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Racemi axillares ; masculi ignoti; feminei 8-10 em. longi, rhachis 
parce pubescens triente imo nudo excepto dissite florifera ; bracteae 
ovato-lanceolatae, bracteolaeque lanceolatae pubescentes ; pedicelli 
dense pubescentes, 4 mm. longi, bracteis duplo Icngiores. Calyx 
feminei 3-partitus ; lobi ovati, acuti, 3 mm. longi. Syuamae hypo- 
gynae petaloideae, lanceolatae, 2mm. longae. Ovarium 3-loculare, 
ense adpresse hirsutum ; styli 3, 2 mm. longi, basi connatae, fim- 
briato-laciniatae, reflexae. Capsul a 3-cocca, 1 cm. lata; cocci 
2-valves, purpurascentes parce hcp: crustacei, simul loculicide 
septicideque dehiscentes, Semina globosa, vix matura. 
MADAGASCAR. x orth Madagascar, Baron, 6310. 
1389. Asparagus zuluensis, NV. 7. Brown [Liliaceae-Asparageae] ; 
affinis A. retrofracto, Linn., sed ramis rectioribus, foliis squamiformi- 
bus brunneis (nec albis), ladies brevioribus et antheris plus quam 
duplo brevioribus 
Suffrutex scandens, glaber. Caules vetustiores brunneo-cinerei ; 
rami et ramuli solitarii vel 2-8 verticillati, horizontaliter patuli, 
recti, graciles, ramis 8-16 cm. longis, ramulis 1°5-5 cm. longis. 
Folia squamiformia 3-4 mm. longa, ovata, acutissima, profunde 
- concava, fusco-brunnea. Cladodia numerossissima, tenuissima, verti- 
cillata, incurvata, 1°2-1°4 cm. longa, 0°3 mm. crassa, filiformia, 
acuta. Flores in axillia cladodiorum solitarii. Pedicelli 6- 7mm . longi, 
infra medium articulati, parte persistente 2mm. longa. Perianthium 
2°5-3 mm. longum; segmenta oblonga, obtusa. Stamina inclusa ; 
filamenta anguste linearia; antherae perparvae, vix 0°5 mm. longae 
et latae, suborbi¢ulares. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, trigono- 
glohoso-obovatum, subgranulato-rugosum ; stylus 0°75 mm. longus, 
apice trifidus, inferne leviter incrassatus. 
Soutw Arrica. Zululand, from a plant collected by Mr. J. 
eee and cultivated in Durban Botanic Garden, Natal, Wood, 
1390. Stylochiton Rogersii, NV. LE. Bites [Aroideae-Stylochi- 
toneae]; affinis S. lobato, N. E. Brown, sed foliis angustioribus, 
spathae tubo multo longiore et spadice incluso differt. 
Herba perennis, tuberosa. Folia 4-5, radicalia, glabra ; petioli 
7-10 em. longi, ad medium vaginati, variegati; laminae anguste 
sagittato-hastatae ; lobum anticum 10-15 cm. re em 1*1-1°8 cm, 
latum, lineare, acutum ; lobi postici 2°5-4°5 cm. longi, 4-8 m 
lati, lineares, obtusi. Spatha e 1-2, axillares, sietiolos subaequantes, 
pedunculatae; tubus 5°5 cm. longus, 1:3 cm. latus ; limbus obliquus, 
acutus, 2°5 cm. longus, extra viridis, intra albidus? Spadiz inclusus, 
5°3 cm. longus. Flores feminei 7, monocyclicae, liberae ; perian- 
thium totum adnatum, obliquum. lores masculi dense conferti ; 
perianthium compressum, 4-dentatum ; stamina libera ; filamenta 
brevissime clavata, crassa. 
Portugurse East Arrica. Near Villa Machado, Rogers, 
