228 ON THE ASCLEPIADEiE. 



SquamcB 5, inclusse, medio tubo sub sinubus insertae, 

 totidem fasciculis villorum alternantes. 



Corona staminea nulla. 



Antherm membrana terminatae, sagittatse. 



Mass(B pollinis compressse, apice affixae, pendulae. 



Stigma apiculatum. 



FoUiculi 



Habitus. Saffrutices volubiles. Folia opposita. Umbelles 

 interpetiolares. 



Patria. Africa Australis. 



Obs. This genus is formed from the two Cape species 

 of Ceropegia, viz. sagittata and tenuijlora, plants which are 

 ■widely different from the original species of that genus. 



1 . M. sagittatum, foliis sagittatis pubescentibus, coroUse 

 limbo acutiusculo. 



Ceropegia sagittata, Linn. mant. 



2. M. lineare, foliis linearibus glabris, coroUse limbo 

 obtusissimo. 



Ceropegia tenuifiora, Linn. 



64] ASTEPHANUS. [Apocyni sp. Lin.fil. et Thm. 



Char. Corolla subcampanulata,fauce tuboque esquamatis. 

 Corona staminea nulla. 

 AnthercR membrana terminatae. 

 Mass(P pollinis pendulae. 

 Stigma caudatum, v. muticum. 

 FoUiculi . ... 



Habitus. Plantce perennes, saepius volubiles. Folia 

 opposita. 



TJmhellcE interpetiolares. Flares parvi. 

 Patria. Africa Australis. 



Obs. This generic character is formed from Apocgnum 

 triflorum and lineare, Linn, suppl., and from two new species 



