Page:Miscellaneousbot02brow.djvu/244

 228 ON THE ASCLEPIADEiE.

Squama 5, inclusae, medio tubo sub sinubus insertae, totidem fasciculis villorum alternantes.

Corona staminea nulla.

Anther a membrana terminatae, sagittatae.

Massa pollinis compressae, apice affixae, pendula3.

Stigma apiculatum.

Folliculi

Habitus. Suffrutices volubiles. Folia opposita. Umbel/a interpetiolares.

Patria. Africa Australis.

Obs. This genus is formed from the two Cape species of Ceropegia, viz. sagittata and tenuiflora, plants which are widely different from the original species of that genus.

1. M. sagittatum, foliis sagittatis pubescentibus, corollae limbo acutiusculo.

Ceropegia sagittata, Linn. ?nant.

2. M. linear e, foliis linearibus glabris, corollae limbo obtusissimo.

Ceropegia tenuiflora, Linn.

��54] ASTEPHANUS. [Apocyni sp. Lin. fit. et Thwn.

Char. Corolla subcampanulata,fauce tuboque esquamatis. Corona staminea nulla. Anther a membrana terniinatae. Massa pollinis pendulae. Stigma caudatum, v. muticum.

Folliculi

Habitus. Planta perennes, saepius volubiles. Folia opposita.

Umbella interpetiolares. Flores parvi. Patria. Africa Australis.

Obs. This generic character is formed from Apocgnum triflorum and lineare, Linn, supply and from two new species

�� �