712 ASCLEPIADES (Brown). [ Asclepias. 
oblong-ovate, minutely notched at the obtusely pointed apex, 
glabrous on both sides, apparently yellowish-green, suffused or 
veined with purple-brown at the tips, often drying brown ; corona- 
lobes arising 4-1 lin. up the staminal column, apparently yellow, 
with the back and basal part brownish-purple, erect, 24-2} lin. 
long, 1-1} lin. broad across the side of the complicate-cucullate 
basal half, which is very oblique with narrow wing-like margins at 
the base, has recurved margins at the top and is horizontally 
produced into subulate teeth directed over the staminal column, 
upper half dorsally produced into an oblong-lanceolate or ovate 
obtuse erect blade, no tooth or process within ; staminal column 
about 13 lin. long; anther-appendages suborbicular, inflexed over 
and covering the truncate style-apex; anther-wings angular and 
very projecting at the base. Gomphocarpus macropus, Schlechter in 
Journ. Bot. 1894, 353. 
Katanart Recion: Transvaal; Belfast, Burtt Davy, 1284! 1815! Ermelo, 
Burtt Davy, 984! High Veld, near Wonderfontein, 6000 ft., Bolus, 12140! 
Caledonia, Lake Chrissie, Hamilton in Herb. Burtt Davy, 1174! 
Eastern ReGion : Transkei ; Kreilis Country ; Bowker! Tembuland ; Engeobo 
Mountain, 3800 ft., Bolus, 10211! near Xalanga, 4500 ft., Bolus, 10212! Natal, 
4000-5000 ft. ; hill-sides at Lynedoch, Wood, 4544! near Mooi River, Wood, 
5374! Dargle Farm, Fannin, 90! 
Imperfectly known species. 
52. A. concinna (Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 456); stem 
12-14 in. high, simple, slender, sparsely leafy, pilose ; leaves erect, 
subequalling or a little longer than the internodes, 2-3} in. long, 
1-14 lin. broad, linear, acute, narrowed into a very short petiole at 
the base, with revolute margins, pilose on both sides ; umbels lateral 
at the nodes or falsely terminal, pedunculate, 6-8-flowered ; 
peduncle about 7 lin. long, erect, slender, pilose ; pedicels about half 
as long as the peduncle, filiform, pilose ; sepals half as long as the 
corolla, lanceolate, acute, pilose ; corolla-lobes spreading, } in. long; 
scarcely 2 lin. broad, ovate, somewhat obtuse, silky-pilose, with 
silky-villous margins, white ; corona-lobes erect, slightly exceeding 
the staminal column, cucullate, obtuse, obliquely truncate at the 
apex, with a small porrect tooth on the margin on each side above 
the middle, inflexed upon the stigma (style-apex), greenish-brown ; 
anther-appendages suborbicular, rounded, inflexed upon the stigma 
(style-apex). Gomphocarpus concinnus, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 
1895, 270. 
Eastern Ructon : Griqualand East; near the Tina River, 4000 ft., Schlechter, 
6418. Natal; without precise locality, Wood. 
Only known to me by the above description. 
53. A. depressa (Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 455); plant 
dwarf, branching at the base ; branches decumbent, 4-8 in. long; 
