Schizoglossum.| LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEH (BROWN). 359 
cent. Sepals 1 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent. Corolla 
lobed nearly to the base, rotate, about 24 lin. in diam., thinly pubes- 
cent outside, densely pilose-pubescent or almost woolly with white hairs 
all over within ; lobes about 1} lin. long, ? lin. broad, ovate or oblong- 
ovate, subacute. Coronal-lobes arising at the base of the staminal-column 
and slightly exceeding it, about } lin. high and 2 lin. broad, dorsally 
flattened, transversely subrectangular, truncate and depressed at the 
top, with an acuminate point subhorizontally inflexed over the tips of 
the anthers, Shortly 2-keeled on the inner face. Staminal-column 
scarcely } lin. high. Follicles 3-34 in. long, tapering into a 
beak, minutely pubescent. Seeds about 21 lin. long, oblong-ovoid, 
rugose. 
Mozamb Dist. Rhodesia: Buluwayo, Rand, 195! 
In the original description the coronal-lobes are stated to be “ minutely 
2-toothed within,” these teeth I recognise as the 2 keels which are present in most 
Species of this genus and have so described them above. 
7. S. Elliotii, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1895, 305. Stem 1}-2 ft. 
high, slender, slightly branched, minutely downy along two broad lines. 
Leaves ascending, 3-14 in. long, }-} lin. broad, linear-filiform, acute, 
strongly revolute along the margins, thinly pubescent. Umbels several, 
lateral at the nodes, sessile, several-flowered ; pedicels 14-2 lin. long. 
puberulous. Sepals 3-1 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, thinly pubescent. 
Corolla 2-24 lin. in diam.; lobes 14-1} lin. long, 3 lin. broad, campanu- 
lately spreading (?), oblong, obtuse and minutely notched at the apex, 
thinly pubescent on the back, minutely downy on the inner face, more 
especially at the margins and tips. Coronal-lobes 2 lin. Jong, arising 
slightly above the base of the staminal-colump, erect, fleshy, dilated into 
@ rounded lobule on each side at the base, and there about 2 lin. broad, 
linear-oblong and scarcely } lin. broad in the upper half, convex on the 
back, flat, with 2 parallel keels on the inner face, truncate at the apex, 
from the inner margin of which a small thin, subquadrate or ovate, 
bifid or acute appendage is horizontally produced over the backs of the 
anther-appendages. Staminal-column } lin. long; anthers erect, sub- 
quadrate, their appendages broad transversely, very short, obtusely 
rounded, inflexed over the rim of the truncate apex of the style, which 
1s marked with a depressed ring.—. debile, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 
1895, 305. 
Wile Land. Uganda: Buddn, Scott-Elliot, 7471! and without locality or 
number, Scott-Elliot ! 
I have examined the type specimens of S. Elliotii and S, debile and find the 
Coronal-lobes alike in both, except that in one the appendage is more distinctly bifid, 
but the Kew material demonstrates that this is a variable character. 
8. S. erubescens, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1895, 306. Stem 
erect, 14-24 ft. high, 3-1 lin. thick, puberulous. Leaves << ‘< 
ascending, 1-24 in. long, $-1 lin. broad, linear, with strongly revolu 
margins, acute, puberulous or minutely scaberulous, Umbels ghiie 
lateral, sessile, 3-5-flowered ; pedicels }—1 lin. long, puberulous. Sepals 
