Asclej)ias.] 



18. 



LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE.E (bUOWN), 



Coronal-lobes oblong, much 

 longer than broad viewed 

 sideways, the lower mnrgin 

 of the tooth rising clear 

 above the top margin of 

 the lobe . . . ^ 



Coronal-lobes subquadra'te, as 

 broad as long viewed side- 

 ways, the lower margin of 

 the tooth about level with 

 the top margin of the lobe 20. 

 margin of the coronal- lobes 

 with a cut or notch at the 

 base of tiie teeth, which are 

 partly within the lobe. 

 Stems unbranched, stout ; 



corolla §-3 in. in diam. .' 22. 

 Stems branched ; bianches 



Top 



A. fruticosa. 



A.flavida. 



corolla I 



iiny processes, 



slender 

 diam. 

 Fruit s.iiooth, without 



long-beaked ... 

 Teeth arising from the top margin of tht 

 coronal-lobes erect. 

 Stems unbranched; leaf- pairs 5-8 to a 



stem, 2-3 in. distant 

 Steins branched ; leaf -pairs very numer- 

 ous, |-li in. distant. 

 Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 i-| in. broad ; teeth of coronal- 

 lobes forming a short broad lobule 

 which is often produced into an 

 erect point on the dorsal side 

 Leaves narrowly linear, ^-1 lin. broad ; 

 teeth of coronal-lobes minute, 

 usually with a small notch in 

 front of them ... 

 • Teeth of the coional-lo!)es produced from the 

 apex of the inner margin, horizontally 

 directed over the tips of the antiiers, 

 acute; branches very slender; le.ves 



lincar-filifoi m 



§§ Coronal-lobes with the top and inner margins 

 meeting at a somewhat rectangularly 

 acute angle, but not produced into dis- 

 tinct teeth. 

 Follicles inflated, subglobose, very obtuse, 

 bristly 



Follicles ovoid- lanceolate, acuminate, bristly 26 

 JJLeaves on the flowering part of the stem shorter 

 than or not exceeding the peduncle arising 

 from the same node ; coronal-lobes thickened 

 ^^^ papillate along the top margin . . 31, 



tfUmbels solitary and tenninal or 2-6 to a stem, sub- 

 corymbose or somewhat clustered at its toj), all 



21 



19, 



A. rihyssiiiica. 



A. Phillip sice. 

 A. rostrata. 



30. A. amabilis. 



16. 



29. 



28. 



25, 



A. phifsocarpa. 

 A. leticocarpa. 



A. tenuifolia. 



A. Frederici. 

 A. Burchellii, 



A. lutiyissima. 



