854 CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH AFRICAN ASCLEPIADOLOGY. 



corollaB tubum aeqnantibus, 02 cm. longis, medio 0"1 cm. latis 

 corollae lobis usque ad medium iu tubum subcylindricum connatis 

 apicibus liberis 5 oblongis obtusis, sordide carneis, extus glaberrimis 

 intus tenuissimo (sul)inconspicue) velutinis, 0-2 cm. lougis, medio 

 marginibus subreflexis, 0*1 cm. latis, tubo intus prsesertim infra 

 lobos pilis deflexis plus minus dense tecto ; gynostegio illo A 

 neglf'cti Scbltr. simili, tamen graciliore ; antheris oblongis, mar 

 ginibus cartilagineis basin versus ampliatis loculos superantibus 

 appendice hyalino ovato-oblongo obtuso parvulo, stigmatis capiti 

 appresso, marginibus loculoruni breviter excisis ; poUiniis subfalcato 

 oblongis utrinque obtusis, caudiculis divaricatis brevibus crassis 

 glandulae rhomboidefe crassfe dimidio inferiore insertis ; stigmatis 

 capite conico brevissime bifido, basi 5-angulato. 



Inter frutices scandens in ripis fluminis Olifant River, in ditione 

 Clanwilliam, alt. 400 ped., 25 Aug. 1894, R. Srhlechter. 



Of tlie three South African species of Astephanns, the present 

 one may be regarded as the rarest. It was originally described by 

 E. Meyer from specimens collected by Drege near the Paarl, but of 

 late it has never been found again, until a year ago I was lucky 

 enough myself to rediscover it. Its affinity is equally with both, 

 the A. viarginatus Dene, and A. neglectus Schltr. From these, 

 however, it is easily recognized by the narrow leaves and the 

 2-3-flowered umbels ; from the former it differs besides by the 

 shorter stigma and the very different range of distribution; A. 

 neglectus has smaller flowers, with more spreading corolla-lobes, a 

 different gynostegium, and very characteristic poUinia with a remark- 

 ably large gland. 



33. Schizoglossum ciliatum Schltr., n. sp. Species aff. 8. 

 fasciculari Schltr. ; caule erecto simplicivel subsimplici supra medium 

 satis dense foliato, bifariam pilosulo ; foliis erectis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis vel linearibus, subacutis, inferioribus quam iuternodia brevi- 

 oribus, superioribus internodia excedentibus, 1 •7-4-7 cm. longis, 

 medio ad 0-7 cm. latis ; floribus patentibus in fasciculis extra- 

 axillaribus alternantibus plurifloris, pedicellis gracillimis filiformi- 

 bus ingequilongis ; calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis pilosis, quam 

 corolla duplo brevioribus ; corolla lobis lanceolato-oblongis obtusis 

 extus pilosis margine tenuiter ciliatis intus glabris, 0-4-0-5 cm. 

 longis, medio 0-2 cm. latis ; coronte foliolis subquadratis apice 

 trilobulatis, lobulis lateralibus dentiformibus lineari-falcatis acutis, 

 intermedio erecto multo longiore lineari-hgulato-acuto, gynostegium 

 longe excedente, intus ligula e basi ovato-lanceolata lineari-attenuata 

 apice in stigma inflexa donatis, antheris oblongis, marginibus 

 cartilagineis basi ampliatis loculos vix sequantibus ; appendice 

 hyalino magnitudine antheras asquante permagno oblongo obtuso, 

 marginibus loculorum breviter excisis ; polliniis subfalcato-oblongis 

 obtusis, caudiculis divaricatis brevibus filiformibus flexuosis 

 glandula oblonga obtusa basi affixis. 



In gramiuosis prope Howick, alt. 3800 ped., 29 Nov. 1893, 

 J. M. Wood, No. 5357. 



A slender plant, related to S . fasciculare (E. Mey.) Schltr., from 

 which it is distinguished by the much less hairy leaves, which are 



