600 ASCLEPIADEE (Brown). [ Schizoglosswm. 
Stem 4-4 lin. thick at the base ; point 
of corona-lobe erect, toothed... (79) exile. 
Stem 2-3 lin. thick at the base; 
point of corona-lobe incurved 
upon the top of the staminal 
column, not toothed ... ... (74) parcum, 
Corona-lobes subquadrate, usually with 
minute teeth at the shoulders, 
with their point or appendage 
shorter than or subequalling the 
body of the lobe : 
Stem simple, with 7-16 leafy nodes 
below the lowest flowering 
node; umbels 2-7-flowered ... (78) filifolium. 
Stem with 2-8 leafy nodes below 
the lowest flowering node: 
Stem laxly clothed with leaves, 
those on the flowering part 
shorter than or not much 
longer than the internodes : 
Stem 3-1} lin. thick and 
branched at the base; 
umbels 6-9-flowered _... (75) addoense. 
‘ Stem 3-4 lin. thick at the 
base, simple; umbels 7-14- 
flowered ... se —««» (76) Burchellii. 
Stem rather thickly clothed with 
leaves mostly 2-3 times as 
long as the internodes; 
umbels 9-16-flowered .. (77) Bowkere. 
Corona-lobes oblong or elliptic-oblong, 
somewhat 3-toothed at the apex, 
the middle tooth apiculus-like 
or very shortly linear-deltoid ... (65) lamellatum. 
tt Corona-lobes transverse or subquadrate, 
truncate, with a minute apiculus at the 
apex of the inner face (see also 65, S. 
lamellatum and 66, 8. Bolusii); corolla- 
lobes puberulous and with a tuft of long 
hairs on the inner face... om ... (86) interruptum. 
tit Corona-lobes without a subulate, filiform 
or linear point or apiculus or appendage 
at their apex (except sometimes in 65, 
S. lamellatwm) : 
Corolla-lobes 2-24 lin. long : 
Corona-lobes transverse or broadly sub- 
obcordate with the very short obtuse ~ 
apex inflexed upon the top of the 
stout double keel on the inner face ... (44) anomalum. 
Corona-lobes rhomboid-lanceolate and ob- 
tuse or subquadrate with square 
shoulders and a broadly-deltoid obtuse 
erect point, with small inflexed side 
auricles and a slight median keel : 
Leaves $-1} in. long, 4-{ lin. broad, 
shorter than the internodes ... (51) glanduliferum. 
Leaves up to 3 in. long and 14 lin. 
broad, longer than the internodes ... (52) biauriculatum. 
