Brachystelma. | ASCLEPIADE (Brown). 835 
Corolla covered within (at least below the middle) 
with very short thick hairs; lobes not 
ciliate... a ‘ ess ca Pa 
Corolla-tube 1-3 (rarely 4) lin. long, campanulate : 
Corolla-lobes 9-14 lin. long, pubescent on the inner 
face, terminal half green iat oe ... (3) crispum. 
Corolla-lobes 5-12 lin. long, glabrous or more rarely 
puberulous on the inner face, terminal hal 
blackish or dark purple-brown a ... (4) fetidum. 
Corolla-lobes 2-3$ lin. long: 
Corolla-lobes ciliate : 
Corolla dark purple-brown, with yellow 
transverse lines at the base of the lobes 
(2) campanulatum. 
andinthetube ... cae ii (5) tuberosum. 
Corolla greenish or whitish ... ahs ... (7) meyerianum, 
Corolla-lobes not ciliate : 
Corolla thinly pubescent on the inner surface 
at the base of the lobes and throat of the 
tube, otherwise glabrous ; outer corona 
10-toothed sas RS 8 ... (8) Thunbergii. 
Corolla quite glabrous on the inner surface : 
Pedicels 1}-2 in. long ; corolla-lobes 24 lin. 
long, reflexed ... oa — ... (10) prelongum. 
Pedicels 2-24 lin. long ; corolla-lobes 3} lin. 
long, very spreading ... a tt 
Pedicels 14 lin. long ; corolla-lobes 3-3} lin. 
long, erect or erectly-spreading ... (25) mafekingense. 
Corolla-lobes 1 lin. long, glabrous; tube 14 lin. 
long ni bee ie vee wae tae 
++ Corolla without a distinct tube, the united part flattish 
or saucer-shaped and except in 21, B. Gerrardi, and 
22, B. macropetalum not more than 3 lin. deep: 
¢ Corolla-lobes 3-2} lin. long: 
Stems erect and 2-6 in. high or prostrate, 
(6) decipiens. 
(9) schonlandianum. 
branching : 
Pedicels 4-14 in. long ; flowers usually solitary, 
yellow fa ae a yay aw ES) caffrum. 
Pedicels 4-4 in. long; flowers 2-7 together, 
dark brown when dried, said to be yellow ... (12) Huttoni. 
Pedicels pt in. long (sometimes rather more 
in 15, B. pulchellum) becoming longer in 
fruit : 
Corolla-lobes replicate, ciliate with minute 
hairs on the basal part, white or pale ; 
yellowish ... wi pig ... ve» (26) ramosissimum, 
- Corolla-lobes flat or with the margins incurved 
near the middle or slightly recurved, not 
replicate nor ciliate : 
Corolla dark purple-brown : 
Stems erect ; corolla reflexed (sometimes 
erect in dried flowers); lobes with 
thickened green tips ... as .. (11) Arnotii. 
Stems prostrate ; corolla rotate; lobes 
not thickened at the tips, with 
yellow lines at the base... mec kan) a. 
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