346 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEA (BROWN). | Asclepias. 
The var. brevicuspis, S. Moore, only differs from the type in having a rather 
shorter point to the coronal-lobes, but this is a common yariati n among Asclepads, 
and apparently not constant. 
44. A. schumanniana, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Fl. Welw. 1, Gee. 
Tuber ellipsoidal. Stem 9-14 in. high, simple or branched, pubescent- 
with short curved hairs. Leaves numerous, glaucous-green ( Welwitsch), 
ascending or spreading ; petiole 3-14 lin. long; blade 3-2 in. long, 
2—6 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, cuneate or acute at the base or in the 
lower leaves more or less rounded, narrowly revolute and scabrid along 
the margins, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs on both side-. 
Umbels solitary and terminal or 2-4 racemose along the upper part of 
the stem, pedunculate, 3—5-flowered ; peduncles 3-13 in. long, usually 
subequal when more than 2 to a stem, thinly pubescent ; bracts 2-43 
lin. long, subulate, sparsely ciliate ; pedicels 4—6 lin. long, sparsely 
pubescent. Sepals 34 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate, sparsely pubes- 
cent. Corolla subrotate or 1otate-campanulate, &8—9 lin. in diam ,. 
densely veined with violet-purple on a pale ground, “intense violet- 
rosy ’’ (Welwitsch), sometimes drying dark brown ; lobes 4-44 lin. long, 
23-3 lin. broad, oblong-ovate, subacute, ciliolate and with a few short 
hairs on the back. Coronal-lobes arising from the base of the staminal- 
column and equalling or slightly exceedirg it, erect, 24-3 lin. long, 
cucullate in the basal part only, the margins of which are adnate to 
the staminal-column and confluent with the margins of the adjacent 
lobes, forming sinuate-crenulate lobules reaching to the base of the 
anther-wings; within the cucullate part at the very base and up the 
adnate sides is a transverse line of short erect flat scale-like hairs, but- 
no median tooth ; apical part produced, lanceolate, concave, subacute 
or bidentate, yellowish, with a dark brown or purple-brown stripe down 
the middle.—Gomphocarpus amenus, K. Schum, in Engl. Jahrb. xvu- 
124; in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 236 : and in Bull. Soc. Bot. 
Belg. xxxvii. 122. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in thickets on the higher parts of 
pitt Sayre on Pedra de Cazella, Welwitsch, 4169! near Malange, Mechow, 
South Central. Congo Free State: Upper Marangu (Marungu), De Beerst 
(ex Schumann). 
This may possibly be the same as 4. pulchella, N. ¥. Br. 
45. A, pulchella, V. 4. Br. Stem 10-12 in. high, simple, pubes- 
cent with very short and long scattered spreading hairs intermingled ; 
internodes }-1 in. long. Leaves opposite or occasionally 3 at a node, 
ascending-spreading, sessile or subsessile, 14-13? in. long, 2$-3} lin. 
broad, linear-lanceolate, acute, very thinly sprinkled with rather long 
jointed hairs on both surfaces, appearing glabrous to the eye. Umbels: 
about 4 to a stem, axillary or sublateral, pedunculate, subcorymbosely 
arranged, 5—6-flowered ; lower peduncles 23-3 in. long, uppermost one 
1} in. long, minutely pubescent and with a sprinkling of long jointed 
spreading hairs; bracts 2 lin. long, filiform-subulate, thinly pubescent > 
