682 ASCLEPIADEZ (Brown). [ Asclepias. 
the margin of the style-apex. Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 452. 
Lagarinthus brevicuspis, E. Meyer, Comm. 204. Gomphocarpus brevi- 
cuspis, Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 900 ; Decne in DC. Prodr. viii. 559. 
Coast Recion: Albany Div. ; plains of Albany, Bowie! King Williamstown 
Div. ; Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton! near King Williamstown, 1200 ft., Sim, 1294! 
Katanart REGIon : Basutoland, Cooper, 2721 bis! 2724! Transvaal : near Piet 
Retief, Lady Barkly ! : 
Eastern Reaion : Pondoland, Bachmann, 1098! Natal; between Umzimkulu 
River and Umkomaas River, Drége, 4966! coast-land, Wood, 960! near Durban, 
Peddie! Plant, 54! Wood, 78! hills near Malvern, Wood, 4937 ! Umlazi River, 
Sutherland! Zululand, Mrs. McKenzie! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 
822! Sanderson, 149! Peddie! Mrs. K. Saunders ! 
17. A. dissona (N. E. Br.) ; plant 8-9 in. high, branching at the 
base ; stems unifariously puberulous ; leaves very shortly petiolate, 
spreading or ascending, 1-2} in. long, 1-1} lin. broad, linear, acute, 
subtruncate, very broadly and shortly cuneate or subhastate at the 
base, glabrous on both sides ; umbel solitary and terminal on each 
the apical third produced beyond into an erect narrowly deltoid 
channelled point, rising to about the level of the top of the 2 lin.- 
long staminal column, very broadly and abruptly rounded into the 
column at the base, without a tooth or other process within the 
cavity. 
Katanart Recon: Transvaal; in damp meadows near the Crocodile River, 
4800 ft., Schlechter, 3903 ! 
Very similar to A. navicularis, Schlechter, and A. brevicuspis, Schlechter, in 
 caveeigy appearance, but differs in its corona-lobes and more truncate- 
eaves. : 
18. A. navicularis (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. Beibl. 54, 8) 5 
plant 6-10 in. high, branched at the base; branches ascending, 
more or less curved or decumbent at the base, unifariously pubes- 
cent ; leaves ascending or somewhat spreading, 1}-2} 1. long, 
1-11 lin. broad, linear, acute, narrowed or rounded into a short 
petiole at the base, glabrous or sometimes shortly and sparsely 
subhispid on the midrib beneath ; umbel terminal, solitary, 4-6- 
flowered ; peduncle 2—10 lin. long, unifariously puberulous ; beat 
about 2 lin. long, subulate ; pedicels 3-8 lin, long, unifariously 
puberulous ; sepals 2-21 lin. long, linear-lanceolate, very acute, 
subhispid on the back, ciliate at the base ; corolla-lobes spreading 
