Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
235 
Adenia mvlti'flora Pott, sp. nov. 
Planta perennis, glabra, scandens, multicaulis. Tuber napiformis, 
61 cm. diam., 30 cm. alta. Caules ramosi, teretes, virides, striispurpureis 
picti, ^ 1 -5 m. longi, d: 7 cm. diam. ; internodia d= 5 cm. longa. Folia 
alterna, petiolata ; petiolus 8-11 mm. longus, sulcatus ; lamina i 4 cm. 
longa, digitato-partita, glabra, perviridis, lobis 5, nervo medio prominente, 
margine crasso, rubro ; lobus medius longissimus, pinnato-lobatus, 
lobulis 4 ; lobi laterales lobulis 2 ; lobi basales integri ; glanduli 2, magn, 
ad basin laminae supra, glandulus 1 inter lobo ad basin laminae subtusi 
glanduli minores inter axilla lobulorum. Flores odoriferi, dioecii ; in- 
florescentia foliis longior, in cirrhum simplicem exiens ; cymae ramosae, 
prope sessiles, di 20 floribus ; bracteae minutae, purpureae. Flores £ : 
receptaculum infundi-buliforme, basi attenuatum, virido-flavum, limbo 
albo, F 2-5 cm. longum ; segmenta calycis 5, ovata, repanda, apice recurvo, 
inaequaliter lata, 4-8 mm., tria margine fimbriata ; petala 5, alba, versus 
basin^receptaculi inserta, spathulata, acuminata, apice fimbriata, tubo 
