700 ASCLEPIADE (Brown). [ Asclepias. 
4-1 in. broad, lanceolate, acute, subtruncate, subcordate or sub- 
hastate at the base, more or less and somewhat harshly pubescent 
on both sides, shortly ciliate-scabrous on the margins ; umbels 2-3 
to a stem, subcorymbose, 7 —15-flowered ; peduncles }~2 in. long, 
roughly pubescent ; bracts 2—3 lin. long, subulate or linear, pubescent ; 
pedicels 34-7 lin. long, pubescent ; sepals about 2 lin. long, attenu- 
ate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent ; corolla-lobes reflexed, } in. long, 
14 lin. broad, oblong, obtusely pointed, with a few hairs on the 
back or glabrous on both sides, apparently whitish, dull purple-tinted 
on the back; corona-lobes arising at the base of the staminal 
column and much overtopping it, 13-2 lin. long, erect, fleshy, 
subterete-oblong, very oblique at the top on the inner side, obtuse 
at the dorsal apex, scarcely cucullate, but with a narrow cavity or 
fissure down the inner face under the keel-like infolded edges, which 
end in a small erect tooth about 1 lin. below the apex, with a 
A-shaped rim on the back near the base ; staminal column 1} lin. long ; 
anther-appendages ovate, acute or subobtuse, inflexed on the flattened 
cushion-like style-apex ; follicles 4-5 in. long, } in. thick, fusiform, 
tapering to an acute point, puberulous ; seeds 33-4 lin. long, 23-3 
lin. broad, ovate, flat, broadly margined, scabrous on both sides, 
light brown. Gomphocarpus meliodorus, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 
Beibl. 51, 33. 
Var. B, brevicoronata (N. E. Br.); corona-lobes scarcely overtopping the 
staminal column, subcucullate, with the inflexed sides as if pinched together and 
forming deltoid obtuse teeth at the top about } lin. below the level of the apex ; 
otherwise as in the type. 
Katanart Recion: Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Burke! Zeyher, 1165 partly ! 
near Pretoria, Miss Leendertz, 254! Pilgrims Rest, Greenstock! Nelson, 72! 
Matebe Valley, Holub! between Delagoa Bay and Barberton, Bolus, 7662 ! 
Sandloop, near Pietersburg, Schlechter, 4373 ; Ginsberg, East Rand, Miss Pegler! 
Var. 8: Transvaal ; near Rustenberg, Miss Pegler in Herb. Bolus, 10553 ! 
Xysmalobium brownianum, 8. Moore, was also distributed by Zeyher as 1165. 
38. A. monticola (N. E. Br.) ; plant dwarf, much branched at the 
base; branches 2-5 in. long in the only example seen, probably 
more or less decumbent, rather slender, the stoutest not more than 
% lin. thick, somewhat harshly pubescent ; leaves 4-6 pairs to @ 
branch, shortly petiolate, }—1} in. long, 3-6 lin. broad, ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, or the terminal pair lanceolate, acute, subcordate, 
subtruncate or broadly rounded at the base, thinly scabrous- 
pubescent on both sides ; umbels 2-3 to a stem, lateral and terminal, 
pedunculate, 6-12-flowered; peduncles 3-1} in. long, slender, 
puberulous on one side; bracts not seen, very deciduous ; pedicels 
5-6 lin. long, puberulous on one side; sepals 1} lin. long, } [i. 
broad, lanceolate, acute, pubescent ; corolla-lobes reflexed, about 2} 
lin. long, 1} lin. broad, elliptic-oblong, subacute, glabrous on the 
purple-brown back, minutely papillate-puberulous on the inner 
face, which appears to be greenish more or less tinged with purple ; 
corona-lobes arising 4 lin. up the staminal column and overtopping 
