308 SMiItTH—-AFRICAN CEROPEGIAS. 
pauci erecti terminales vel laterales saepe solitarii. Pedunculi 
ad 2 cm. longi sparsim pilosuli. Sepala circ. 4 mm. longa subu- 
lata pilosula. Corollae tubus rectus 5~7.5 cm. longus, basi lev- 
iter inflatus circ. 4 mm. diametro, deinde anguste cylindricus 2 
mm. diametro, apice paulo infundibulari-dilatatus 5 mm. dia- 
metro vix superans, extra pilis parvis bene conspersus, inferne 
dilute purpureus supra purpure saturato maculatus; lobi 5-6 
cm. longi erecti apice connati e basi latiuscula anguste lineares 
brunneo-virides intra pilis nigro purpureis bene conspersi, erga 
basim pilis majoribus bacilliformibus pendulis purpureis decorati. 
Corona exterior cupularis ro-dentata dentibus circ. 1 mm. longis 
anguste triangularibus purpureis apice pilis albis longis paucis 
ornatis ; corona interior 5-lobata lobis ligulatis circ. 3 mm. longis 
purpureis. Gynostemium breve; antherae erectae oblongae ; 
stylus brevissimus truncatus. 
West Africa. Cultivated from tubers collected by Dr J. M. 
Dalziel in 1920 near Tamala, the capital of ‘the Northern Terri- 
tories of Gold Coast. Lat. 99-109 N. In a very dry parched 
soil over rock—soil rather sandy. Flowered June rg2r. 
A species well distinguished by one pair of leaves much larger 
than the others, by the very long corolla tube and lobes, by the 
small degree of inflation of the base of the tube, and by the 
peculiar pendent dark purple hairs fringing the base of the lobes 
on the inner side. 
Ceropegia tamalensis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis C. Dalzielii, N. E. Br., a qua foliis latioribus ad 
costam marginesque pilosulis, corollae tubo diverso, lobis prae- 
longis ex toto glabris praeter alia signa recedit. 
Herba perennis tuberosa. ‘Tuber pro planta magnum late dis- 
coideum ei speciei precedentis simillimum. Caulis erectus sim- 
plex vel subsimplex circ. 20 cm. altus, vix 2 mm. crassus, 
plus minusve pilosulus. Folia plerumque supra medio 
orta 2-3 paria petiolo fere nullo; lamina 5-8 cm. longa, 
49 mm. lata, plus  minusve lineari-oblonga,  sensim 
acuminata, ad costam marginesque pilosula ceterum glabra vel 
subglabra. Flores pauci erecti terminales vel laterales vulgo 
solitarii. Pedunculi ad 1 cm. longi pilosuli. Sepala circ. 
5 mm. longa subulata sparsim pilosula. Corollae tubus 
rectus 5 cm. longus, in parte basali 2 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata 
inflatus, medio cylindricus 3 mm. latus, supra sensim ampliatus 
ad os 1.5 cm. latum, extra glaberrimus basi viridis purpureo- 
striatus, supra maculis magnis purpureis decoratus, intus basi 
-glaber saturate purpureus, supra pulchre purpureo-maculatus 
___ atque praesertim ad costulas quinque pilis longis atropurpureis 
_ gonspersus ; os tubi in plicas quinque suborbiculares convolutum ; 
