34 
dr. n. o. forbes’s new guinea plants 
attingentibus; calyce in lobos subrotunclos fere ad basin diviso vix 
3 mm. long.; corollce tubo late subcylindrico superne vix dilatato _nec 
inflato circa 4 mm. long, limbo +5 mm. diam. 
Sogere, 3000 ft. 859. Meroka. 941. 
The long fastigiate inflorescence characterises the species. 
Asclepiadace.f. 
Gtmnema geminatum H. Br. Mt. Gawada, 5000 ft., 534, 
This is the Australian species which, as N. E. Brown (FI. Trop. Afr. 
iv. i. 414) says, and as examination of the type confirms, is different 
from the Indian G. sylvestre K. Br., although Bentham (El. Austral, 
iv. 343) considered the two conspecific. . G. geminatum has since 
been re-described by Sehlechter under the name of G. tncholepis. 
Tylopiiora perlaxa Sehlechter (ex descript.). Sogere, 1750 ft., 
149, 193. 
Flowers pale green, those of No. 193 in bud only. The specimens 
agree fairly well with the description. 
Marsdenia lorea S. Moore, sp. n. Scandens, canle volubili distanter 
folioso hispidulo-piloso deinde glabro cortice brunneo obducto ; foliis 
majusculis petiolatis (pet. hispidulo-piloso 3-7 cm. long.) oblongo- 
ovatis breviter acuminatis (acumine circa 7 mm. long.) basi alte 
aperte cordatis firme membranaceis in sicco griseo-viridibus pag. 
utraque scabriusculis 13-18x7-9 cm. reticulo maxime laxo ; injlores- 
centiis in una axilla subsessilibus plurifloris; floribus majusculis 
primo in cymam umbelliformem sessilem digestis mox secus rhachin 
robustam simplicem nodulosam usque 15 mm. long, approximatis 
pedicellis circa 3 mm. long, insidentibus; catycis intus glandulis 
paucis onusti fere basin usque partiti segmentis lanceolatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis obtusiusculis dorso carinatis pilosisque 7 mm. long.; 
corollce tubo brevi campanulato 8x9 mm. lobis e basi sat lata longe 
loriformibus superne gradatim attenuatis (medio circa 1 mm. lat.) in 
sinubus prominenter incrassatis utrinque glabris circa 4 cm. long.; 
coronce pliyllis carnosis oblongis basi cordatis superne in appendicem 
brevem erectam oblongam obtusam antheras paullulum superantem 
exeuntibus in toto 6 mm. long, fere 2-5 mm. lat.; anther arum 
appendicibus parvulis ovatis vix 1 mm. long. ; stigmate anguste 
conoideo bifido gynostegium leviter superante ; polliniis pvriformibus 
•75 mm. long, ope caudicuke *2 mm. long, glanduke subcaudatai ‘5 mm. 
long, conjunctis. 
Sogere, 2000 ft., 635. A large climber with very dark magenta 
purple flowers. 
This is a remarkable plant allied to M. arachnoiclea Sehlechter, 
excellently figured in Bot. Jahrb. 1. 151. The large leaves, the 
thick flowering rhachis, with the short and broad calyx-segments and 
much longer thong-like lobes of the corolla are the prominent features. 
In foliage and inflorescence it is almost a counterpart of Thozetia 
racemosa F. Muell. from N. Queensland, each having the flowers 
arranged on a thick rhachis, the inflorescence thus, at least in its later 
stages, being technically racemose. But the flowers of the two are 
quite different; indeed, the Queensland plant more resembles M. 
arachnoidea in this respect. The only reason for keeping Thozetia 
