Rajihionacme] lxxxiii. asclepiade/E. 079 



lactescent climber : at Zamba, June 1857. The follicle measures about 

 3 in. in length. Possibly this species. Coll. Cakp. 740. Dry stems 

 with follicles only seen ; journey from Pungo Andon<,'o to Ambaca at 

 an elevation of 3500 ft., Jnne 1857. Possibly this species. Ci>li,. 

 Carp. 155. 



The next following No., in which the follicles measure IJ-to 

 1|^ in. long by ^ to i in. thick and are puberulous and the leaves 

 measure 2 to 3 in. long by 1| to l.V in. broad, should be compared 

 with this species and also with R. angolensis Benth. & Hook. f. 

 ex K. Schum. in Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 2, p. 221 (1895) :— 



PuxGci AxDoxdo. — A copiously lactescent herb; rootstock sub- 

 tubercular, persistent ; stems climbing, '2 to 4 or even 5 but mostly 

 only 2 ft. long, red ; leaves deep green above, velvety beneath ; 

 flowers purple. In rocky places at Pedras de Guinga, very sparingly ; 

 fl. and fr. March 1857. No. 4235. 



3. R. globosa K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvii. p. 118 

 (9 May 1893), & in Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 2, p. 221 (1895). 



Huii.LA. — An erect lactescent herb, afoot high ; rootstock tuberous, 

 perennial ; stems several, simple ; leaves opposite, lanceolate-linear, 

 glaucescent-green, patent or even reflected ; flowers white, congested 

 in a capitate manner at the apex of the stems. In secondary tliickets 

 near Lopollo, very rare ; fl. beginning of Dec. 1859. A unique 

 specimen. No. 4178. 



4. R. Loandae Schlechter & Rendle ms. in. herb. Mus. Brit. 



A low, sparingly lactescent herb ; rootstock somewhat woody, 

 persisting ; stems twining, slender, closely beset with short pallid 

 hairs, somewhat branched ; branches patent, leafy ; leaves 

 opposite, narrowly ovate elliptical or obovate, obtusely narrowed 

 or rounded at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, rather thickly 

 herbaceous, deep green and scattered with short pallid curved 

 hairs above, paler and more densely clothed with similar hairs 

 beneath, undulate on the entii-e margin, sessile subsessile oi- 

 shortly quasi-petiolate, i to li in. long by i to i in. broad ; 

 inflorescence short, few-flowered, bracteate, about as long as the 

 leaves, alternate, pendulous from the upper axils of the branches ; 

 bracts ovate or lanceolate, ^ in. long or less ; common peduncle 

 and pedicels short or very short ; flowers herbaceous-green ; calyx 

 widely campanulate, deeply 5-cleft, beset outside with short 

 pallid spreading curved hairs, glabrous and shining inside, ^r in. 

 long ; the lobes acuminate from an ovate-oblong base ; unex- 

 panded corolla \ in. long or rather more, scattered with short 

 spreading pallid hairs outside, glabrous inside, somewhat salver - 

 shaped, shortly 5-cleft ; the tube marked inside with 5 longi- 

 tudinal ridges ; the lobes contorted in aestivation, extrorsely 

 induplicate at the margin, obtuse ; corona-scales purple, tripartite, 

 the central segment subulate, twice the length of the deltoid 

 lateral segments ; stamens from whitish to rosy ; style bearded 

 beloAv the stigma, glabrous to^vards the base. Inside the l)ase 

 of the calyx there are glabrous, short, truncate, approximately 

 placed glands or scales. 



