320 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (brown). [Asclepios. 



Tips of the coroual-lobes stel- 

 lately spreading ; leaves ^-f 

 lin. broad .... 51. A. i^ygmcBa. 

 §§§Cor()ii;il-lobe3 glabrous and without 

 •A tooth or horn within, truncate 

 at the top. 

 Lea\es glabrous; corolla - lobes 

 glabrous, whitish within, dull 

 purple - brown with white 

 margins on the back . . 32. A. Nxittii. 



Leaves puberulous beneath ; 

 corolla-lobes puberulous on 

 tlie back, spotted with brown, 

 whitish at the tips . . 33. A. sphacelata. 



1. A. densiflora, X. E. Br. Stems somewhat decumbent and 

 branching at the base, IJ-lJ lin. thick, with internodes f-2^ in. long, 

 somewhat roughly hairy or subhispid. Leaves shortly petiolate, 

 spreading ; petiole 1-2 lin. long, stout, subhispid ; blade l:j-2J in. long, 

 4-G lin. broad, gradually tapering from the rounded cuneate sub- 

 truncate subhastate or subcordate base to an acute apex, often crisped 

 or wavy on the margins, coarsely pubescent on both sides. Umbel 

 solitary, terniinal,25-50-flowered, dense, 1-1 1 in. in diam. ; peduncle 

 2-5|- in. long, stout, coarsely pubescent ; pedicels 4-8 lin. long, his- 

 pidulous. Sepals IJ lin. long, | lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 thinly pubescent with spreading hairs. Corolla reflexed, glabrous on 

 both sides ; lobes 2| lin. long, l|-2 lin. broad, ovate, subobtuse, dull 

 purple on the apical part. Coronal-lobes arising \-\ lin. above the base 

 of the staminal-column, and overtopping it by about J a lin., 1|-1 J lin. 

 long, about 1 lin. broad across the side at the top, somewhat obovate- 

 oblong, obtusely rounded or subtruncate at the top, rather thick and 

 fleshy, somewhat clawed in the basal part, complicate above, with the 

 inflexed sides shortly produced into an obtuse deltoid tooth over the 

 staminal-column, no tooth within, apparently yellow. Staminal-column 

 1-1 J lin. long; anther-wings exceedingly prominent, broadly triangular 

 in outline, f lin. long, ^-| lin. broad at the middle ; anther-appendages 

 orbicular, about J lin. in diam., inflexed on the depressed-truncate 

 apex of the style. 



Mozamb. Bist. Khodeoia ; between Sali.sbury and Buliwayo, common, Hon. 

 Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 78 ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



2. A. sexniaxnplectens, Iliern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 685. 

 Stems 1-2-2 ft. high, simple, moderately stout, glabrous or with two 

 puberulous lines, very leafy. Leaves suberect, sessile or subsessile, 

 1 J-3 in. long, |-2J in. broad, cordate or cordate oblong,' obtuse or sub- 

 acute, subamplexicaul at the base, both sides glabrous. Umbels lateral, 

 6-8-flowered; " flowers nodding " (Welwitsch); peduncles rather slender, 

 glabrous, ];|-2 in. long; bracts 1^-2 lin. long, subulate, glabrous; 

 pedicels 1 J-l| in. long, glabrous. Sepals 2^-3 lin. long, oblong, obtuse- 



