592: ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). = [Schizoglosswm. 
Appendage of the corona-lobes directed over 
the style-apex or horizontally inflexed : 
Appendage arising immediately below the 
apex of the lobe, minute, transversely 
oblong... (18) atrorubens. 
Appendage arising near or at the middle of 
the lobe, simple, subulate oF (21) linifolium, 
Appendage of  the..corona-lobes erect, sub- var. B. 
parallel with the body of the lobe, usually 
flat, bifid to obtuse or truncate, rarely 
subulate and acute in S. pachyglossum : 
Stem with 10-40 leafy nodes below the 
rather crowded flowering part, 2-14 
lin. thick ; peduncles ~,-4 in. long .... (14) pachyglossum. 
Stem with 4-16 leafy nodes below the lax 
flowering part and, except in &. didens, 
4-2 lin. thick; peduncles 4-14 in. 
long : 
Plant 1-2 ft. high; leaves 4-% lin. broad 
above the base; umbels racemosely: 
arranged ; corona-lobes bifid or emar- 
ginate at the apex : 
Leaves broadened to 1-14 lin, and sub- 
cordate-hastate at the base; pedi- 
cels 5-8 lin. long ... (19) Galpinii. 
Leaves not broadened at the cunentely 
rounded base; pedicels 14-4 lin. 
long . . (20) diversum. 
Plant usually much under 1 ft. high ; ; 
leaves 4-2 lin. broad : 
Umbels usually somewhat corymbosely 
arranged ; corona-lobes narrowed to 
a bifid or truncate apex : 
Corolla-lobes glabrous on the inner 
face ... (16) bidens. 
Corolla-lobes pubescent on the inner 
face ‘e . (17) umbellatum. 
Umbels racemosely arranged ; ; corona- 
lobes suborbicular, obtuse (see also 
25, S. crassipes) 1. ous . (26) orbiculare. 
{{Corona-lobes without an appendage (besides scshile 
or lateral or basal teeth) or with it only repre- 
sented by an arched and slightly produced 
thickening at the apex of the inner face, the 
point, when present, being a direct (erect or - 
inflexed) continuation of the lobe without a trans- 
verse rim or margin behind its base: 
Corona-lobes shorter than or about equalling the 
staminal column; plants less than 1 ft. seca 34 : 
Corona-lobes oblong-ligulate, obtuse, with 
keels on the inner face “ 
Corona-lobes subquadrate, with an arched apical 
thickening on the inner face, sometimes 
forming a very obtuse short thick point ; no 
distinct keels... vate (25) crassipes. 
Corona-lobes 3-toothed, middle tooth adiately 
reading, about twice as long as the latera 
teeth “ a , (22) aschersonianum, 
Corona-lobes exceeding the staminal column, with var. B. 
the point inflexed upon or much overtopping it : 
coe 
* (en) umbelluliferum. 
