Xi/smalobium.] lxxxv. asclepiade.k (brown). 309 



rather densely tomentose with rather long spreading soft hairs. Leaves 

 almost sessile, ascending-spreading, 1J-2J in. long, 7-10 lin. broad, 

 somewhat lanceolate or gradually tapering from the cordate or 

 subcordate ba^e to the acute apex, tomentose along the midrib 

 above and beneath, otherwise glabrous, narrowly thickened at the 

 margin, reticulately veined. Umbels lateral at the nodes and terminal, 

 sessile, 3-4-flowered ; pedicels J-1 in. long, tomentose. Sepals more or 

 less refiexed, 3|— 4 lin. long, J lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute, with 

 some scattered hairs on the back and sparsely ciliate. Corolla lobed nearly 

 to the base, refiexed; lobes 4^ lin. long, 2 lin. broad, oblong, subacute, 

 inner surface covered with exceedingly minute hair-like papillae Coronal- 

 lobes arising at the base of the staminal-column and nearly or quite as 

 long as it ; erect or slightly spreading, 2 J lin. long, 1^-1 J lin. broad above 

 the middle, thick and fleshy, spathulate-obovoid, somewhat abruptly 

 narrowed into the claw at about the middle, forming a t-light anf,de on 

 each side, obtuse, very convex on the back, flat on the inner face, with 

 an obtusely triangular median keel at about the middle and a short 

 transverse keel on each side of it. Staminal-column 2 J lin. long and 

 as much in diam. at the base, broadly conical ; anther-appendages 

 broadly subcordate-ovate, subacute, inflexed over the depressed apex of 

 the style; anther-wings J lin. broad and much projecting at their 

 base.^ — Gomphocarpus sessilis, Decne. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, ix. 

 325. 



Koixrer Guinea. Angola, without indication of tlie collector in llerh. Mii.t. 

 d'Hlstoire Naturelle, Paris I 



Described from Decaisne's type specimen, which consists of a piece of the ter- 

 minal part of tlie plant Hbout 5 in. long, with 4 pairs of leaves. The indumentum 

 on the stem, pedicels and midribs, idthougli best described as tomentose is somewhat 

 peculiar and slightly shaggy, the hairs are uneqiial in length, ^-}, lin. long, soft and 

 jointed, very spreading. The coronal-lobes are inaccurately described by Decaisnr ; 

 I find them aa described above. 



14. X. andongense, Jliern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 082. Stem 

 l_li ft. high, pubescent with rather minute curved hairs. Leaves 

 opposite, subsessile, li-3J in. long, J-1 J in. broad, thinly coriaceous, 

 oblong to oblong-ovate, abruptly acute obtuse or retuse at the apex, 

 apiculate, cordate at the base, narrowly thickened or revolute along the 

 margins, glabrous on both sides, or with a few minute hairs scattered 

 along the midrib above and beneath. Umbels lateral at the nodes and 

 terminal, sessile, 5-8-flowered ; pedicels 4-8 lin. long, pubescent along 

 one side. Sepals 2-3 lin. long, §-J lin. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 with a few scattered hairs on the back and spai-sely ciliate. Corolla 

 lobed nearly to the base; lobes apparently campanulately spreading, 

 3-3 J lin. long, l|-2 lin. broad, oblong, subacute, ciliolate, covered with 

 exceedingly minute hair-like papilla? on the inner surface. Coronal-lobctt 

 arising at the base of the staminal-column and about as long as it, 

 erect, l|-2 lin. long, about 1 lin. broad above the middle, thick and 

 fleshy spathulate-obovoid or clavate, obtuse, very convex on the back, 



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