324 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). | Asclepias. 
Nile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1960! Uganda: Buddu, 
Scott-Elliot, 7533 ! 
7. A. conspicua, V. 7. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 253. Plant 
15 in. or more high ; stems branching and apparently decumbent at the 
base, subhispid. Leaves distant, ascending; petiole 1—3 lin. long; blade 
14-23 in. long, }—1in. or rather more broad, elongate, ovate, acute, 
cordate at the base, scabrid on both sides. Umbels 2-3 to a stem, ter- 
minal and lateral, 3—4-flowered ; peduncles subhispid, 2}—4 in. long; 
bracts 2-3 lin. long, subulate, hispidulous; pedicels 5-7 lin. long, 
hispidulous. Sepals 3-4 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate, hispidulous. 
Corolla 1-1} in. in diam., rotate-campanulate; lobes 6-7 lin. long, 
4-4} lin. broad, elliptic-oblong, subacute, ciliolate, puberulous on the 
back. Coronal-lobes arising from the base of the staminal-column and 
twice as long as it, but radiately ascending, so as to reach to about the 
same level, 4 lin. long, oblong, complicate, bicarinate on the face 
between the inflexed sides which are produced below the middle into 
broad deltoid subacute erect teeth. Anther-appendages orbicular-ovate, 
emarginate, inflexed over the apex of the style. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, Carson, 12! 
8. A. robusta, V./. Br. Stems 2-4 ft. high, simple, stout, pubes- 
cent below, more or less tomentose in the upper part. Leaves spreading ; 
petiole 1-4 lin. long; blade 2-44 in. long, 1-2} in. broad, oblong or ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, apiculate, cordate or rounded at the base, pubescent-scabrid 
on both sides, scabrous on the margins. Umbels lateral and terminal, 
6—12-flowered ; peduncles }—1 in. long, tomentose ; bracts 3-4 lin. long, 
linear, acute ; pedicels ?-1 in. long, tomentose. Sepals 4—5 lin. long, 
2 lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, with a short spreading pubescence. 
Corolla rotate, 11-1} in. in diam.; lobes 7-8 lin. long, 4-4} lin. broad, 
elliptic-oblong, acute, pubescent on the back. Coronal-lobes 8-9 lin. 
long, stellately ascending, spreading from the base of the staminal-column 
and three times as long as it, narrowly complicate, linear-acuminate and 
channelled in the apical part, with the inflexed sides produced just 
below the middle into subfalcate teeth projecting over the apex of the 
style ; no tooth within. Staminal-column 24-3 lin. long ; anther-ap- 
pendages rounded, inflexed over the apex of the style-—Gomphocarps 
rvobustus, A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. ii. 40, t. 70; Oliver in Trans. Lino. 
Soc. xxix. 110; K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 322, and in Engl. 
& Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 237. G. drepanostephanus, Hochst. & 
Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 110. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: near Jelajeranne towards the Tacazze River, S¢ himp sf 
1673! Shire Province, Quartin-Dillon! Uganda: Unyoro, Speke § Grant, 559° 
9, A. odorata, V. H. Br. Stems erect, simple, about 20.» 
high, 2} lin. thick, minutely tomentose above. Leaves petiolate ; 
petiole 1}~7 lin. long, channelled above, puberulous ; blade 34-7} 1D. 
long, 7-2} iu. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, broadly cuneate 
