Asclepias.] 



LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE.*: (bROWX). 



:J19 



:J:JCoronal-lobes never overtoppincr the staininal 



column by more thrtii .] a lin., usually 



only reaching to the same level or 



shorter than it. 



§Coronal-lobes much shorter than tlie 



statninal-cohunn, nearly filled with 



a tuft of pubescent or p;ipillate 



filaments, which are erect from tlie 



base ...... 



§§ Coronal-lobes pubescent or papillate- 

 pubescent in the basal part or along 

 a transverse band or line at or 

 below the middle within, but with- 

 out a tuft of filaments. 

 Coronal-lobes with a small external 

 pouch on each side at the 

 middle . . . . , 



Coronal lobes without external pouches. 

 Coronal-lobes arising .]-l| lin. above 

 the base of the stauiinal- 

 column. 

 Corolla pink, hairy on the out- 

 side ..... 



Corolla not pink, glabrous on both 

 sides ..... 



Coronal-lobes arising at the base 

 of the staminal-column. 

 Tips of the coronal-lobes strictly 

 erect ; leaves I5-6 lin. broad. 

 Corolla veined with violet or 

 rosy - purple, sometimes 

 dark-coloured in the dried 

 state. 

 Hairs within the coronal- 

 lobes flat, scale-like, in 

 a transverse band at the 

 very base of the cucul- 

 late p irt 

 Hairs within the coronal- 

 lobes terete, in a trans- 

 verse band at the very 

 top of the cucuUate 

 part .... 



Corolla white or pale rosy in 

 the dried state, not veined 

 within. 

 Coronal-lobes abruptly cnoul- 

 late in the basal part, with 

 a small erect oblong obtuse 

 tooth on each side . 

 Coronal-lobes gradually nar- 

 rowed from the base to the 

 obtuse apex, with a small 

 subacute tooth inflexed 

 within on each side 



50. A. palustris. 



41. A. muhiiidensis. 



47. A. ntbel/a. 



46. A. (lissohita. 



44. A. schionaitnitiia. 



45. A. piilchella. 



48. A. mod est a. 



19. A.foliosa, 



