368 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE% (BROWN). — [Schizoglossum. 
long, channelled above, puberulous; blade 24-34 in. long, 3-1} in. 
broad, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, cordate at the base, 
puberulous-scabrid on both sides. Umbels lateral at the nodes, pedun- 
culate, few-flowered ; peduncles 12-14 lin. long, flattened, puberulous ; 
pedicels 7-8} lin. long, rather stout, puberulous. Sepals } in. long, 
ovate, acute, minutely puberulous. Corolla large, very deeply 5-lobed, 
white, outside clear violet ; lobes incurved, about ? in. long, oblong, 
obtuse, pubescent on the back. Coronal-lobes ? in. long, arising 14-2 
lin. above the base of the staminal-column, spathulate, acute. Stami- 
nal-column 4—4} lin. long; anthers much hardened, concave, with obtuse 
appendages. Style-apex depressed.—Xysmalobiwm dolichoglossum, K. 
Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 456. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uhehe ; Uchungwe Mountain, 5000 ft., 
Goetze, 688. 
26. S. firmum, JV. L. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 252. All parts 
tomentose, except the corolla. Stems stout, probably 3-4 ft. high. 
Leaves spreading; petiole 1-24 lin. long; blade 24-3 in. (or more ?) 
long, 3-1 in. broad, elongate ovate-oblong, subobtuse, apiculate, cordate 
at the base. Umbels numerous, lateral, pedunculate, 10—20-flowered ; 
peduncles stout, #-1} in. long; bracts 3—4 lin. long, linear or subulate ; 
pedicels 4—6 lin. long, moderately stout. Sepals 24-3 lin. long, lan- 
ceolate, acuminate. Corolla 5 lin. in expanse, very pale violaceous ; 
lobes campanulately spreading, 24 lin. long, 1} lin. broad, ovate, sub- 
obtuse and minutely bifid at the apex, pubescent on the back. Coronal- 
lobes arising close to the base of the staminal-column and twice as 
long, 3 lin. long, broadly oblong or elliptic-oblong and concave (or 
flat ?) in the erect basal half, then abruptly contracted into a subulate 
terminal horn, which is incurved over the staminal-column; at the 
middle of the inner face of the basal part are two broadly triangular 
flap-like keels, infolded so that their edges meet and form a sort of 
pocket. Anther-appendages reniform, obtuse, inflexed over the apex 
of the style.—Asclepias firma, Schlechter ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. i. 684. 
Por vii Guinea. Angola: Huilla ; in damp thickets near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 
1! 
27. S. petherickianum, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 109, t- 
118, fig. B. Stem moderately stout, shortly villous. Leaves spreading 
or ascending ; petiole 13-2 lin. long; blade 14-24 in. long, 5-9 lin. 
broad, oblong or elongate ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, broadly 
rounded at the base, or perhaps sometimes emarginate, scaberulous- 
pubescent on both sides. “Umbels several, lateral at the nodes, sessile, 
10-15-flowered ; pedicels 4—7 lin. long, shortly hairy. Sepals 2% lin. 
long, lanceolate, acute, shortly hairy. Corolla about } in. in diam.; 
lobes campanulately spreading, 2-24 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, oblong; 
subobtuse, shortly hairy on the back. Coronal-lobes arising at the 
base of the staminal-column and about 4 longer, 13-2 lin. long, 1 hin. 
