352 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE# (BROWN). | Asclepias- 
the style; anther-wings about } lin. broad and obtusely rounded in 
the lower half. 
Mozamb. Dist. Rhodesia: between Enkeldoorn and Rocky Spruit, Hon. 
Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 134! Buluwayo, Rand, 183, 189 (ex S. Moore). 
Also in the Transvaal and Natal. 
The coronal-lobes of the Tropical specimens are shorter than is usual in those 
from South Africa, being only 4 longer than the staminal-column, lut I have seen 
specimens from Natal in which they are equally short. 
Lmperfectly known species. 
54. A. dependens, V. #. Br. Stems curved-erect, 8-10 in. 
high, slender, rusty-pubescent. Leaves sessile, 1-2 in. long, 14-2} lin. 
broad, linear, acuminate, acute at the base, sparsely pubescent on both 
sides, scabrid on the recurved margins. Umbels 1-3 (or more ?), ter- 
minal and lateral, 2—4-flowered ; bracts 14-2 lin. long; flowers pendu- 
lous on pubescent pedicels 14-3 lin. long. Sepals } in. long, subulate, 
pubescent. Corolla rotate-campanulate; lobes 3}—32 lin. long, appa- 
rently pink, sparsely puberulous on the back, ciliolate. Coronal-lobes 
arising 4 lin. above the base of the staminal-column and equalling it in 
length, 1 lin. long, subulate, with several interposed teeth.—G'ompho- 
carpus dependens, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 125, and in Engl. 
& Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 236; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 
i, 193, 
South Central. Lunda, Mussumba of Muata Jamvo, Pogge, 371! 
55. A. nutans, V. Z. Br. Suffruticose, pubescent. Stem angt- 
lar, pilose-pubescent. Leaves subsessile, 4-7 in. long, 2-3 lin. broad, 
linear, acuminate, pilose-pubescent. Umbels several, lateral at the 
nodes, pedunculate, nodding, many-flowered; peduncles 1 in. long, 
pubescent-villous. Bracts linear, acute, pubescent, half as long as the 
pubescent pedicels. Sepals subequalling the corolla, linear-subulate, 
pubescent. Corolla rotate, pubescent outside. Buds globose, about the 
size of a pea.—Gomphocarpus nutans, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mos- 
samb. Bot. 275; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 236, 
and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 322. 
Mozamb. Dist. lortuguese East Afiica: Lower Zambesi; Seva, Peters. 
I have not seen this plant ; the corona is undescribed. 
56. A. crinita, V. H. Br. Stem erect, very much branched, 
glabrous below, puberulous above, at length becoming hollow. Leaves 
opposite or 3-4 in a whorl, long, scarcely petiolate, the lower lanceo- 
late, the upper linear, all acuminate, with revolute margins, glabrous, 
the uppermost alone being puberulous. Umbels lateral at the nodes, 
pedunculate, shorter than the leaves, 4—6-flowered ; peduncles rather 
stout; pedicels erect, becoming bent downwards when in fruit. Sepals 
lanceolate, acuminate, puberulous. Corolla scarcely longer than the 
calyx, rotate, spreading, white; lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse. Coronal- 
lobes erect, crenate at the apex, at least in the dried state. Follicle 
