LXXX. ASCLEPTADEiE. 237 



24. SARCOCYPHULA, Ilarv. 



Calyx 5-partod. Corolla rotate. Corona cup-sliaped, 5- 

 creuate, with swelliiif]js (as if saccate) between the crenatures. 

 Anthers membrane-tipped. Pollinia ovoid, pendulous, fixed 

 at the apex. Stigma depressed, follicles ? — Thes. Cap. t. 

 191. 



iS. Gerrardi, H., is a leafless, succulent, ^brauching climber, with the 

 habit of Sarcostemma vhninale (with which it sometimes grows intermixed !), 

 but from which it differs in the simple corona, not very unHke that of 

 a Cynoctonum. — Natal. 



25. SARCOSTEMMA, R. Br. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, more or less deeply 5-fid, 

 or urceolate-rotate, sinuately 5-lobed, the lobes sometimes 

 with interposing teeth. Corona double, the outer cup-shaped 

 or annular, crenate, more or less attached to the gynostege or 

 to the corolla-tube, inner 5-leaved ; folioles fleshy, roundish, 

 acuminate, longer than the outer corona. Anthers membrane- 

 tipped. Pollinia club-shaped, pendulous. Stigma apiculate. 

 Pellicles slender, smooth. — DC. Prod. viii. p. 537. 



Erect or chmbing, leafless or leafy shrubs. The 2 Cape species are leaf- 

 less, with jointed, succulent stems and rotate corollas. Flowers in lateral 

 umbels. 



26. DiEMIA, R Br. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate. Corona double ; outer 

 short,* annular, sinuate, 10-parted, the alternate lobules small ; 

 inner 5-leaved ; folioles below somewhat spurred, above pro- 

 lojiged into a subulate, inflexed point. Anthers membrane- 

 tipped. Pollinia compressed, taper-pointed, pendulous. Stigma 

 pointless or convex in the middle. Pellicles smooth or clothed 

 with soft shreds. — DC. Prod. viii. ^. 543. 



Voluble plants, with opposite, cordate leaves. Peduncles axillary, elon- 

 gate. Flowers racemose ; corolla-lobes ciliate. — 1 Cape species, near the 

 mouth of Orange River. 



27. ENDOTROPIS, Endl. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, deeply 5-fid, the segments 

 spreading, papillose within. Corona monophyllous, 5-fid, the 

 segments opposite the anthers, furnished on the inside with a 

 short process or tooth, and separated by a wide sinus, promi- 

 nent outwards. Anthers membrane-tipped. Pollinia round- 

 ish, pendulous. Stigma somewhat pointed, 2-lobed. Follicles 

 smooth, hoary, taper- pointed. — DC. Prod. viii. p. 546. 



Climbing or trailing plants, with cordate leaves. Flowers umbelled, 

 axillary. — 1 Cape species, Eastern. 



