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to whom I am indebted for the specimen here figured, describes it as 
“most beautiful ;” and Dr. Atherstone adds, that the long drought of 
1858-59 caused it and several other bushes to put forth a more than 
ordinary display of blossoms. ‘‘ Many plants that had not been seen 
blossoming for 20 years,’”’ blossomed profusely after the drought. 
Fig. 1, Dombeya Dregeana; the natural size. Fig. 2, the stamens, surrounding 
the ovary; 3, the staminal ring, laid open; 4, ovary and style; 5, cross section of 
ovary ; 6, one of the involucral leaflets; variously magnified. 
XC. ASPIDOGLOSSUM FASCICULARE, E. Mey. (Asclepiadee.) 
A. fasciculare: caule erecto simpliciusculo hirsuto, foliis infimis 
latioribus basi ovatis breve petiolatis, supremis linearibus lineari-lan- 
ceolatisve hispido-pubescentibus margine revolutis nervo valido hispido, 
pedunculo nullo, florum fasciculis 6—8-floris, pedicellis hirtellis, corolla 
reflexa, corone staminez foliolis utrinque denticulo marginali erecto 
auctis. #. Mey.! Comm. p. 200. Dne. in DC. Prod. 8, p. 555. 
Has.—Grassy places on the Katberg and Windvogelberg, 4-5000 ft., Drege ! 
Transkei Country, Henry Bowker, Esq.! No. 93. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Loot ? Stem 6 inches to 2 feet high, nearly or quite simple, 
pale green, subquadrangular, thinly hispid. Lower leaves often in 
broken pairs or irregularly scattered, upper either opposite or in threes ; 
the lowermost ovate-oblong or linear-oblong, acute, 14 inch long, 3-4 
lines wide, the upper narrow and more attenuated, all laxly hispid, 
especially towards the revolute margin and on the midrib, Sowers 
dark brown, segments of the reflexed corolla lanceolate, acute. Cusp 
of the corona twice as long as the scale, channelled, recurved, acute; 
scale keeled at back, mucronate, the margin at each side produced into 
a sharp, erect tooth. Pollen masses lunate, blunt at each end. 
Fig. 1, Aspidoglossum fasciculare ; the natural size. Fig. 2, front view of flower: 
3, side view of the corona. scales; 4, front view of the same; 5, back view of the same ; 
6, pollen masses and gland; 7, stigma; variously magnified. 
XCI. ASTEPHANUS MARGINATUS, Dne. (Aselepiadee.) 
A. marginatus: yolubilis, ramosissimus, ramulis junioribus pu- 
bescentibus adultis glabris, foliis petiolatis ovatis ellipticisque mucronu- 
latis glabratis coriaceis margine crasso revoluto, pedunculis petiolum 
superantibus 5—8-floris pedicellisque minutissime puberulis, corollze tubo 
intus basi lineis quinque retrorsum hispidis aucto, stigmate elongato. 
Dne. in DC. Prod. 8, p. 508. 
Has.—In the bush, near the Kleinmund, Albany, Urs. Henry Hutton! (Herb. 
TCD. 
Descr.—A much-brauched twining plant, minutely downy in the 
young parts, otherwise quite glabrous and glossy. /etioles 3 lines long. 
