Xysm(dohium.^ lxxxv. AscLEPiADEiE (brown). 



301 



u. 



X. andoiifjenise. 

 X. yJiomhoidenm. 



I 



Corolla glabrous within . . . 9. X frilohafum. 



Leaves not gradually tapering from the base to 

 the apex, oblong or ovate-oblong. 

 Coronal-lobes spathulate-obovoid, having a 

 longitudinal keel with h short transverse 

 keel on each side of it on the flat face 

 (and see 13. X. sessile) 

 Coronal-lobes broadly rhomboid, witli a rhom- 

 boid depression on the back . 

 **Leaves cuneate or narrower at the base than 

 above. 

 Corolla-lobes about 3^ lin. long. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate or narrowly cuneate- 

 oblanceolate ; coronal-lobes much shorter 

 than the staminal-column 

 Leaves elliptic-olilong or obovate-oblong ; 

 coronal-lobes about equalling the stami- 

 nal-column ...... 



Corolla-lobes ^-1 in. long; leaves oblong, cuneate 

 at the base. 

 Coronal-lobes exceeding the staminal-column 

 by half their length .... 



Coronal-lobes about reaching to the top of the 

 staminal-column. 

 Coronal-lobes dorsally flattened, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, not keeled .... 



Coronal-lobes as thick as broad, with 3 in- 

 flexed apical teeth and 2 keels on the 

 inner face ..... 



Coronal -lobes not nearly reaching to the top 

 of the staminal-column, sub-hemispherical, 

 with a short erect horn and 2 small 

 (marginal?) teeth on the inner face . 18. X. spathulatum. 



6. X. mpmhrnnifertnn. 



7. X.fi'aternum. 



15. X. Cecil je. 



16. 



17. 



X. grand e. 

 X. helium. 



1. X. decipiens, N. E. Br. in Keio Balletui, 1895, 250. Roots 

 fleshy, narrowly fusiform, fasciculate. Stems about 1 ft. lon^r, with 

 two pubescent lines. Leaves BJ-G in. long, i-1 lin. broad, linear, acute, 

 narrowed into a short petiole, glabrous. Umbels lateral and terminal, 

 pedunculate, bearing upwards of 20 small flowers ; bracts 2 lin. long, 

 linear, acute, glabrous ; peduncles 5-7 lin. long, puberulous ; pedicels 

 3-4 lin. long, tapering from the base, puberulous. Sepals J lin. long, 

 lanceolate, acute, channelled, closely reflexed on the pedicel, glabrous. 

 Corolla closely reflexed on the sepals, " whitish-lilac " ( WfliriL^ch) ; lobes 

 IJ lin. long, J lin. broad, oblong, acute, concave, glabrous. Coronal - 

 lobes minute,"about I lin. long, and nearly as broad, roundish-ovate, 

 very obtuse or subtruncate, slightly channelled, adnate, abruptly ter- 

 minating in the hollows under the anthers, from which they have the 

 appearance of protruding downwards, with their tips ivsting on tlie 

 corolla; a small erect tooth between each pair of lobes and connt»<ting 

 them at their base. Staminal-column l| lin. long; anther appen- 

 dages broadly ovate or suborbicular, inttexed over the apex of the style. 

 Follicles 5-6 in. long, { in. thick, narrowly fusiform, et|ually ta|>ering 



