76 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
costa parum prominente, venis tenuissime reticulatis, floralia multo 
minora, in bracteas abeuntia. (; yme laxiuscule, in una axilla foliorum 
floralinm sessiles, nodis floriferis ad apices ramorum distantibus. Fiores 
parvi, breviter pedicellati, bracteis angustis acutis pedicello breviori- 
bus. Calyz vix lineam longus, segmentis ovatis basi intus glandulis 5 
or saltem longiores, anguste oblongi, anguste dextrorsum obte- 
gentes. Corone squame 5, medio tubo corolle affixe, brevissime 
clavate. Stamina basi corollee affixa, filamentis basi in annulum con- 
nate, imberbes, in conum stigma obtegentem connate. Pollen granu- 
losum, a ang parvis linearibus vix apice latioribus applicitum. 
Fructus ignotus 
e genus comprises also the Ectadiwm oblongifoliwm, Meissn., from 
Natal land, with much te and broader a and usually much 
fewer flowers in closer cymes, and a apparently a t species, nearly 
allied Meh Fin ek one, pated in Zambesi land by Dr. Kirk.— 
G. Ben 
Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Corolla cut oer showing the coronal scales and gynostegium. 
3. An the ers, seen from the back. 4. Pistil. The reticulation of the leaves too 
strongly represent nats 
Pirate 1188. 
AMBLYSTIGMA HYPOLEUCUM, Benth. 
ASCLEPIADER, Tribe Cynancues. 
Amblystigma, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. ii. 748. 
A. hypoleucum, Benth., sp. nov., foliis cordato-lanceolatis subtus lana 
densa candida tomentosis, peduneulis petiolo subequilongis. 
Has. Bolivia, Bridges. 
Caules volubiles, novelli tomentosi, demum glabrati. Folia oppo- 
sita, latiuscule lanceolato-cordata, scutinscala, Steger rima, auriculis 
—— poll 
glabra, subtus lana brevi sed densa af vestita, petiolo 3-1 poll. 
longo. Oyme in una axilla pedunculo $-1-pollicari fulte, laxinscule, 
bracteis minimis angustis, pedicellis calyci subequilongi is. ~_— 
segmenta linearia, 3 lin. longa, tomentosa. Corolla ca yeem 
excedens, latiuscule campanulata, lobis patentibus latis tubo depo 
peta us. Corona 0. Stamina prope basin tubi affixa, filamentis in 
um brevissimum connatis; anther basi subanriculate, medio dorso 
rata incrassate, membrana inflexa terminate, Pollinia in quoqne 
