Asclepias. | LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). 
Coronal-lobes oblong, much 
longer than broad viewed 
sideways, the lower margin 
of the tooth rising clear 
above the top margin of 
the lobe . : 3 
Coronal-lobes subquadrate, as 
broad as long viewed side- 
ways, the lower margin of 
the tooth about level with 
the top margin of the lobe 
Top margin of the coronal-lobes 
with a cut or notch at the 
base of the teeth, which are 
partly within the lobe. 
Stems unbranched, — stout; 
corolla 4-2 in. in diam. 
Stems branched; branche 
slender; corolla 3 in. in 
diam. : : 
Fruit smooth, without any processes, 
long-beaked : : : 
Teeth arising from the top margin of the 
coronal-lobes erect. 
Stems unbranched; leaf-pairs 5-8 to a 
stem, 2-3 in. distant : : 
Stems branched ; leaf-pairs very numer- 
ous, 3-1} in. distant. 
Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 
3-3 in. broad ; teeth of coronal- 
lobes forming a short broad lobule 
which is often produced into an 
erect point on the dorsal side 
Leaves narrowly linear, 3~1 lin. broad ; 
teeth of coronal-lobes minute, 
usually with a small notch in 
front of them . : 
Teeth of the coronal-lobes produced from the 
apex of the inner margin, horizontally 
directed over the tips of the anthers, 
acute; branches very slender ; leaves 
linear-filiform . : . > 
§§Coronal-lobes with the top and inner margins 
meeting at a somewhat rectangularly 
acute angle, but not produced into dis- 
tinct teeth. 
Follicles inflated, subglobose, very obtuse, 
bristly . i A . - . 
Follicles ovoid-lanceolate, acuminate, bristly 
ffLeaves on the flowering part of the stem sborter 
than or not exceeding the peduncle arising 
from the same node; coronal-lobes thickened 
and papillate along the top margin : 
ttUmbels solitary and terminal or 2-6 to a stem, sub- 
corymbose or somewhat clustered at its top, all 
els: 
20. 
6 ORE 
a valle 
5 IEE 
. 30. 
walGs 
- 29. 
+ 20- 
25. 
26. 
s OLe 
A. fruticosa. 
A, flavida. 
A, abyssinica, 
A. Phillipsie. 
A. rostrata. 
A. amabilis. 
A. physocarpa. 
A. leucocarpa. 
A. tenuifolia. 
A. Frederict. 
A, Burchellii. 
A. longissima. 
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