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113. LOPHOSTEPHUS MOLLIS, Harv. (Asclepiadee.) 
Gen. Cuar.— Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla sub-campanulata, patula, 
5-loba, lobis ovoideis carnosulis estivatione strictis. Corona-staminea 
profunde 5-partita, laciniis bifidis intus lacinula longissima auctis.” 
‘Anthere mutice. Masse pollinis ovoider erecta juxta basim affixe, 
hine margine pellucido. Stigma pentagonum, muticum. Folliculi?— 
Herba ramosa, decumbens, foliis cordatis, umbellis axillaribus plurifloris. 
L. mollis, Harv. in Herb. T.C.D., Cynoctonum molle, E. Mey. ! 
Com. Drege, p. 216, Dne. in DC. Prodr. 8, p. 530. 
Has.—Grassy places in the Van Staadensberg and Zuureberg, Drege! Near Gra- 
hamstown, Genl. Bolton! Katberg, and other places on the Eastern frontier, H. 
Hutton!  Zuureberg, on high hills, amongst rocks, Mrs. F. W. Barber ! summer. 
(Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Roots numerous, filiform, somewhat fleshy, clasping the 
rocks. Stems trailing, alternately branched, 1-2 feet long, bifariously 
pubescent and sparsely hispid. Leaves on pubescent petioles, cordate, 
obtuse or acute, about an inch long, nearly as wide, pubescent above, 
hispidulous beneath. Peduncles extra axillary, shorter than the leaves. 
Umbel laxly several flowered. Flowers 2 lines across, with a white 
tube and rich brown limb; the lobes thickened, opaque and velvety in 
the centre, pale at the margin. Corona-staminea 5-partite, its lobes 
ovate, deeply bifid, each portion acuminate, with a recurved point, and 
bearing in front a very long, tongue-shaped process. Pollinia oval, 
erect, basi-fixed, with an oblique, hyaline spot near the apex. Follicles 
not seen. 
This pretty Asclepiad was placed in Cynoctonum by E. Meyer; 
but as I find the pollinia are erect, besides other differential characters, 
T am compelled to remove it to a separate genus. It seems to me to be 
nearly allied to Brachystelma. 
Fig. 1, a plant; the natural size. Fig. 2. a flower, front view ; 3, corolla laid open ; 
4, calyx; 5, one division of the corona; 6, a stamen; 7, pollen-masses (erect); 8, 
stigma; enlarged. 
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114. DECACERAS HUTTONT, Harv. (Asclepiadee.) 
Grex. Coar.— Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla subeampanulata, patula, 
profunde 5-loba. Corona-staminea duplex ; exterior cupuliformis ore 
10-dentato dentibus per paria (staminibus alternantia) approximatis ; 
interior 5-phylla, foliolis subulatis staminibus oppositis. Anthere 
apice membrana destitute. Masse pollinis erect, incurve, ovoide, 
margine interiori pellucidee. Stegma muticum. Folliculi... Her- 
bula, foliis linearibus, floribus axillaribus. 
D. Huttoni, Harv. in Herb. T. C.D. 
Has.—Botha’s Hill, near Grahamstown, Nov., 1861, H. Hutton. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.— Root not seen (probably tuberous). Stem 1-2 inches high, 
oppositely branched, scaberulous ; branches widely spreading. Leaves 
