704 ASCLEPIADEZ (Brown). [ Asclepias. 
Acad. Petrop. xiv. (1805), 507 ; Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 154, and ed. 
Schultes, 234 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, i. 305 ; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 1263 ; 
Pers. Syn. i. 275 ; Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 451; Engl. Jahrb. 
xxi. Beibl. 54, 6; and in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, xv. 67. A. 
sinuosa, Burm. fil. Prodr. Cap. 7. A. undulata, Murr. Syst. Veg. ed. 
13, 214, not of Linn. A. repanda, Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 1, 77, and 
Forsk. ex Steud. Lec. ed. 2, i. 146. Gomphocarpus crispus, R. Br. in 
Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 38; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ui. 79; Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vi. 88 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 849 ; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 144 ; 
Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 900 ; Decne in DC. Prodr. vill. 560. G. hastatus, 
var. angustifolius, Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 1843, 543 
(by error 443); Krauss in Flora, 1844, 826. Pachycarpus crispus, 
E. Meyer, Comm. 214; Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 1843, 
545 (by error 445); Krauss in Flora, 1844, 826. Xysmalobium 
crispum, Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 902.—Apocynum erectum Africanum sub- 
hirsutum, &c., Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstel. Pl. Rar. 17, f. 17. 
Var. B, pseudocrispa (N. E. Br.) ; leaves 1-24 in. long, 2-33 lin. broad, linear 
or linear-lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded, truncate or subhastate at the base, 
flat, usually revolute at the margins, but not undulate or crisped ; umbels usually 
solitary and terminal on the branches, rarely 2 and 1 of ‘them lateral ; corolla- 
lobes 13-8 lin. long ; corona-lobes 3-1} lin. long, with the cucullate and apical 
parts subequal. Asclepias pseudocrispa, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1895, 357. 
Var. y, plana (N. E. Br.); leaves 3-2 in. long, 34-8 lin. broad, linear-oblong, 
oblong, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, rounded to subtruncate 
at the base, flat, not undulate or crisped, somewhat hispid on the midrib beneath 
and scabrous on the margins, otherwise glabrous ; umbels solitary and terminal or 
lateral or 2-3 lateral and terminal ; corolla and corona as in var. B. Gomphocarpus 
crispus, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. Beibl. 45, 7, not of R. Br. 
Sourn Arica: without locality; Herb. Linnexus! Oldenburg! Nelson! 
Masson! Zeyher, 1157! Harvey, 559! 569! : : 
Coast Recion: Vanrbynsdorp Div. ; Gift Berg, Drege! Clanwilliam Div. + 
Bosch Kloof, Drege! Paarl Div. ; Klem Drakenstein Mountains, Drége! pear 
Paarl, Schlechter, 9212! Cape Div. ; hills and flats near Cape Town, Thunberg ' 
Burchell, 775! Drége! Zeyher, 4884! Pappe! Bolus, 3312! Wolley Dod, 349° 
420! near Tyger Berg, Prior! Simons Bay, Prior | Stellenbosch Div. ; near 
Eerste River, Krauss, 1259 (ex Meisner). Swellendam Div., Krauss (ex Meisner). 
Riversdale Div. ; between Little Vet River and Garcias Pass, Burchell, 6901! 
Knysna Div. ; near Knysna River, Krauss (ex Meisner). Humansdorp Div. ; near 
Kromme River, Bowie! Uitenhage Div. ; near Sunday River, Bowie! Uitenhage, 
Burchell, 4412! Cooper, 1488 ! Schlechter, 2520 ! Addo, Drége! near the Zwartkops 
River, Zeyher, 445! Drége! Penther, 789, 831 (ex Schlechter). Var. B: Bathurst 
Div. ; near the mouth of Kowie River, MacOwan, 721! Hutton! Round Hill, 
Bolus, 6696! Trapps Valley, Miss Daly, 584! King Williamstown Div. ; 
Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton! East London Div. ; near East London, Wood in Herb. 
Galpin, 3382! 3383! British Kaffraria, Mrs. Hutton | Var. y: Komgha Div. ; near 
Keimouth, Flanagan, 103! British Kaffraria, Mrs, Hutton ! Hee 
Cenrrat Raion : Calvinia Div. ; between Grasberg River and Waterval River, 
Drége! 
+ ee Recton: Transkei; Kreilis Country, Bowker, 12! 15! 
43, A. Woodii (Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 456); stem 
simple, 14-2 ft. high, 1-1} lin. thick at the base, often compressed, 
scabrous or scabrous-pubescent, with internodes 9-44 in. long; 
