Schizoglossum. | ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). 601 
Corolla-lobes 1-1} lin. long: 
Leaves opposite ; corona-lobes ovate, rhom- 
boid-ovate, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 
obtuse, acute or (in 65, S. lamellatwm) 
subtruncate and apiculate or 3-toothed 
at the top : 
Stem 3-1} ft. high, simple, except from 
injury: 
Corolla-lobes with rather long hairs 
at the apex and margins of the 
inner face; keels of corona- 
lobes diverging downwards from 
the apex of thelobe_... ... (61) unicum. 
Corolla-lobes without long hairs on 
the inner face; keels of corona- 
lobes subparallel or slightly di- 
verging upwards, not extending 
beyond the shoulders... ... (65) lamellatum. 
Stem 2-2} ft. high, branching above; 
corolla-lobes puberulous on the 
inner face, with a tuft of long hairs 
just below the apex... i .. (84) Barbere. 
Leaves mostly whorled; stem 4-8 in. 
high ; corona-lobes subquadrate-ovate, 
shortly 2-toothed at the apex .. ... (28) Peglere. 
1. S. cordifolium (E. Meyer, Comm. 219); stem }-1} ft. high, 
usually solitary, simple or branching, {-1; lin. thick, pubescent ; 
internodes 1~21 in. long; leaves usually spreading ; petiole 3-3 lin. 
long; blade 2-2 in. long, ,-14 in. broad, usually oblong, deltoid- 
ovate, or deltoid-oblong to roundish-ovate, rarely linear-hastate, 
acute or obtuse, often apiculate, cordate, subtruncate or more or less 
hastate at the base, with rounded auricles, flat or narrowly revolute 
along the margins, more or less pubescent or scaberulous on both 
sides or only on the veins beneath ; umbels usually 3-6 to a stem or 
branch, pedunculate, the lower racemose, the upper subcorymbose, 
4-12-flowered ; peduncles 5-15 lin. long, pubescent or subtomentose ; 
bracts filiform, 13-22 lin. long ; pedicels 3-5 lin. long, pubescent or 
subtomentose ; sepals 1-1} lin. long, 3 lin. broad, lanceolate or 
linear-oblong, acute, pubescent ; corolla in bud globose with an 
apical depression ; lobes 2-83 lin. long, 14-14 lin. broad, oblong, 
subacute, more or less replicate, spreading, with incurved tips, 
glabrous or with a few hairs near the apex on the back, more or less 
minutely puberulous at the base on the inner face, greenish accord- 
ing to collectors, in the dried state olive-brown with darker veins, 
rarely entirely green ; corona-lobes ascending-spreading, or often 
appearing erect in dried flowers, 3-1 lin. long, 3-li lin. broad, 
broadly cuneate-obovate, cuneately subquadrate or . suborbicular, 
rounded, subtruncate or obtusely pointed at the entire or notched 
apex, rarely more or less deeply 2-lobed, often with slightly pro- 
Jecting side angles above the middle or at the top, with a divided or 
entire appendage decurrent in 2 contiguous keels, which are not 
always obvious, on the inner face, white or whitish; appendage 
