ICONES PLANTAEUM, 



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Allied to G. taitensis, DC. Vieillard's No. 2748, from New Caledonia, 

 of which we have an imperfect specimen, may prove the same. 

 D. Oliyee. 



Fig. 1. Fruit 2. Same laid open. About natural size. 



Plate 1449. 



LASIOSTELMA SANDERSONI, Oliv. 



AscLEPiADE^, Tribe Marsdenie^. ^ 



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L. Sandersoni, Oliver (sp. nov.) ; herba erecta flexuosa glabra, foliis ob- 

 longo-ellipticis obtusis mucronulatis brevissime petiolatis crassinscuiis 

 vennlis obscurig, floribus in una axilla 2-4 fasciculatis, pedicellatis, 

 calyce S-partito corolla breviore lobis lineari-lanceolatis, corolla rotata 

 V, campanulato-rotata 5-fida, lobis ovatis obtusis reticulatis, _ corona 

 exteriore lobis 5 a basi bipartitis, segmentis linearibus obfcusiusculis 

 gynostegio aequilongis. 



Hab. Natal, /. Sanderson, ' 



Herba f-l-ped. Folia plus minusve poll, longa. FloTi-es parvi, 

 poll. diam. ; pedicelli -^-^^ poll longi. 



Nearly related to this, and probably a form with the leaves scabrid 

 on the midrib beneath and obscurely setulose-serrulate on the margin, 

 is Gerrard's Natal No. 1805. The leaf-margin in Mr. Sanderson's 

 specimen is entire or obscurely setulose.— D. Oliyee. 



^ Fig. 1. Portion of leaf-marein as in Gerrard's 1805. 2. Bud. 3. Expanded 

 Jower. 4. Gynostegium. 6. Same, outer corona laid back. 6. Segment of corona. 

 7. Antlier. 8. PoUen. Enlarged. 



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Plate 1450. 



TYLOPHORA MICROSTACHYS, EooTc.f. 



Asclepiadej:, Tribe Maksdeuiej:. 



aicrostacliys, Kooh.f. (sjo. nov.) ; glaberrima, foliis breviter petJo- 

 Hneari-lanceolatis acuminatis, cymis in racemos brevissimos 

 sessiles densifloros rednctis, bracteis minimis setaceis, flonbas 

 breviter pedicellatis, sepalis setacco-lanceolatis corollam 

 «quantibus, columna staminea subovoidea, corou® processubus obscuns, 

 loUiculis elongatis pugioniformibus apicibus longe productis. 



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