98 Asclepias Kotolo. [zoE 



mountains and the Pecos," in the same general region as Mr. 

 Wooton's plant. Both in Benth. & Hook. Genera Plantarum, 

 and in Bugler's Pflanzenfamilien the genus is located among the 

 Melampodise. 



ASCLEPIAS KOTOLO. 



ALICE EASTWOOD. 



[This species was published in ZoE, v. 68, without the locality or an 

 explanation of the name. This omission arose because part of the 

 manuscript was misplaced and the proofs were not seen by the author. 



As it will be confusing and inconvenient to have part of the 

 description in one number of the magazine and part in another, it 

 is here given complete.] 



Asclepias Kotolo, Tall and stout, about, 1 m. in height, 

 the simple stems hollow and cylindrical, 15 mm. in diameter near 

 the base. Leaves opposite, ternate or rarely quaternate, 10-25 

 cm. long, 5-8 cm. wide, oblong; cordate truncate or cuneate at 

 base; the apex obtuse, acute or acuminate and mucronate; mar- 

 gins entire or somewhat sinuate; coriaceous, canescent with soft, 

 velvety tomentum, the upper surface of the leaves becoming 

 smoother with age; midrib broad with the chief veins and reticu- 

 lations noticeable under the tomentum; petioles thick from almost 

 none to about 1 cm. long, 5 mm. broad, with the upper surface 

 concave. Umbels when in flower near the top of the stem but in 

 fruit appearing about the middle, owing to the growth of the 

 upper stem; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, varying from 

 5-20 mm. in length. Flowers fragrant, 30 or more in each umbel, 

 on pedicels 2-4 cm. in length, which in fruit become stouter and 

 longer. Sepals and petals reflexed, the former green with the 

 outer surface densely totnentose, the inner glabrous except near 

 the apex, ovate-acuminate to oblong, unequal, 2-3 mm. long. 

 Petals white, tinged with rose-color or with the midrib rose-color, 

 3 petals broader than the others; the former elliptical, 7 mm. 

 long, 4 mm. broad ; the latter oblong, 2-3 mm. broad ; apex 

 acute, margin membraneous. Column short; hoods glabrous ven- 



