Aselepias. | ASCLEPIADEA (Brown). 709 
1992! 1998! 2235! 3068! 3075! Springbok Flats, Burtt Davy, 2507 ! Pinedene, 
near Irene, Burtt Davy, 2319! Matebes Valley, Holub, 1845! Modderfontein, 
Conrath, 991! and without precise locality, McLea in Herb. Bolus, 5708 ! 
Eastern Recron : Griqualand East ; Mount Currie, Tyson, 3117! Swaziland ; 
near Bremersdorp, 2100 ft., Bolus, 12138! Burtt Davy, 3026. 
48. A. vicaria (N. E. Br.); plant probably branching at the 
base ; stems decumbent at the base or for a considerable part of 
their length, 3-1 ft. long, harshly pubescent ; leaves in 5-7 pairs to 
a stem ; petiole 2-3 lin. long ; blade 1-1? in. long, 5-11 lin. broad, 
of the lower leaves ovate, with a cordate base, of the upper lanceo- 
late, with a rounded base, all acute, rather harshly pubescent on 
both sides ; umbel solitary, terminal, half-globose, 1-1} in. in diam., 
25-40-flowered ; peduncle 24-3 in. long, harshly pubescent ; bracts 
about 2 lin. long, lanceolate-subulate, pubescent ; pedicels 4-5 lin. 
long, thinly covered with spreading rather stiff hairs ; sepals 1} lin. 
long, ? lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent with rather 
long hairs ; corolla-lobes reflexed, 2-2} lin. long, 14—1} lin. broad, 
ovate, subacute, pubescent on the back, puberulous on the inner 
face ; corona-lobes arising a little above the base of the staminal 
column, erect, about }—3 lin. long, 2—3 lin. broad at the top in 
side view, complicate-cucullate, truncate with a narrow rim at the 
base, obliquely truncate with recurved-spreading margins at the 
top, with the apical angles of the inflexed sides produced into short 
acute teeth resting upon the anther-appendages, and with an 
oblique wing near the inner margins at about the middle; staminal 
column 1} lin. long; anther-appendages transversely oblong or 
reniform, rounded or slightly emarginate, inflexed upon (but not 
covering) the truncate style-apex. 
Eastern Recion : Pondoland (Mount Ayliff Div.) ; near Fort Donald, 4500 ft., 
Tyson, 1749! 
49. A. albens (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. Beibl. 54, 5) ; 
plant 10-20 in. high, branching at the base ; stems 1-3 lin. thick, 
often compressed, scabrous-pubescent or subhispid ; leaves in 6-10 
pairs ; petiole 4-3 lin. long ; blade 3—2 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, ovate 
to ovate-lanceolate, acute, rarely obtuse, broadly rounded or sub- 
cordate at the base, rather coarsely and harshly or scabrous- 
pubescent on both sides, scabrous on the margins; umbels solitary, 
terminal, usually 14-2 (rarely 3) in. in diam, 15-30-flowered ; 
peduncle 14~4 in. long, puberulous on one side and thinly subhispid ; 
bracts 2-4 lin. long, linear-subulate or linear-lanceolate, acute ; 
pedicels 4~1 (rarely to 14) in. long, varying from nearly glabrous to 
thinly hispid ; sepals 13-2 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, ovate or lanceo- 
late, acute, roughly pubescent ; corolla-lobes reflexed, 3-3} lin. long, 
13-2 lin. broad, ovate, acute, glabrous on both sides or thinly 
pubescent on the back, white or occasionally light purple ; corona- 
lobes arising }—} lin. up the staminal column and not exceeding it, 
erect, 1 lin. long, subquadrate, and 1 lin. broad at the top in side- 
