Pachycarpus. | ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). 727 
The specimens quoted by E. Meyer under letters ‘‘6” and ‘“c” from George 
and Uitenhage Divisions respectively, probably belong to P. dealbatus, I have not 
seen them, but one specimen at Kew under letter “a” belongs to that species. 
12. P. stenoglossus (N. E. Br.); plant 6-8 in. high ; stems 
decumbent at the base then erect, harshly or somewhat scabrous. 
pubescent with spreading hairs ; leaves ascending ; petiole 14—4 lin. 
long ; blade 13-24 in. long, or the lower shorter, }-3 in. broad, 
linear to elongate-lanceolate, with the basal ones ovate, acute or 
subobtuse, harshly pubescent with short spreading hairs on both 
sides ; umbels 2-4 to a stem, lateral at the nodes and terminal, 
pedunculate, 3-flowered ; peduncles }+1 in. long, and together with 
the } in.-long pedicels harshly pubescent like the stem ; sepals about 
5 in. long, 14-1 lin. broad, enlarging in fruit, lanceolate, acuminate, 
spreading-pubescent ; corolla cup-shaped, lobed to ¢ of the way 
down or more; lobes about 5 lin. long, 24-3 lin. broad, ovate, 
subacute, apparently with spreading or recurved tips, slightly 
pubescent on the back, glabrous on the inner face ; corona-lobes 
5 lin, long, 1 lin. broad at the broadest part, erect or suberect from 
a shortly spreading base, spathulately linear-oblong or linear- 
janceolate at the upper part, truncate or very obtuse, with a pair 
of rather thin keels on the basal part, which are obliquely oblong, 
somewhat folded upon themselves, with their obtusely rounded tips 
directed outwards and the upper parts contiguous, as if pinched 
together, forming a cavity beneath with the opening outwards ; 
staminal column 2 lin. long; anther-appendages rather small, ovate, 
obtuse, spreading from under with their tips curving over the 
margin of the style-apex, which is large, shortly 5-lobed, with a pit- 
like depression at the centre and the thick margin overhanging the 
top of the column and concealing the pollen-carriers as seen from 
above ; young follicle ovoid, winged at the upper part, thinly 
puberulous. Pachycarpus vewillaris, var. stenoglossus, E. Meyer, 
Comm. 212. 
CENTRAL Recion: Aliwal North Div. ; on the Wittebergen Range, 6000- 
7000 ft., Drége, 3419! 
The corona-lobes of this plant are entirely different from those of P. verillaris, 
of which it was considered to be a variety by E. Meyer, from whose type I 
Alescribe. 
13. P. schinzianus (N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 376); 
7-1} ft. high ; stems often solitary, simple or with 1 branch at the 
base, stout, more or less scabrous ; leaves shortly petiolate, 2~4} in. 
long, 3-1} in. broad, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate or elongate-ovate, 
acute to subobtuse, broadly cuneate to subtruncate at the base, 
rigidly coriaceous, glabrous above or more or less scabrous on both 
sides, very scabrous and often wavy on the margins; umbels 2-4 
and subcorymbose or solitary and terminal, pedunculate, 2-6- 
flowered ; peduncles }~2 in. long, scabrous-pubescent ; bracts 3-5 
lin. long, subulate ; pedicels 3-1 in. long; sepals 44-7 lin. long, 
