A sclepias. | LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEE (BROWN). 341 
truncate at the apex, which is slightly infolded at the middle in the 
dried state; sides inflexed and produced over the staminal-column into 
broad, ascending, falcate or falcate-oblong, obtuse, truncate, or acute 
points rising much above the level of the apex of the lobe and de- 
current on the basal part as 2 narrow wings, between them arises 
a horn exserted and acute, or short, included and obtuse or truncate. 
Anther-appendages broad, suborbicular, inflexed over the apex of the 
style. Follicles solitary (always ?), 3-4 in. long, 4 in. thick, lanceolate, 
acuminate, tapering to the base. Seeds 2} lin. long, 1} lin. broad, 
ovate, with thick margins, minutely tuberculate on both sides, dark 
brown.—Oliver in Trans, Linn. Soc. xxix. 111. Gomphocarpus peduncu- 
latus, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 558; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 40; 
&. longipes, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxix. 111, t.75; Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 342. Pachycarpus corniculatus, Hochst. in Flora, 
1844, 101. Stathmostelma pedunculatum, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 
132, and xxviii. 456: in Eng]. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 822; and in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pilanzenfam. iv. ii, 240, S. globulifiorum, K.Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost- 
Afr. C. 322. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Sana district, near Gadding Gale, Schimper! banks 
of the River Feurfeura (Ferfera), Quartin Dillon (ex Richard), Niamniam; by the 
River Ibba, Schweinfurth, 3956! Uganda: Toro, Doggett! British East Africa: 
Tita : Mwatate, 2000 ft., Johnston ! Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
Ribe, Wakefield ! near Lamu and Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 1901! Rabai Hills, Taylor ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; near Kiyombe (Kigombe ?), 
Volkens, 87! Tanga, Heinsen, 124! Duga, Holst, 3176! Kilimanjaro; below 
Marangn, 3200 ft., Volkens, 2158! at 5000 ft., Johuston ! between Taveta and 
Himo River, Meyer, 193 (ex Engler); Usagara: Mbumi, Speke & Grant! 
Ukami, south Uluguru, 2900 ft., Goetze, 491 (ex Engler); Uhehe; Muhinde 
Steppe, 4200 ft., Goetze (ex Engler); Unyamwezi; Walaj (Wala ?) River, Boehm, 90 
{ex Engler). 
, 30. A. Welwitschii, Britten d: Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Wv. 28 in note. Stems 21-4 ft. high, simple or branched, with two 
pubescent lines, or pubescent all round in the upper part, or glabrous. 
Leaves 2-5 in. distant, incurved-erect or ascending, subsessile or with 
petiole $2 lin, long ; blade 3-7 in. Jong, 1-4 lin. broad, linear, attenuate 
to an acute point, cuneate or rather abruptly narrowed into the petiole 
at the base, glabrous or scaberulous-pubescent above and on the margins 
and midrib beneath, Umbels 2-5-fowered, pedunculate; peduncles 
~3 in. long, mostly in pairs at the apex of the stem, one of the pair 
(strictly the terminal part of the stem) often divided and bearing two 
Umbels; peduncles sometimes below the terminal part of the stem, 
laterally or at the forkings when branched ; bracts 13-2 lin. long, subu- 
late, or minute; pedicels 3-1 in. long, pubescent down one side. Sepals 
2 lin, long, 4} lin. broad, oblong, acute, puberulous. Corolla rotate 
or somewhat reflexed 2); lobes 5-6 lin. long, 24 lin. broad, oblong- 
elliptic, acute, glabrous, “intense orange” (Welwitsch). Coronal-lobes 
Anising 4—? lin. above the base of the staminal-column and exceeding it 
by about } of their length, 2}-24 lin. long, complicate-cucullate in the 
° 3 . 
apical part, having the inflexed sides produced over the tips of the 
