^316 LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEiE (bROWn). [Aic/epios, 



as long or longer than the umbel arising fmm 

 the siiine node. 

 Coronal-lobes overtopping the staminal-colmnn 

 by about lialf their length. 

 Corolla glabrous outsi(ie ; coronal-lobes m itli a 

 tooth at the niicUlle or apex of their 

 inflexed sides. 

 Coronal-lobes 4i-7i lin. long, with the freth 



extending over the starainal-colunin . 12. A. giidiilijiora. 

 Coronal-lobes 3 lin. long, witli the teeth 

 partly within the lobe, retiexed tow..rds 



its dorsal apex 23. A. albida. 



Corolla white-tomentose outside ; coronal- 

 lobes 2-3 lin. lon>r, entire, without teeth 2-A. A. inferjra. 

 Coronal-lobes or the median-horn with which 

 they are furnished within, overtopping the 

 staminal- column by much le*s than half 

 their length, 1^-3 lin. long. 

 Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate ; corolla - 



lobes red, 2^-3 lin. long . . .15. A. cnra.tsavica. 



Leaves linear-filiform ; corolla-lobes 2-2^ lin. 



long, whitish 27. A.filiformia. 



J eaves linear ; corolla-lobes 8-9 lin. long . l^.^A. Uxidufhoides. 

 Coronal-lobes not overtopping the staminal- 

 coluran, sometimes shorter than it, with or 

 without a median tooth or horn inside, 

 sometimes varying in this character in 

 different flowers on the same specimen. 

 §Coi(mal-lobes with a distinct tooth arising 

 within or at the apical angles or 

 middle of the entire or denticulate top 

 margin of each of their inflexed sides. 

 (In A. leucocarpa the teeth ai*e very 

 minute.) 

 Teeth arising from or within the top margin 

 of the coronal-lobes directed backwards, 

 straight or curved. 

 Coronal-lobes very distinctly shorter than 

 the staminal-column, denticulate 

 along the top mai'gin ; fruit inflated, 



obtuse 13. ^. semihniata. 



Coronal-lobes reaching to the top of the 

 staminal-column, entire along the 

 top margin, but the teeth are some- 

 times denticulate ; fruit not inflated, 

 long-pointed. 

 Finiit beset with bristle-like processes. 

 Bristles of the fruit distinctly pubt s- 



cent with spreading hairs . 17. A. pvlii-sotn. 



Br sties of the fruit glabrous or with 

 very minute adpressed pubes- 

 cence. 

 Top n;argin of the coronal-lobes 

 without a cut or notch at the 

 base of the teeth. 



