60 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM, 
194. GOMPHOCARPUS M‘KENII, Harv. (Aselepiadee.) 
G. M'Kenii; caule suffruticoso ramoso, ramis 4-angulis bifariam 
hispidis, foliis brevé petiolatis ellipticis planis rigidis valide costatis, 
crebre penninerviis supra vel utrinque sparsim pilosis marginibus vix 
reflexis ciliatis demum scabro-tuberculatis, umbellis axillaribus brevis- 
sime pedunculatis paucifloris, corolla campanulato-rotata maculata 
extus hic illic pilosa lobis oblongo-ovatis, gynostegio stipitato, corona- 
staminea ad apicem stipitis inserta, foliolis basi horizontaliter patentibus 
apice incurvis lineari-lanceolatis acutis extus canaliculatis intus basi an- 
gulis binis intramarginalibus arrectis cultratis auctis, 
Has.—Zululand, Gerrard & M‘Ken, 1284, (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Stem 2 or more fect high, robust, branched ; branches 
‘somewhat 4-angled, alternately hispid on two sides between the nodes. 
Leaves short-petioled, 14-2 inches long, 1-1} inch wide, rigid, elliptical, 
flat, closely penninerved, sparsely setose on one or both sides, the margin 
of the young leaves ciliate, of the older rough with hard sharp points 
(the bases of the fallen ciliary bristles). Umbels axillary, 3-4 flowered, 
on very short, hairy peduncles. Calyx lobes lanceolate, hairy. Coroila 
brown-spotted, widely campanulate, the lobes ovate. Corona inserted 
at the summit of the stipitate eynostegium ; folicles horizontally 
spreading at base, inflexed at apex, linear-lanceolate, acute, with 2 erect 
intramarginal angles at base, on the inside. 
This must be a handsome species, though the colour of the spotted 
flowers is somewhat lurid. It is readily known from all allied species 
by its broad foliage and the form of the folioles of the corona-staminea. 
I inscribe it to Mr. M‘Ken, of the Natal Botanic Garden, and trust we 
may soon have it, and others from the same quarter, in cultivation. 
Fig. 1, flowering branch; the natural size. Fig. 2, 3, inner and outer views of a 
calyx lobe; 4, section of the corolla ; 5, the corona in situ, on the andreecium ; 6, a fo- 
liole of the corona ; 7, anther; all magnified. 
195. GOMPHOCARPUS EMINENS, Harv. ( Asclepiadee.) 
G. eminens; caulibus diffusis adscendentibusve ramosis bifariam 
hispidis, foliis breve petiolatis basi truncato-hastatis linearibus apice 
longé attenuatis utrinque glaberrimis margine revolutis, umbellis ter- 
minalibus multifloris breve pedunculatis, corolla 5-partita reflexa laci- 
niis lanceolatis marginatis glabris, synostegio stipitato, corond-staminea 
ad apicem stipitis inserta, foliolis erectis gynostegium longe superantibus 
apice mucronatis dorso costatis angulis internis complicatis apice rotun- 
datis versus basin attenuatis, 
Has. —Dry plains, Zululand, Gerrard & M'Ken, 1291. (Ierb. T. C. D.) 
: Desor.— Stems several from the crown, decumbent or ascending, 6-8 
inches long, bifariously hispid, branched. Leaves opposite, short-peti- 
