836 ASCLEPIADACE.^ ELLIOTIAN.E. 



tomentosum demum glabrum attenuatis, 5-8 cm. longis ; umbellis 

 extra-axillaribus alternantibus, 4-8-floris; pedunculo pedicellisqiie, 

 paulo brevioribus, gracilibus subglabris ; calycis segmentis lanceo- 

 lalis acutis tenuissime pilosis, qnara corolla duplo brevioribus ; 

 corollfe lobis oblongis obtusis utrinque glabris, 0'6 cm. longis, medio 

 0*3 cm. latis ; corona? foliolis e basi breviter unguiculata cucullato- 

 conduplicatis, apice truncatis, obtusis, margine anteriore obscure 

 sub-bilobulatis, in dentem brevem acutum productis, gynostegio 

 ffiquilongis, intus nudis; antheris oblongis, marginibus cartilagineis 

 basi ampliatis snbfalcatis, appendice byalino rotundato obtusato, 

 apice in stigma inflexo, marginibus loculorum ad medium usque 

 excisis ; polliniis compressis oblique lanceolato-oblongis, caudiculis 

 e basi filiformibus, dimidio inferiore divaricatis, dimidio superiore 

 pendulis, subdilatatis, glandula parvula ovoidea obtusiuscula, caudi- 

 culis infra medium insertis; foUiculis anguste fusiformibus longissime 

 rostratis niveo-lanatis, sparsim piloso-spinosis. 



Waterside, Man, 0000-8000 ft., Dec, No. 6882. 



The nearest ally to the present species is A. Burchellii Schltr. 

 {(Tomphocarpus tomentosus Burch.), from South Africa, with larger 

 flowers, and a very different fruit. The corona in our plant is also 

 distinct from that of A. Burchellii, although somewhat similar. 



AscLEPiAS LiNEOLATA Schltr. (j-omphocarpiis lincoJatus Dene, in 

 Ann. Sc. Xat. ser. 2, ix. (1838), 326. 



Ruwenzori, Wimi, 6000 ft., June, in fruit. No. 7881 : Buddu, 

 Febr., March, No. 7583 ; Shire Highlands, Milanje, Dec, No. 8668. 



Seems to be very widely distributed all through Tropical Africa, 

 ranging from Angola to Abyssinia. 



AscLEPiAS PALUSTKis Scliltr. Gowphocamus palustris K. Schum. 

 in Knr/l. Jahrh. xvii. (1893), 127. 



Shire Highlands, Milanje, Dec, No. 8670. 



AscLEPiAS Petherickiana Schltr. Schizcvilussinn PcthericJdanum 

 Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. (1875), 109, t. 118. 



Samia, Kairrondo, 4000 ft., Jan., No. 7130: dry plateaux, 

 Buddu, Febr., No. 7447. 



Asclepias rubicunda Schltr., n. sp. Herba erecta, simplex, 

 plus minus fulvo-tomentosa, demum glabrata ; caule tereti, satis 

 dense foliate ; foliis erecto-patentibus ovato- vel lanceolato-ob- 

 longis, acutis, basi subcordatis puberulis, subtus costa margineque 

 scabridis, 4-7 cm. longis, medio 1-2-3 cm. latis, subsessilibus ; 

 umbellis extra-axillaribus alteruantibus, 4-7-floris, folia excedenti- 

 bus ; pedunculo erecto, pedicellisque brevibus erecto-patentibus vel 

 patentibus, fulvo-tomentosis, demum glabrescentibus, gracilibus 

 teretibus ; corolla subrotata extus viridi-violascente, intus fulva ; 

 calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis vel acuminatis, pilosis, quam 

 corolla duplo brevioribus ; corollae lobis erecto-patentibus ovato- 

 oblongis obtusis, 0-8 cm. longis, medio 0-4 cm. latis, extus glabris, 

 intus tenuissime puberulis, coronte foliolis e basi breviter unguiculata 

 compresso-cucullatis apice oblique truncatis obtusis, margine an- 

 teriore apice utrinque iu dentem adscendeutem apice acuta in stigma 

 inflexum productis, marginibus apice lateribus extrorsum refiexis ; 



