Periglossum.] ASCLEPIADE& (Brown), 585 
long, 2-2 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, thinly puberulous; corolla- 
lobes suberect, 23-3 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, narrowly oblong or 
lanceolate-oblong, somewhat acute, glabrous on both sides; corona- 
lobes erect, overtopping the staminal column, 13~22 lin. long, ? lin. 
broad, spathulate, with an oblong or elliptic-oblong obtuse blade 
about twice as long as the linear stalk and variably tapering or 
subtruncately contracted into it, or sometimes linear-oblong with 
scarcely any evident stalk, thickened around the apex and with a 
transverse tubercle or ridge at the middle on the inner face, but no 
keels ; alternating filaments at the base of the lobes very minute or 
rudimentary ; staminal column 1} lin. long, subglobose, contracted 
under the anther-appendages, which are horizontally inflexed over 
the very small knob-like style-apex;. anther-cells curved ; pollen- 
masses flattened, crescent-like, obtuse at both ends, slightly trans- 
lucent at the free end ; caudicles about twice as long as the pollen- 
masses, sigmoid-curved at the middle, straight above and below. 
Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 450. 
' Eastern RecGion; Natal; near Durban, McKen, 664! Gueinzius! 
The floral details as figured by Harvey are not very accurate, the anther and 
‘pollen-masses are quite wrong; the figure of the plant, however, is excellent. 
‘Possibly Wood, 7377, from near Durban, may belong here, but I have not 
oe it. By a misprint the name in the text is spelt M’Kenit, but not on 
the plate. re . saber 
XIV. CORDYLOGYNE, E. Meyer. 
Calyx 5-partite. Corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base; lobes 
marrowly overlapping in bud. Corona of 5 free lobes arising at. the 
base of the staminal column, alternating with the corolla-lobes, erect, 
‘Subspathulate-hastate or linear-oblong with a triangular tooth on 
‘each side at the middle, with two keels and a transverse ridge or 
flap on the inner face, without any processes alternating with them 
‘at the base. Staminal column arising from the base of the corolla, 
‘cylindric, not contracted at the apex or base; anthers with a broad 
thin membranous connective and slightly firmer cells, terminated. by 
“a membranous appendage ; cells extending quite to the base of the 
‘corona-lobes, not inflated, straight, not curved outwards. Pollen- 
‘masses solitary in each cell, pendulous, flattened, linear-oblong, 
‘slightly curved, tapering to an acute point at the attached ‘end, 
which is thinner than the rest of the mass and semitransparent, 
attached in-pairs to the very minute black horny pollen-carriers 
by slender caudicles, which are shorter than the pollen-masses and 
‘angularly bent, with an angular projection at the middle. Style 
produced much beyond the erect anther appendages. Follicles 
marrowly fusiform. Seeds crowned by a tuft of hairs. 
- Perennial erect herb ; rootstock tuberous ; leaves linear, erect or ascending; 
umbels globose, terminal, long-peduncled, solitary or 2 (rarely 3-4) to a stem; 
. long. 
