Xysmalohium.] lxxxv. ASCLEPiADEiE (brown). ' 303 



minutely pubescent with curved hairs on the back. Corolla lobed 

 nearly to the base, campanulate, about 1§ lin. in diam. ; lobes li lin. 

 long, f lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, erect and concave within in 

 the basal half, recurved and slightly convex at the apical part, glabrous 

 on both surfaces, not ciliate. Coronal-lobes minute, arising close to the 

 base of the staminal-coluran and not nearly reaching to its middle, about 

 I lin. long, ascending, oblong, obtuse, flesliy ; alternating with them are 

 5 very minute teeth. Staminal-column § lin. long ; anther-appendages 

 broad, toothed, ascending, pressed against the sides of the broadly and 

 shortly conical apical part of the style, which slightly exceeds them 

 anther-wings broadly triangular, very projecting at the middle. 

 IVXozamb. I>ist. Rhodesia : liuluwayo, Rand, 193 



This plant bears a great resemblance to Schizorjlosstim ayigolense, Sclilcchtir & 

 Keudle, and without careful examination n)ight easily be mistaken for it; in Moral 

 structure however, it is entirely different, as the corolla-lobes of aS". angolensr are 

 nearly Hat and neitlier concave at the base nor recurved at the apex, the coronal- 

 lobes mucli larger, 2-keeled on the inner face, without alternating teeth at their 

 base, and the anther-wings are not in the least projecting. 



4. X. reticulatum, N. E. Br.inKew Bulletin, 18D5, i^Ol. Stems 

 several from a tuberous root, G-22 in. high, erect, herbaceous, with '2 

 lines of short curved hairs. Leaves ascending ; petiole J-1 lin. long; 

 blade |-'» in. long, 1-2-7 lin. broad, oblong, linear-oblong, linear-lanceo- 

 late or linear, obtuse or subacute, apiculate at the apex, subcordate, 

 subtruncate or rounded at the base, glabrous, conspicuously reticulate 

 with prominent ascending veins beneath. Umbels sessile, lateral, 4-0- 

 flowered ; bracts about 1-1^ lin. long, subulate or linear-subulate ; 

 pedicels 3-7 lin. long, puberulous along the inner side. Sepals \h-2h 

 lin. long, J lin. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous or pubescent on 

 the back, reflexed. Corolla 5-lobed almost to the base, strongly refiexed, 

 quite glabrous, green; lobes 2\-2^ lin. long, l|-lj lin. broad, ovate, 

 acute or subobtuse. Coronal-lobes arising at the base of the staminal- 

 column and much shorter than it, 1-1 J lin. long, fleshy, rather variable 

 in form, sometimes ascending, obovate or diamond-shaped, obtuse or 

 subacute, with a median keel down the inner face, which rises into an 

 acute tooth at about the middle, flattened on the back, sometimes more 

 spreading, with the terminal part very thick and fleshy, obovoid (or sub- 

 globose ?) produced into an acute or obtuse cone or tooth on the upper 

 side somewhat resembling a bird's head. Staminal-column li-lj lin. 

 long, conical, truncate ; anther-appendages broadly ovate, acute or sub- 

 acute, incumbent on the truncate apex of the style ; anther-wings 1 lin. 

 long, J lin. broad at the base, where they are very projecting. — A'. 

 schumannianum, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1901, 259. Schizoglossum 

 truiicatulum, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 322. 



wile ]Land. Uganda : Kuvironda; between Nandi and Mumia, 4400-6000 ft. 

 Whyte ! Mpororo ; Kanjana Berg, Stuhlmann, 2096 ! British ?^ast Africa 

 Machakos, Rinde ! 



Mozamb, Dlst. British Central Africa : Urnngn ; Fwnmbo, Carson, 56 ! 

 Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Buchanan! Zomba and vicinity, 2500-3500 ft.. 



