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ferrugineis, calycis segmenta 8 oblongo-ovatis acutis coroUse circa 

 sequilongis, corollas segmentis 8 oblongo-ovatis acutis minute 

 denticulatis, appendicibus 8 petalis oppositis iisque sequilongis ad 

 medium usque vel magis alte 2-4 lobis segmentis oblongis vel 

 oblongo-linearibus acutis, staminibus corollse segmentis paullo 

 brevioribus antheris ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis quam filamenta 

 plane longioribus, staminodiis staminibus circa »quilongis anguste 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis dorso villosis, ovario subgloboso 

 sericeo, stylo crassiusculo glabro. 



Hab. Ehodesia, Victoria ; Monro, 811. 



Foliorum limbus 6-5-7 cm. long., 3-3-3-8 cm. lat., in sicco pag. 

 sup. olivaceus subtus dilute griseo-viridis ; costa media supra 

 plana subtus eminens ; costulae ut reticulum laxiusculum utro- 

 bique £eque aspectabiles ; petioli minute sed dense ferruginei, 

 canaliculati, 1-8-2 cm. long. Pedicelli circa 1-5 cm. long. Flores 

 pansi circiter 1 cm. diam. Calycis segmenta 6 mm. long. CorolltB 

 tubus 1-5 mm., lobi segve 5 mm. long. Filamenta 1-75 mm. long., 

 antherae 2-5 mm., staminodia 4 mm. Ovarium 2 mm. long., 

 stylus 4-5 mm. 



Near ill. PoJiLii Engl., which has differently shaped leaves, 

 longer pedicels, lanceolate corolla-lobes with irregularly laciniate 

 and denticulate appendices. 



ASCLEPIADE^. 



Asclepias Goss-weileri, sp. nov. Planta tuberosa caulibus 

 simplicibus ascendentibus subspithameis plurifoliosis strigoso- 

 pilosis, foliis omnibus oppositis lanceolato-oblongis obtusis basi in 

 petiolum brevem angustatis pergamaceis utrobique praesertim vero 

 pag. inf. pilis strigosis sparsissime indutis, umbellis pro caule 

 3 laterahbus pedunculatis corymbosis 3-5 fioris, pedunculis in- 

 ferioribus folia excedentibus omnibus pilosis, bracteis filiformibus 

 pilosis quam pedicelli brevioribus, calycis segmentis lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis patentibus dorso marginibusque pilis strigillosis 

 sparsim onustis, corollae alte partitas segmentis ovato-oblongis 

 obtusissimis quam calycis segmenta paullo longioribus, coronas 

 phyllis e basi columnas stamineas ortis et eandem paullulum exce- 

 dentibus erectisbasisolummodo cucullatis superne oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis obtusis leviterque concavis utrinque basi dente arrecto obtuso 

 antheris applicato et una cum parte cucullata harum dimidium 

 inferius occultante instructis cucullo intus apicem versus pulvino 

 pubescente induto, antherarum alls prominentibus appendicibus 

 ovatis supra stigma inflexis. 



Hab. Angola, Camoma, Ambaka ; Gosstveiler, 4557. 



Folia in sicco glauca, 3-4 cm. long., 7-10 mm. lat. ; petioli 

 circa 3 mm. long. Pedunculi inferiores fere 5 cm. long., rehqui 

 1-3 cm. ; bracteae adusque 5 mm., pedicelli 10 mm. long. Flores 

 monente cl. detectori fusco-purpurei. Calycis segmenta 8 mm. 

 long. Corollae tubus 2 mm. long., segmenta 10 X 4-5-5 mm. 

 Coronas phylla 5-5 mm. long. ; dentes basales 1-5 mm. long. 

 Columna staminea 4-5 mm. long., antherarum ala3 eegre 2 mm. 



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