718 ASCLEPIADE (Brown). | Pachycarpus. 
Corolla 1}-2 in. in diam., with lobes 7-13 lin. 
long ; corona-lobes 34-73 lin. long -.. (23) campanulatus. 
Corolla 3-1 in. in diam., with lobes 4-5 lin. 
long ; corona-lobes 13-8 lin. long ... ... (23) campanulatus, 
var. 
Umbels 8-13-flowered ; corolla 7-8 lin. in diam., 
with lobes 3--8} lin. long ; corona-lobes about 
2 lin. long ; anther-appendages # lin. long... (24) Gerrardi. 
1. P. Galpinii (N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 377); 
stem 10-12 in. high, simple, stout, glabrous or nearly so ; leaves 
erectly spreading, 1}~2} in. long, 10-16 lin. broad, oblong or elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, or rounded at both ends, apiculate, slightly scabrous 
on both sides, more scabrous at the margins ; petiole about 4 in. 
long ; umbels lateral at the nodes, 3-5-flowered ; peduncle 1-2 in. 
long; puberulous along one side; pedicels about 3 lin. long, 
puberulous on one side ; sepals 3} lin. long, 2-3 lin. broad, ovate, 
acute, pubescent; corolla broadly and _ shortly cup-shaped, about 
7-8 lin. in diam., the united part about 2 lin. long ; lobes 4 lin. 
long, 3} lin. broad, ovate, concave at the lower part, recurved or 
revolute at the obtuse or emarginate tips, glabrous on the inner 
face, minutely and thinly pubescent on the back, apparently dull 
purple-brown at the basal part, yellowish-green at the apical part ; 
corona-lobes erect, much overtopping the style-apex, dark purple- 
brown, 24-3 lin. long, 14-13 lin. broad, oblong, with reflexed sides, 
forming an acute channel down the back, notched at the obtuse 
apex and prominently keeled down the inner face, with a small 
linear tooth 4-3 lin. long on each side at the base, spreading under 
the anther-wings close to the corolla ; staminal column about 2 lin. 
long; anther-appendages large, cordate-ovate, obtuse, inflexed upon 
and nearly covering the depressed-truncate style-apex. Gompho- 
carpus Galpinii, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. Beibl. 45, 18. 
Asclepias Galpinii, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1896, 455. 
Kaanart Recion: Transvaal; Saddleback Mountain, near Barberton, 3000- 
4500 ft., Galpin, 692a ! 
Eastern Rraron; Swaziland; High Veld, near Mbabane, 4700 ft., Bolus, 
12129! 12136! 
2. P. rigidus (E. Meyer, Comm. 211) ; stem 4-2 ft. high, simple, 
stout, nearly glabrous or somewhat scabrous ; leaves opposite or 2 
in a whorl, ascending or somewhat spreading ; petiole 2-4 lin. long; — 
blade 13-34 in. long, }-1} in. broad, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or 
ovate, acute or attenuately acute, wavy on the margins, rigidly 
scabrous on the edges and midrib beneath, otherwise glabrous ; 
umbels lateral at the nodes, sessile or the lowest pedunculate, 
5-6-flowered; pedicels about 5 lin. long, somewhat roughly 
pubescent ; sepals about equalling the corolla, 4-5 lin. long, Fo 
2 lin. broad, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 
pubescent ; corolla subglobose, lobed nearly to the base ; lobes 45-5 | 
