58 ON THE ASCLEPI ADEiE. 



cies brought from Sierra Leone, by Professor 

 Afzelius, on account of which, fl have been 

 obliged slightly to modify the character. 



GYMNANTHERA. 



Char. Corolla hypocrateriformis. Corona faucis 

 Sphylla. 



Filamenta distincta, fauci inserta. Anthercc 

 imberbes. 



Masses pollinis quaternatim applicitae apice dila- 



tato corpusculorum. 

 Stigma apiculo bifido. 



Folliculi cylindracei, laeves, divaricatissimi. Se- 

 mina comosa. 

 Habitus. Frutex volubilis, glaberrimus. Folia 

 opposita, nitida. Pedunculi laterales sub- cliche - 

 tomi. Fiores albo-virescentes, imberbes. 

 Patria. Nova Hollandia, intra tropicum. 



