666 ASCLEPIADE (Brown). [ Asclepras. 
Leaves scabrous, scaberulous or 
pubescent ; peduncles 4-2 in. 
long; tips of corona-lobes 
radiate or in dried flowers 
often erect : : 
Plant branching into very 
numerous stems at the 
base; corolla-lobes glabrous 
on both sides up ... (12) meyeriana. 
Plant branching into 2-8 stems 
at the base; corolla-lobes 
pubescent on the back : 
Plant 3-4 in. high; leaves 
shortly pubescent; ¢o- | 
rona-lobes 2 lin. long ... (11) velutina. 
Plant 3-10 in. high; leaves 
more or less scabrous + 
Corolla and corona-lobes 
24-3 lin. long ... ... (9) stellifera. 
Corolla and corona-lobes ? 
13-2 lin. long ... ... (10) brevipes. 
Corona-lobes erect, shorter than to 
slightly exceeding the staminal 
colamn : 
Cucullate part of corona-lobes 
about as long as broad =... (8) cucullata. 
Cucullate part of corona-lobes 2- ce 
3 times as long as broad .... (16) brevicuspls. 
||| Plant 14-4 or sometimes up to 10 ft. high ; 
leaves linear to lanceolate 4-10 lin. 
broad : 
Leaves in whorls of 3-4 or some of them 
(in 30, A. crinita) opposite ; umbels 
several, racemosely arranged : 
Leaves puberulous when young; 
umbels 4-6-flowered Ke s 
Leaves entirely glabrous or minutely 
ciliate when young ; umbels 8-25- : 
flowered... sv dis ... (31) rivularis. 
Leaves all opposite : 
Umbels a pair or 3 (rarely solitary), 
terminal, with a long peduncie- : 
like internode below them ... (43) Woodii. 
Umbels several or numerous race- 
mosely arranged along the stems : 
Young parts of stem, peduncles and 
pedicels densely white tomen- 
tose : : 
Corona-lobes with backwardly 
directed faleate teeth at the 
inner apical angles ; follicles 
ellipsoid, abruptly contracted 
intoa beak ... yee ... (26) decipiens. 
Corona-lobes D-shaped, without 
— a ovoid-lanceo- 
ate, gradually tapering into ~ 
a beak a8 si . ... (27) Burchellii. 
Young parts of stem, peduncles and 
pedicels not densely white 
tomentose : 
(30) erinita. 
