242 LXXX. ASCLEPIADE. 
38. DECACERAS, Harv. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla somewhat bell-shaped, spreading, 
deeply 5-lobed; lobes ovate, subacute. Corona double; the 
outer cup-like, 10-toothed round the edge, the teeth approach- 
ing in pairs ; inner of 5 subulate, simple folioles, opposite the 
anthers, inserted considerably within the margin of the cup. 
Other characters as in Brachystelma and Dichelia.—Thes. Cap. 
¢. 114. 
Scarcely different from Dichelia, except in the form of the corolla, and 
the complete confluence of the parts of outer corona.—D. Huttoni, H., 
grows on Botha’s Hill, Grahamstown. 
39. MICRASTER, Harv. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla shortly and widely bell-shaped, 
5-lobed; lobes acuminate, spreading. Corona gamophyllous, 
membranous, saucer-shaped, with 5 very short truncate lobes, 
separated by shallow, rounded sinuses, and each bearing on its 
face a fleshy ridge (or adnate inner foliole ?) opposite the an- 
ther. Other characters as in Brachystelma. 
M. pulchellus, H., sent from Natal by Mr. Sanderson (342), is a trailing 
herb ; root unknown tome. Stems simple? Leaves ovate, acute, petioled, 
in subdistant pairs, small. Flowers axillary, dark purple, 2-3 lines dia- 
meter, resembling a minute starfish. It is known from Brachystelma by 
its corona only. 
40. LOPHOSTEPHUS, Harv. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate-bellshaped, spreading, 
5-lobed ; lobes ovoid, fleshy, margined, straight in bud. Co- 
rona deeply 5-parted, the folioles ‘deeply 2- fid, bearing on the 
inside (opposite the anthers) a very long, strap- shaped, taper- 
pointed process. Anthers nude at tip. ’Pollinia ovoid, erect, 
basifixed, with the apex and part of inner margin pellucid. 
Stigma 5-angled, depressed.—Thes. Cap. t. 113. 
A trailing, softly leafy plant, with many fascicled, somewhat fleshy roots. 
Leaves cordate. Flowers emall, with white tube, and brown, velvety 
limb, in peduneled, lateral umbels.—One described species (LZ. mollis, H.), 
from the Eastern mountains. 
41. SISYRANTHUS, E. Mey. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla bell-shaped, with acute sinuses, 5- 
lobed; lobes erect, short, either bearded within or nude. 
Gynostege included. Corona 5- parted ; folioles short, broad, 
3-cuspidate, the cusps bluntly deltoid. Anthers nude or cili- 
ate at tip. Pollinia erect, oblong, pellucid obliquely at the 
apex. Stigma depressed.—DC. Prod. vii. p. 496; Lhes. Cap. 
¢t. 115, 116. 
Erect, virgate, very slender, rigid herbs, with many fascicled, somewhat 
