Asclepias. | LXXXY. ASCL'PIADE (BROWN). 343 
orbicular, very obtuse, their tips inflexed over the top of the style.— 
Stathmostelma rhacodes, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 131, t. 6, 
fig. D-F, in Engl. Pfl. Ost- Afr. C. 322, and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzen- 
fam. iv. ii. 240. 8. pedunculatum, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1895, 334, 
not of K. Schum. 
Nile Land. Uginda: Buddu; Buganga, Scott-Elliot, 7463!  Kavironda ;. 
between Nandi and Mumias, 4400-6000 tt., Whyte ! between Mum‘as and Lubwas, 
4000-4500 ft., Whyte! de-cending the Mau Plateau towards Nandi, Whyte! and 
without precise locality, Wilson, 73! British East Africa: Athi Plains, 5000— 
6000 tt., Sco//-Elliot, 6499! 
Mozamb. Dist. Ge:man East Africa : Ukiri; on the east shire of Lake 
Victoria, Fischer, 395 (ex Schumann). 
39. A. propingua, V. “. Br. in Kew Builetin, 1895, 254. Stem 
pubescent with minute curved hairs. Leaves sessile, 3-11 in. long, 
3-1 lin, broad, linear or linear-filiform, with revolute margins, pubes- 
cent or subtomentose. Umbels terminal, 3-1-flowered ; peduncles 
1-1? in. long; bracts more or less minute; pedicels 3-1 in. long, 
minutely pubescent. Sepals 2$—3 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, pubescent. 
Corolla about 1 in. in diam., rotate, 5-lobed almost to the base, glabrous, 
apparently yellowish-green; lobes 5 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, ovate- 
oblong, subobtuse. Coronal-lobes arising $ lin. above the base of the 
Staminal-column and nearly twice as long, erect, 3-3) lin. long, com- 
plicate, very obtusely rounded at the apex, with the inflexed sides above 
their middle produced into faleate upcurved teeth, with a third oblong 
obtuse tooth between them on the face of the lobe. Staminal-columu 
2-21 lin. long ; anther-appendages ovate. 
Mozamb. Dist. (ermiun East Africa: Kilamanjaro, Smith ! 
Only one specimen seen, which is about 7 in. high. In the structure of the 
Corona it is very like A. macrantha, Hochst., but in the appearance of the plan. 
and in the much narrower pubescent leaves it seems quite distinct, also the filament 
part of the staminal-column is only about half as long as it is in 4. macrantha. 
40. A. angustata, V. #. Br. Plant 4-8 in. high stems sparingly 
branched at the base, glabrous with two pubescent lines Leaves 4—5 
pairs to a stem, ascending, 2-4 in. long, 14~3 lin. broad, linear or 
linear-lanceolate, tapering to an acute point, narrowed at the base into 
% 1-2 lin. long petiole, flat or revolute along the margins, glabrous or 
Very slightly scaberulous on the midrib. Umbel solitary or rarely 2 to 
4 stem, terminal; peduncle ?-1 in. long, 25-2 in. long in fruit, puberu- 
lous on one side; bracts deciduous or none?; pedicels 8-16 lin. long, 
13-13 in. long in fruit, puberulous. Sepals 4 fin. long, 2 lin. broad, 
ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base ; lobes 
4 in. long, } in. broad, ovate-oblong, acute. Coronal-lobes arising from 
the very base of the staminal-column, suberect, 4 lin. long, twice as 
ong as the staminal-column, complicate, oblong, acute, with a broad 
deltoid acute tooth on the inflexed sides } below the apex, papillate but 
Scarcely puberulous within and on the edges below the teeth, no median 
tooth within and no ponckes outside. Follicles 44-5} in. long, about 
