G88 Lxxxiii. ASCLEPiADE.E. [Pentarrkiniim 



The seeds much resemble those of Gi/nanchum poIyaniJmm, a plant of 

 a very similar habit. 



U. GLOSSOSTELMA Schlechtei- in Journ. Bot. xxxiii. p. 321. 



1. G. angolense Schlechter, I.e., p. 322. t. 352, B. 



PuNGo An'I)on(;(\ — A strictly erect, simple, copiously lactescent 

 herb, 3 ft. high or rather more ; root tuberous : stem woody at the 

 base ; leaves rigidly coriaceous, glaucescent, the largest in the middle 

 of the stem, gradually smaller towards both ends especially towards 

 the base of the stem : flowers fleshy, green-purplish. In the Panda 

 forests near Mangue, very rare ; one specimen fl. Jan. 1857 No. 4190. 



15. CYNANCHUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 7G2. 



1. C. sehistoglossum Schlechter in Journ. Bot. xxxiii. p. 271 

 (Sept. 1895). 



C. brevidensl^. E. Br. in Kew Bull. 1895, p. 257 (Oct.). C. 

 vagum N. E. Br., I.e. 



GoLTJNGO Alto. — A widely climbing lactescent shrub ; leaves green, 

 scarcely glaucous but not lurid ; jietals herbaceous-green, the rest of 

 the organs of fructification whitish-yellowish. By thickets along the 

 base of the mountains of Alto Queta : fl. middle of Oct. 1855. No. 4243- 

 Flowers whitish, very small. At Ponte de Felix Simoes ; fl. June 

 1856. No. 4241. No notes. Fl. No. 5949. 



HuiLLA, — A lactescent, twining herb of 3 to 4 ft. ; root tuberous ; 

 leaves herbaceous-green, cordate-ovate or -lanceolate ; flowers whitish- 

 greenish, calyx green ; corolla, etc., yellowish. In moist thickets near 

 Lopollo ; fl. Jan. 1860. No. 4251. 



2. C. obscurum K. Schum, in Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 2. 

 p. 253 (May 1893). 



C. mossambicense Schlechter in Journ. Bot. xxxiii. p. 337 (1895), 

 non K. Schum. C. Wehvitschii Schlechter & Rendle in Journ. 

 Bot. xxxiv. p. 99 (1896). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A glaucous-green, twining, widely chmbing, 

 lactescent herb ; leaves rather fleshy, soon becoming flaccid, bright 

 green above, pallid beneath ; petals sordid violet-coloured ; folhcles 

 solitary, conical-pyramidal, trigonous ; one of the angles very blunt, 

 two of them sharp. By thickets in Sobato de Mussengue, not abundant, 

 in company with Tragia vulnbiUs L. var. r/emiiwi Muell. Arg. (Welw. 

 herb. no. 382) ; fl. and fr. end of Nov. 1855. No. 4222 and Coll. 

 Carp. 737. No notes. Fl. No. 4200. A suffrutescent, twining herb, 

 with sordid violet-coloured flowers and studded petals. In the forests 

 of Sobato de Mussengue : ripe fr. beginning of Aug. 1856. No. 4253 

 and Coll. Carp. 738. A climbing, lactescent shrublet. Quilombo 

 Quiacatubia ; without either fl. or fr. Feb. 1865. Apparently this 

 species. No. 4224- Between Quibinda and Ambaca. The unique 

 follicle measures rather more than 3 in. in length. Coll. Cakp. 739. 



16. SARCOSTEMMA B. Br.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 763. 

 1. S. nudum Chr. Sm. inTuckey, Congo, p. 251 (1818) (nomen); 



Webb in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 149 (1849). 



A'. Daltoni Decaisne ex Webb, /.c, p. 149. t. 14 ; J. A. Schmidt, 

 Fl. Cap. Verd. Ins. p. 214 (1852). 



