Schizoglosswm. | ASCLEPIADEX (Brown). 639 
cent; sepals # lin. long, + lin. broad, ovate, acute, thinly pubescent ; 
corolla-lobes widely spreading, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, somewhat 
elliptic-oblong, subobtuse, with a few very minute hairs on the 
back, glabrous on the inner face, yellow; corona-lobes rather spread- 
ing, fleshy, about % lin. long and the same in breadth, broadly 
cuneate-subquadrate, subtrilobed at the top, with the middle lobe 
broadly deltoid-ovate, obtuse, and the lateral lobes or angles very 
small, subtruncate ; inner face much thickened below the apex with 
2 small parallel central keels aud an oblique inflexed auricle on each 
side at the lateral angles, no appendage ; staminal column 3} lin. long, 
+ lin, in diam.; anther-appendages nearly circular, inflexed on the 
truncate style-apex. Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 51, 22 
in note, and Journ. Bot. 1896, 420. 
Eastern Recion: Natal; near Charlestown, 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 4804! 
Pondoland ; near Fort William, 2500 ft., Tyson, 2827 ex Schlechter. 
The specific name refers to the minute glands or processes within the calyx, 
but these are present in the majority of Asclepiads, and are of no specific value. 
52. S. biauriculatum (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxxviii. 29) ; 
stem erect, slender, simple or slightly branched, subglabrous ; leaves 
erect or erectly-spreading, up to 3 in. long and 12 lin. broad, longer 
than the internodes; umbels sessile, lateral at the nodes, 5—10- 
flowered ; pedicels 23-32 lin. long ; sepals about 1 lin. long, lanceo- 
late, acute, thinly puberulous, ciliate ; corolla rotate, 2 lin. long, 
deeply 5-lobed; lobes oblong, obtuse, thinly pilose on the back, 
minutely ciliate on one margin, very minutely papillate-puberulous 
on the inner face especially towards the margins; corona-lobes as 
long as the staminal column, rhomboid-lanceolate, obtuse, with 2 
small triangular auricle-like keels on the lower half of the inner 
face and a third and less prominent keel between them ; anther- 
appendages suborbicular, very obtuse, incurved upon the depressed 
style-apex. 
Eastern Reaion: Delagoa Bay; sandy places near Katembe, 50 ft., 
Schlechter, 11610. 
Also near Beira in Tropical Africa. 
53. 8S. filipes (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. Beibl. 51, 16) ; 
stem 10-15 in. high, simple or slightly branched at the base, puberu- 
lous all round ; leaves erect, 11~21 in. long, 3-1 lin. broad, linear, 
acute, with revolute margins, minutely puberulous, not pilose as 
originally described ; umbels 4—5, sessile at the nodes, 3—4-flowered 
in the only specimen seen; pedicels 4-5 lin. long, puberulous; 
sepals 11—]1 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, minutely pubescent with 
curved hairs; corolla-lobes ascending-spreading, 2} lin. long, nearly 
1 lin, broad, oblong, obtusely pointed, with reflexed margins, thinly 
pubescent on the back, glabrous on the inner face, greenish 
(Schlechter), drying brown; corona-lobes * lin. long, 2 lin. broad, 
somewhat ovate, obtuse, with 2 obtuse teeth on each side and a 
lacerate appendage decurrent in 2 keels on the inner face, the apex 
