Siphomeris.] Lxx. RUBUCEiE (hiern). 229 



S. foBtens, Hiern. A fetid yellowish green climber, ehortly 

 hairy. Leaves ovate, suddenly acuminate, obtuse or subreniform at the 

 base, 1-^3 by 1-2 in. ; margins (in the dry state) crenulate-nndulate ; 

 petiole about half as long ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, ^-^ in. long. 

 Flowers ^— J in. long ; common peduncles ranging up to 3 in., spread- 

 ing, the upper ones gradually shorter. Corolla-mouth hispid-bearded. 

 Fruit suborbicular- ovate, ^ in. diameter. Fruit ^ in. long. 



KKozamb. Distr. N'Kneza, North of Senna, and by the Shire about the 

 cataracts, Kirk! Zambesi-land, Stewart! 



69. ANTHOSPERMUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 

 PL ii. p. 140. 



Calyx-tube obovoid ; limb 4-5-toothed, minute except that 1-2 lobes 

 are sometimes produced into leaf-like appendages. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, usually tetramerous ; lobes revolute, valvate in the bud. 

 Stamens inserted on the corolla-tube, glabrous ; anthers fixed &,t the 

 back of the base, linear-oblong ; filaments slender. Disk obsolete. 

 Ovary 2-celled ; style with 2 diverging scabrous branches ; ovules 

 solitary, erect, anatropous. Fruit dry, obovoid, dicoccous. Seeds 

 erect ; radicle inferior. — Heath -like undershrubs with usually fasciculate 

 rigid leaves, subulate or 4-cuspidate stipules, and dioecious small soli- 

 tary axillary flowers. 



A genus of moderate size, prevalent at the Cape of Good Hope and occurring also 

 in Madagascar. 



Stipules subulate, entire 1. A. jpachyrrhizum. 



Stipules 4-cuspidate. 



Leaves in interrupted fascicles, ^-f in. long. Plant 



1-1^ feet high 2. A. muricaium. 



Leaves in crowded fascicles, ^-^ in. long. Plant 6 inches 



high , Z. A. asperuloides. 



1. JEL. pachyrrhiziun, Hiern. Suffruticose, branched from a 

 thick woody stock. Branches decumbent or ascending, pale-puberu- 

 lous, 6-9 in. long, wiry. Leaves linear, apiculate, subsessile, rather 

 rough above, ^-§ in. long, margins revolute, scabrid ; stipules small, 

 subulate, undivided, adnata at the base to the petiole or leaf-base. 

 Flowers small. — A. hirsutum^ A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 346, non DC. 



xrile Xiand. Abyssinia, Quartin Dillon and Petit ! Schimper ! 



2. A., muricatum, Hochst. in Hh, Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 732. 

 Snfiruticose, branched from the woody stock. Branches erect or 

 ascending, subterete or obtusely 4-sided, puberulous towards the ex- 

 tremities, wiry, 1-1 "i feet long. Leaves linear or linear-oval, narrowed 

 to a subsessile base, apiculate, rather scabrid above, paler beneath, 

 1-nerved, J-J in. long, margins revolute ; stipules short, broad, trun- 

 cate, 4-cuspidate. Flowers small. Calyx^lobes 1 or 2 produced, leaf- 

 like. Fruit puberulous. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 345. 



nrile &and. Abyssinia, Adoa, Schimper ! 



