Cyimnchece.] CVII, ASCLEPIADE^, . 753 



dum alternae. Stamina basi corolL^; affixa, filamentis in tubum brevem connatis ; an- 

 thera3 membrana inflexa terminatiB. Pollinia in quoque loculo solitaria, oblonga, com- 

 pressa, pendula. Stigma vertice pileiforme, integrum v. margine crasse 5-lobnm, planum 

 V, conca\iim, FolUculi crassi, s;cpiua sotosu-muricati. Semina com<»sa-— Herbie 

 perennes, erectfe villoaaB v- glabnc, habitu cffiterum vario GomphocarpL Folia opposita, 

 lata lauceolata v, lineaiia, undulato-crispa v, plana. Cymm umbelliformes, in una axilla 

 seaailes v, breviter pedunculati, 



^ Species ad 8, Africse tmpicai et australis incola?. Dene, m DC. Prod, xn'u 619 (exch X involucraio 



aliisqiie noniiuUis melius Kub Gonqjhocarpo x\^Qi^nsi.^n^V)A). Baker in HaiuuL Ih'fng. Bot i. 254 

 {GompJiocarpus). Harv. Thes. Cap. L 112, 



, .Genus vix a Go??ipho€arpo differt coronse squamia planis edentulis, Sectiones 2 adsunt : 1, corolla 

 mtus dense b;irba.tji, umbcllia multilloris ea^pius pedunculatis ; et 2, corolla iitiberbi, unibellis pauci- 

 floris sesailibus v. subsessilibus. Specimina nostra Dregeana Pachycarpi gomphocarpoidis, E. Mey., a 

 Becjusneo ad Xysmalohium relata, coronc-e squamas ostenduiit Gompkocarpu Placti tamcn adest ei 

 simillima (a Decaisneo examinata?) cujus squamai lat^ planaquc Xysma'obii, sed dorso coroUie 

 aduat^, et vix iiibi inia basi tubo stamineo affixae* 



49, ScUizogioBsum, E. Mey, Comm, FL Afr, A'\idr. 218. (Aspidoglossum tt Laga- 

 riiitlius, E. Mey. I c. 200, 202, Rhinolobium, Am. in Mag. Zool et Botil 420,)— Calyi 

 5-partitus, basi intus 5-oo-glandiilo3Us, segnientis acutis. Corolla campanulato-snbrotata, 

 alte 5-fida, lobis valvatis v, hinc inde margine angnstissime obtectis v, induplicatis, 

 Corome squamse 5, tubo stamineo affixoe, erectfe, membranacece v. crassiuscnlte, plan^e, 

 1 eviter concavse convexse v. extrorsum cucullatie rarius dorso carnoso-incrassatro, intus 

 squamella v. ligula Integra 2-fida duplici v- 2-carinata instructae- Stamina biisi coroihe 

 affixa, filamentis in tubum brevem connatig ; antherae membrana inflexa terminate. 

 Pollinia in quoque loculo solitariaj oblonga, comprcssa, pendula. Stigma vertice pilui- 

 forme, integrum v, margine crasse 5-lobum, Folliculi crassiusculi v, tenues, l^ves v. 

 setoso-muiicatL Semina comosa, — Herbse perennes, erectse villosse v, glabrae, habitu 

 ctcterum vario GomplwcarpL Folia opposita, lata lanceolata v. linoaria, Cyime umbclli- 

 formes, in una axilla pedunculatse v. densse sessilesquo. 



Species ad 20, Afiicfe tropica et australii* mcolze. Dene, in DC Prod, viii, 553 el 555. Jhirv. 

 Thes. Cap. L 42 et L 193 {Gompkocarpi^s)! Grant in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix, t 74, 118. 



Genus Xysmalobio et Gomphocarpo quam maxiine aiBoc, nee habitu ncc characteribus ullis prj^ter 

 coronam differt, et hpec de specie in spcciem magnopere variat. In sp^^ciebu.s fuiijy basi angusfatis 

 V, rotundatis squamse saepius planw v. leviter concavee, in speciebus fuliis basi hastatrs margine 

 fisepius recurvce v. apice revolutai v. postico reverso-cucullat^ (ncc ut in Gomphocarpo erecto-cucul- 

 latfe), Squamula interior nunc apicem versus squamae llgulata, Integra v. 2-fida, plana v. torea, 

 l!gula3 exterior! equamae similis v, ea breviorv- longior ; nunc ia media squama broris, integra 2-loba 

 T» duplex ; nunc ad l^sin squamae parra, crassiuscula v. transversa. 



Lagarinthus abyssinmis, Ilochst-, qui idem videturac L. inierrupius, K Mey.^coronse squaniis infra 

 medium dento laterali utrinquo inflexo miniito nunc obsolete, intermedins videtur iutiiT Xysmalohium 

 et Schizoglossitm. L. filiformis, E, Mey., a Decaisneo ad Gomphocarpum rektus, squamis cucnllatis 

 intus ligulatis omnino cum Aschpiade convenire videtur, 



Mackenia, Harv. Gen. S.Afr. PL ed. 2, 233, nobis Schizoglossi species est S. atropitrpifrto, E. 5Icy., 

 affinis, coronae aquamis snbplanis lanceolatis incurro-ligulatis intus parum prominulo 2-carinatis, 

 Hue etiam referenda^ videtur Go.'.ipk^-arpus Gcrardi, Harv», squamid hitioribus, C'irinis interioribus 

 Taldc prominentibus> 



50, Comphocarpus, iJ, J5r, in Mem. Wtrn. Soc, i, 37. — Calyx S-partitus, basi intug 

 5-cc-glandulosas, segmentis acutis. Corolla late campanulata rotata v, demum reflexa, 

 alte 5-fida, lobis valvatis v. hinc inde margine angustirisime obtectis v, reduplicatis indu- 

 plicati.sve, intus imberbibus. Corona squamre 5, tubo stamineo affixje, ercctce v. sub- 

 patenteSj valde concavse cucullatae complicatai, v, a latere compressje carnosfe intnsque 

 sulcata;, margine propo basin v, apicem versus utrinque 1-deutatie v. angulatae, apice 

 obtusse V. rarius ligulatiej intus inappendiculatse. Stamina propo basin corulbe aflixa^ 



