348 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEX (BROWN). | Asclepias. 
dissolutum, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 119; and in Engl. 
«& Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 232; Durand & Schinz, Etudes FI. Congo, 
ry TH. Schizoglossum violaceum, K.Schum. in Eng]. Jahrb. xvii. 122; 
and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 233. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: near Dolo in the vicinity of Stanley Pool, 
Schlechter, 12808 (ex Schlechter). Angola: San Salvador ; in the Steppe near 
Tunis, Bittner, 504! 
South Central. Lunda: Mukenge, Pogge, 1227! 
X. dissolutum is described as having 2-flowered peduncles, but the specimen I 
have seen has three pedicels and the sear of a fourth, 
47. A. rubella, .V. /. Br. Stems simple, 12-16 in. high, slender, 
hispid-scabrous. Leaves sessile, 1-2} in. long, 3-3} lin. broad, lanceo- 
late or linear-lanceolate, acute, sparsely pubescent, revolute margins 
‘scabrid. Umbels terminal, several-flowered ; peduncles 7-9 lin. long; 
bracts 4-5} lin. long, linear, hispidulous ; pedicels hispidulous. Sepals 
4 lin. long, subulate, pubescent and ciliate. Corolla rotate, pink ; 
lobes 4} lin. long, oblong, obtuse, densely hairy on the back, 
ciliolate. Coronal-lobes 2 lin. long, arising 14 lin. above the base of 
the staminal-column and reaching to its top, complicate-cucullate, oblong 
with a produced apex, papillose within. Staminal-column 4 lin. long.— 
Gomphocarpus roseus, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 127, and in 
Engl. & Prantl, Planzenfam. iv. ii. 237; Durand & Schinz, Etudes 
Fl. Congo, i. 193. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Bangala; by the River Kuango, near Kitamba, 
Pogge, 614. 
Only known to me from the description, but would appear to be allied to 4. 
schumanniana, Hiern. 
48. A. modesta, V. #. Br. Rootstock tuberous. Stem solitary, 
simple or sparingly branched towards the base, pubescent. Leaves 
often very spreading, in larger plants 13-3 in. long, 14-4 lin. broad, 
linear or linear-lanceolate, in smaller plants 3-14 in. long, 2-6 lin. broad, 
oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute or subacute, narrowed or acute at the 
base and sometimes tapering into a short petiole, glabrous, with the 
‘exception of a few hairs along the revolute margins and the midrib 
beneath. Umbels 2-4 to a stem, lateral and terminal, pedunculate, 
3—6-flowered ; peduncles +—2 in. long, pubescent ; bracts 1-1} lin. long, 
subulate. Sepals 2 lin. long, } lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, pubescent, 
ciliate. Corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base, quite glabrous, or pubescent 
outside, white or whitish, more or less tinted with rose or rosy-purple 
outside ; lobes 3-4 lin. long, 1}-2 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, minutely 
ciliate. Coronal-lobes arising at the base of the staminal-column, and 
about equalling it, 13-2 lin. long, erect or slightly spreading, cucullate 
to about the middle with the apical part produced, obtuse or subacute, 
complicate-channelled ; margins of the cucullate part adnate to the 
-staminal-column below, shortly free above and produced into small 
oblong obtuse erect teeth; inside of the hood with a trans- 
