Asclepias.] lxxxv. AscLEriADE.'E (brown). ;J21 



glabrous. Corolla 7-9 lin. in diam., rotate-campanulate ; lobes 4 lin. 

 long, 3 lin. broad, elliptic-ovate, subacute, glabrous, with one margin 

 very minutely ciliolate. Coronal-lobes arising about ^ lin. above, or 

 decurrent to, the base of the staminal column, and attaining the same 

 level, '2h lin. long, ascending-spreading, complicate, truncate, the inner 

 angles of the inflexed sides scarcely produced ; no tooth within. 

 Anther-appendages ovate, obtuse. Follicles (unripe only seen) 'J in. long, 

 |-1 in. thick, inflated-ovate, acute, smooth and glabrous. — Gomj)hocar/)us 

 seniiamjdectens, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. li^K, and in Engl, ik 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 286 ; Durand A: Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 

 i. 193. 



ZiOwer Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in a lliickpt near Cuzella, W<l- 

 loitsch, 4188 ! near Malange, Mechow, 328. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State: near Mukengf, Pogfje, 100(j, Ju77, 11 il. 

 and hetween the Luhilasli and Lomami Kivers, Pogge^ 1037 (I'X Srhiim<in>i). 



3. A. glaucophylla, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1H90, \:y.). A stout 

 herb with milky juice, about 3 ft. high, glabrous in all parts. Stems 

 \ in. or more in diam. Leaves opposite, sessile, 3^-0 in. long, \-'l\i in. 

 broad, elongate-ovate, acute or somewhat acuminate, cordate, with 

 rounded stem-clasping lobes at the base, glaucous, blueish-green ; 

 margins flat, smooth. Umbels several, lateral at the nodes, pedunculate, 

 7-15-flowered ; peduncles 1-1 J in> long; bracts 2^—4 lin. long. \ lin. 

 long, linear, acute; pedicels 8-15 lin. long. Sepals 3 lin. long. l-H lin. 

 broad, oblong, subacute, ciliate, reflexed. Corolla reflexed. .")-lobed 

 nearly to the base, light green ; lobes 4J,-C lin. long, 2^-4 lin. broail, 

 subobtuse, very minutely ciliate along one margin. Coronal -lobes 

 arising \ lin. above the base of the staminal-column and reaching to 

 the same level, erect, 2-2^ lin. long, lo-2^ lin. broad across the side, 

 compressed-cucuUate, broadly oblong or subquadrate in outline, truncate 

 at the top with the apical angle of the sides produced into a short acute 

 point, no tooth or horn within, yellowish-brown. Staminal-column '1\ 

 lin. long ; anthers somewhat deltoid-oblong, their horny margins slightly 

 dilated at the base, their appendages 1 lin. long, \ lin. broad, oblong, 

 obtuse, inflexed over and concealing the truncate apex of the style, 

 which is about 1 lin. in diam. Follicles 3i in. or more long, about '\ in. 

 thick, fusiform, obtuse, with a few stout compressed linear obtuse pro- 

 cesses 2-4 lin. long in the upper part. — S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1902, 

 255. Gomj^hocarpus glaucophyllus, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 

 Beibl. 45, 19. 



IMozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Khodesia ; identifiU near ^^ali^l)ln•y. 

 Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil., 57 ! Rayid, 185 (ex -S. Moore). 



Also in South Africa. 



4. A. fulva, X. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 254. Plant 1-2 ft. 

 high. Stems simple with a close pubescence of minute, jointe<l. rust- 

 coloured hairs. Leaves ascending or suberect, the lower with }>etioles 

 1-2 lin. long, the uppermost subsessile ; blade H-3 in. long, A-1 in. 

 broad, oblong, subacute, emarginate or subcordate at the base, both sides 



