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872. Schizoglossum altum, N. E. Brown [Asclepiadaceae] ; 
affine S. strictissimo, S. Moore, sed corolla intra glabra facile 
distinguitur. 
Caulis ad 1-4 m. altus, superne uniramosus, velutino-puberulus. 
Fciia erecta vel suberecta, inferiora 4-6 cm. longa, 1-1:5 mm. lata, 
superiora ininoru. linearia, acuta, marginibus revolutis, puberula. 
rm Mine ad nodos sessiles, 2-3-florae. Pedicelli 2-4 mm. longi, 
puberuli. Sepala 1 mm. longa, ovata, acuta, puberula. Corolla 
rotata, extra tenuiter pubescens, intra glabra, fusco-purpurea ; lobi 
2'5 mm. longi, 1-25 mm. lati, ovato-oblongi, subacuti, marginibus 
recurvis. Goronae lobi erecto-patentes, 0-5 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, 
transverse cuneato-oblongi, basi connati, intra bicarinati et ad 
apicem appendicula lanceolata acuta 0-5-0-75 mm. longa antheris 
incumbente instructi. 
British Central Africa. Nyasaland ; Ntondwe, Cameron, 
873. Asclepias fornicata, N. E. Brown [Asclepiadaceae] ; affinis 
.1. maerafUhae, Hochst., umbellis ra 3 et coronae 
lobis differt. 
Caulis superne anfractuosus, unifariam puberulus. Folia 
5-11 cm. longa, 2-4 mm. lata, linearia, acuta, glabra vel parce 
puberula. V , aispositae, 3-4-florae. 
I'lhoh-nl, Mil)aci[uales, plerumque 5-7 cm. longi. Pedicelli 
.5-1 cm. longi. Sepala 5-6 mm. longa, '6 mm. lata, ovato-lanceolata, 
■ f "' i »1 o-pa tea, 1-1-1 5 cm. longi, 
* ! nIlt - 1:,n « ''Hii'tn-.j-oblongi, subacuti. uTriu^ic -labri. Coronae 
lobi snnra basin columnae staminum inserti et columnam 
« xc. bnt.s, erecti, 7 mm. longi, complicato-carinati, lateral iter 
•crgovisioblongi,apicc r I l9 breviter 
isi instipitem brevissimum abrupte rotundati, a latere 
I mm. lati, carinis superne in dentes magnos falcato- 
ooiougos supra antheras productis et transversim marginato-alatis, 
dorsahter fornicatis, intra minute papillatis. 
CjSHTRAi Africa. Nyasaland ; Mwanemba, 2400 m. 
H™w° Ugh in / eneral appearance this resembles A. macrantha, 
rition of the umbels, the coronal 
* from those of any other species I have 
■ -'instead of the cavity on the inner face being formed 
taMd sides or margins of the lobes, it is represented by 
™* space between the two large keels on the inner 
ton on tT C1 H S)ta i ke the Place 0f the inflexed 8ide8 ' 
top on the dorsal part are connected by a narrow 
ag roof. The flowers appear to have been orange-yellow. 
uiens^Tf^ N \ a E '. Br own [Asclepiadaceae]; 
«i*uin3S ^j-ibus fusco- 
^*EF&Jtt*f* ^^ ^b«; petiolus 
vel ovato- -i lon ^ 2-5-4-5 cm. lata, oblonga 
^^^uSeuS^^X^ b T kt ? -tundata vel 
dxmares, breviter pedunculated vel sessiles, 
