TABULA 2980. 
MICHOLITZIA OBCORDATA, N. E£. Brown. 
ASCLEPIADACEAR. Tribus MARSDENIEAE. 
M. obcordata, VN. £. Brown in Kew Bull., 1909, p. 358; Craib in 
Kew Bull., 1910, p. 201. Species unica. 
Fruticulus circa 30 cm. altus, epiphyticus, ramosus, lactescens ; 
coriacea, obcordata vel obovata, apice late emarginata vel eee 
basi cuneata, utrinque minute adpresse Lada traa che iol 3 m. 
longi ; laminae 1-8-3'2 cm. longae, 1-4~2°3 cm, latae ; stipulae ace 
simae. Cymae ad nodos laterales jeans i subsessiles, 4—9- oa 
Pedicelli 2 mm. longi, minute puberuli. Calyx parvus, 5-parti 
sepala 1 mm. longa, ovata, obtusa, minute puberula. Corolla ee 
tubulosa vel conico- -tubulosa, basi 5-gibbosa, extra puberula, intus 
villosa, olivaceo-virens, lobis rufescentibus tubus 6 mm. longus, basi 
3 iametro, apice 175-2 mm. diametro; lobi patentes, 15 mm. 
longi, 1 mm. lati, deltoideo-ovati, aint Coronae tuberculi carnosi, 
apice obtusi vel emarginati, dorso sulcati, lutei. 
Inpo-Cutna. Upper Burma: Karenni Country; Ywathit, 800 m. 
alt., Micholitz. Manipur; Meebold, 6732. 
This plate was prepared from a tein 2 plant cultivated in the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, which was obtained from Messrs. 
Sander and Sons, of St. Albans, eke state that it was sent home by 
Micholitz when collecting in India and Burma. The dried specimens 
collected by Micholitz were subsequently presented by Messrs, 
Sander to Kew. A second specimen of this curious plant has also 
been eaeel at Kew from Mr. A. Meebold. The cect of the 
genus is in the neighbourhood of Marsdenia.—N. KE. Bro 
1a. 1, a flower; 2, a flower ks section, with the calyx removed; 3, corona, 
stamens bet style; 4, a stamen with a tubercle of the corona on its back ; 
5, pollen-masses, All aetheoriys 
