630 ASCLEPIADEX (Brown). | Schizoglosswm. 
39. S. ciliatum (Schlechter in Journ. Bot, 1895, 354); stem 43-8 in, 
high, solitary, simple, hairy-pubescent, with 1-3 leaf-bearing nodes 
below the flowering part; leaves in 5-7 pairs, or those at the flower- 
ing nodes sometimes whorled, ascending, 2-13 in, long, 1-4} lin. 
broad, subsessile or shortly petiolate, linear to lanceolate-oblong or 
oblancéolate-oblong, obtuse or acute, rounded at the base, pubescent 
or minutely scabrous above, pubescent on the midrib and veins 
beneath ; umbels 3-6, lateral at the nodes, sessile, or the lower 
occasionally pedunculate, 2—6-flowered ; peduncles 0-2} lin, long; 
pedicels 3-4 lin. long, pilose or pubescent ; sepals 11-14 lin. long, 
1 Jin. broad at the base, thence gradually tapering to a very acute 
apex, reflexed, pilose or pubescent ; corolla-lobes reflexed or reflexed- 
spreading, 13-22 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, narrowly or somewhat 
attenuate lanceolate, very acute, pilose or slightly pubescent on the 
back, puberulous all over or at the base and papillate or nearly 
glabrous on the rest of the inner face, ciliate on one margin, greenish 
or dark purple-brown; corona-lobes about 3 times as long as the 
staminal column, whitish or pale yellowish, marked with purple-brown 
on the points, or entirely dark purple-brown, the basal part 1—2 Jin. 
long, 2 lin, broad, quadrangular, 3-toothed at the top, with an appen- 
dage decurrent into 2 parallel keels on the inner face ; lateral teeth 
minute, faleate-deltoid, erect, minutely denticulate on the outer margin 
or entire, with a short keel or erest (often minutely crenulated) ex- 
tending obliquely inwards from their base to the principal keels on 
the inner face, often very obscure in dried specimens ; middle tooth 
1-2 lin, long, subulate, somewhat recurved spreading or suberect ; 
appendage arising at the base of the middle tooth, 1-12 lin. long, 
erect, subulate, entire or bifid at the apex; staminal column 2-8 lin, 
long ; anther-appendages much longer than broad, ovate, obtuse or 
acute, ascending-connivent over the style-apex, sometimes ciliate, or 
with a minute tuft of hairs on each margin below the apex. 
Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. Beibl. 51, 22 im_note. Aspi- 
doglossum fasciculare, E. Meyer, Comm. 200; Decne in DC. 
Prodr. viii. 555. " 
Coast Recion: King Williamstown Div.; Perie, Sim, 286! Cathcart Div. ; 
between Kat River and Klipplaat8 River, Drége, 3426! 4 
Eastern REGION: Transkei; Kreilis Country, Bowker, 300 purtly ! Willow- 
vale Div.; Weza, Miss Abernethy in Herb. Miss Pegler, 1408! Natal; near 
Howick, 3800 ft., Wood, 53857! Dargle Farm, Fannin, 40! 
. This very imperfectly known species differs from all its allies in having but 1-3 
leaf-bearing nodes below the flowering part, in its very acute corolla-lobes and 
small corona-lobes. In E. Meyer’s Herbarium I find 3 very distinct species 
mixed under the name of Aspidoglossum fasciculare, aud 2 species have been 
distributed by Drage under that name. I take as the type Drége, 3426, 
because this is the only one of the three of which E. Meyer has made a drawing 
of the corona-lobes, or appears to have dissected, or that completely agrees with 
his description ; the others I refer to S, dissimile and S. anomalum, A portion 
of the type of S. ciliatum, sent by Mr. Wood to Kew, is identical with the type 
of Aspidcglosswm fasciculare, E. Meyer, and I find its sepals and corolla-lobes to 
be as described above, not as originally described. S. anomalum, 8. dissimile, 
and §. robustum have been mistaken by Dr. Schlechter for Aspidoglossum 
fasciculare at the places quoted under those species. 
