Asclepias. 



LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE^ (bROWN). 



long ; staminal-column 



815 



Sepals 4-6 lin. 

 3 lin. long 



Coronal-lobes without a horn or appendaee 

 within. ^ 



Coronal-lobes distinctly shorter than the 

 staniinal-column • , . . 



Coronal-lobes reaching to the level of the 

 top of the staminal-colunin or be- 

 yond. 



Coronal-lobes complicate, glabrous 

 within. 

 Inflexed sides of the coronal-lobes 

 broad, soniewliat hatchet- 

 sl)a])ed, truncate, rising above 

 tlie level of the apex of the 

 lobe • . . . 



Inflexed sides of the coronal-lobes 

 produced at the middle into 

 deltoid acute teeth. 

 Leaves elongate-ovate, tapering to 

 an acute apex; peduncles 

 2|-4 in. long 

 Leaves oblong, scarcely or not 

 at all narrovvmg towards the 

 apex; peduncles i-1 in. long 

 Coronal-lobes cucullate, at "least in the 

 basal part, papillose or with a 

 transverse papillate-pubescent line 

 within. (See also 44. A. schn- 

 manniana in which the leaves 

 are sometimes rounded at the 

 base.) 

 Coronal-lobes 1-2 lin. long; sta- 



minal-column 1| lin. long 

 Coronal-lobes 2i lin. long; staminal- 

 column 4 lin. long . 

 tfLeaves acute or cuneate at the base. (See also 

 1. A. densiflora, in which the leaves are some- 

 times cuneate at the ba.se.) 

 Leaves 1-2^ in. long; corolla-lobes not icflexed. 

 Corolla violaceous or veined with violet-purple, 

 often drying dark brown .... 



Corolla pink or white. (See 48. A. moden'ta and 

 47. A. rubella.) 

 Leaves 2^-5 in. long; corolla-lobes reflexed. 

 Corolla red ...... 



Corolla white or greenish-white 

 **Leaves narrow, at least 5 (usually 10-20) times as long as 

 broad, linear, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, never 

 broader at the base than at its middle. 

 fUmbels racemosely ai-ranged along the stem one above 

 another (not subcorymbose), several or numerous, 

 rarely only 3-4 to a stem ; peduncles all sub- 

 equal. 

 ^Leaves much exceeding the peduncle and usually 



11. A. specfahili/i. 



A. lineolafa. 



G. A. Sr// /rein //',•/ //it. 



I . A. conxpirua. 

 8. A. rohi'tifa. 



48. 



A. mod est a. 

 A. rubella. 



44. A. schtniinmiiana. 



A. curasxavicn. 

 A. Phtisocarpa. 



