2\H'> LXxxv. ASCLEPiADE K (hkown). [Kaua/da. 



Xi/s)}uiluhi!im the Huwers are always strictly unil)ellate, all radiating from one point ; 

 in Kanaliid they are never strictly nnibellate, but are spirally arranged around the 

 gradually elongating top of the peduncle and progressively develop, a few at a time. 

 Coronal-lobes tiesliy, solid, with a short entire or bifid 



boiik extended over the staniiual-cohnnn . . \.. K. lanijiora. 



Coronal-lobes complicate, with the fissure or cavity ex- 

 tending ^-| of the way down. 

 Coronal-lobes as long as or slightly exceeding the 

 staminal-colunin ; pollen-masses |-r> lin. long, 

 turgid . . . . . . . . 2,. K. glaherrima. 



Coronal-lobes usually shorter than the staminal- 



column ; pollen-masses 5 lifi. long, compressed . 3. K.consimilii-. 



1. K. laniflora, li. Br. in Mem. Wern. /Soc. i. 40. Stems 4-5 ft. 

 high, branching, glabrous. Leaves ascending or somewhat spreading, 

 with a cluster of short bristles or teeth in their axils and aloug the 

 rudimentary stipular line connecting their bases; petiole ll-?> hn. long; 

 blade 2i-() in. long, 2-G lin. broad, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 gradually tapering to an acute point, acutely narrowed into the petiole, 

 tjuite glabrous, not revolute at the margin. Peduncles 1-2 in. long, 

 rather stout, glabrous, lateral at the nodes, many-flowered at the apical 

 part, which becomes raceme-like from the gradual development of the 

 flowers; lowest bracts 2-9 lin. long, the rest lJ-?> lin. long, linear or 

 subulate, acute, glabrous, mostly with minute bristle-like teeth at their 

 base, like those in the leaf -axils ; pedicels J-l in. long, glabrous. Sepals 

 2-3 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. Corolla 7-9 lin. in diam., 

 campanulate, 5-lobed to half-way down or beyond; lobes 4-5 lin. long, 

 ascending, ovate, acute, glabrous outside, more or less densely woolly 

 within along the borders. Coronal-lobes arising f lin. above the base 

 of the staminal-column and reaching to its summit, 2 lin. long, erect, 

 stout, turgid-oblong, fleshy, solid, not in the least complicate, abruptly 

 contracted at the apex on the inner side into a simple or bifid subulate 

 tooth or beak, inflexed over the tips of the anthers. All the lobes are 

 connected to one another at their base by very obtuse minute flaps that 

 form five pockets, enclosing the basal parts of the anther-wings. 

 Staminal-column 2 J-o lin. long ; anther-appendages broadly subcordate- 

 ovate, obtuse, inflexed over the apex of the style. Pollen-masses 

 (excluding the caudicles), | lin. long, ^ lin. thick, turgid, not compressed. 

 Follicles 2-2^ in. long, lanceolate, acuminate into a beak, glabrous, 

 scrobiculate, but not echinate. Seeds 2 lin. long, ovoid, tapering into a 

 short beak, channelled on one side, very turgid on the other, smooth, 

 crowned with a tuft of hairs. — K. Schum. in Engl, ik Prantl, Pflanzen- 

 fam. iv. ii. 2o3, not of Decne. K. Delilii^ Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 

 2, ix. 3.30, in DC. Prod. viii. r)37 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 34 ; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 342 ; Schweinfurth in Hohnel, Zum 

 Rudolph-See u. Stephanie-See, Separatabdr. S ; Schweinfurth & Volkens, 

 ListePl. Somalis, 10; MartelU, Fior. Bogos. 54; Penzig in Atti Congr. 

 Bot. Internaz. 1892, 349; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 323, in 

 Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 233, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 



