Xysmalobium. | LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). 301 
Corolla glabrous within . : : . 9. X. trilobatum. 
Leaves not gradually tapering from the base to 
the apex, oblong or ovate-oblong. 
Coronal-lobes spathulate-obovoid, having a 
longitudinal keel with a short transverse 
keel on each side of it on the flat face 
(and see 13. X. sessile) ‘ : . 14. X. andongense. 
€oronal-lobes broadly rhomboid, with a rhom- 
boid depression on the back . : - 8. X. rhomboideum. 
**Leaves cuneate or narrower at the base than 
above. 
Corolla-lobes about 34 lin. long. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate or narrowly cuneate- 
oblanceolate ; coronal-lobes much shorter 
than the staminal-column é . 6. X. membraniferum. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong ; 
coronal-lobes about equalling the stami- 
nal-column . z - : : . 7. X. fraternum. 
Corolla-lobes 3~1 in. long ; leaves oblong, cuneate 
at the base. 
Coronal-lobes exceeding the staminal-column 
by half their length . : : . 15. X. Ceerle. 
Coronal-lobes about reaching to the top of the 
staminal-column. 
Coronal-lobes dorsally flattened, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, not keeled. : ; . 16. X. grande. 
Coronal-lobes as thick as broad, with 3 in- 
flexed apical teeth and 2 keels on the 
inner face s R ‘ . 17. X. bellum. 
Coronal-lobes not nearly reaching to the top 
of the staminal-column, sub-hemispherical, 
with a short erect horn and 2 small 
(marginal ?) teeth on the inner face . 18. X. spathulatum. 
ee decipiens, V. #. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 250. Roots 
fleshy, hatrowly fusiform, fasciculate. Stems about 1 ft. long, with 
two pubescent lines. Leaves 34-6 in. long, 3-1 lin. broad, linear, acute, 
Narrowed into a short petiole, glabrous. Umbels lateral and terminal, 
Pedunculate, bearing upwards of 20 small flowers; bracts 2 lin. long, 
linear, acute, glabrous ; peduncles 5-7 lin. long, puberulous ; pedicels 
3-4 lin, Jong, tapering from the base, puberulous, Sepals # lin. long, 
lanceolate, acute, channelled, closely reflexed on the pedicel, glabrous, 
Corolla closely reflexed on the sepals, “ whitish-lilac ” (Welwitsch) ; lobes 
lin, long, 4 lin. broad, oblong, acute, concave, glabrous. _Coronal- 
Obes minute, about } lin. long, and nearly as broad, roundish-ovate, 
very obtuse or subtruncate, slightly channelled, adnate, abruptly ter- 
minating in the hollows under the anthers, from which they have the 
appearance of protruding downwards, with their tips resting on the 
Corolla; a small erect tooth between each pair of lobes and connecting 
them at their base. Staminal-column 1} lin. long; anther appen- 
dages broadly ovate or suborbicular, inflexed over the apex of the style. 
Follicles 5-6 in. long, } in. thick, narrowly fusiform, equally tapering 
