous outside, very minutely puberulous within and 

 sparingly ciliate with minute simple hairs, entirely bright chocolate, or 

 the apical part of the lobes olive-green ; tube '2\-6 lin. long, campanu- 

 late ; lobes |-1 in. long, lJ-2 lin. broad at the base, linear-attenuate, 

 acute, campanulately spreading. Outer corona 1 5-20-toothed, glabi ous ; 

 basal part \ lin. long, cup-shaped, with 5 pairs of elongated-deltoid 

 acute divergent blackish-purple teeth | lin. long, alternating with the 

 anthers, and 5 pairs of smaller teeth or 5 oblong entire or bifid lobes 

 (often with a very minute middle tooth), opposite to and forming a 

 dorsal projection from the inner coronal-lobes, \ lin. long, dull purplish ; 

 inner coronal-lobes 2 lin. long, subulate, conni vent-erect, glabrous, dull 

 orange. 



nSozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; Totin near Lake 

 Ngami, Lugard, 74 ! 



17. C. huillensis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 697. Plant 

 broadly tufted. Stems ascending, 2-8 in. long, thick, club-shaped, 

 4-angled, softly but obsoletely pubescent; angles with stout teeth, 

 straight or slightly decurved at the tips. Flowers in clusters of 6-l(> 

 at or near the apex of the stems ; pedicels f-1 in. long, rather stout, 

 glabrous ; bracts about 2 lin. long, lanceolate-subulate, glabrous. Sepals 

 rather more than \ in. long, lanceolate-subulate, glabrous. Corolla 

 dusky red, thinly or obsoletely pubescent outside, nearly glabrous and 

 rugulose on the inner face, deeply 5-lobed ; tube about J in. long, 

 sub-hemispherical ; lobes IJ-lJ in. long in their dried state, lanceolate- 

 linear. Outer coronal-lobes short, very obtuse, excised, revolute ; inner 

 coronal-lobes about J lin. long, stoutly subulate. 



3^ower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Welwiisch, 4266. 



18. C. maculata, N. E. Br. Stems not seen, " 3-4 in. high '* 

 (Lugard). Cymes very short, raceme-like, sessile, progressively several - 

 Howered; pedicels IJ-lJ in. long, J lin. thick, erect, glabrous. Sepals 

 21-3 lin. long, |-1 lin. broad, lanceolate, tapering into a long acuminate 

 point, glabrous. Corolla about Ij in. in diam., deeply iVlobed, 

 yellowish-green, marked with small dnrk claret-coloured spots from the 

 tips of the lobes to the bottom of the tube, glabrous on both sides, net 

 rugose, ciliate for J the way along the lobes with long vibratile clavaie 



