Aschpias.] Lxxxv. asclepiade^e (brown). ;>25 



or rounded at the base, very minutely scabrid-puberulous gn both 

 sides. Umbels lateral at the nodes, few or many-flowered ; peduncles 

 4-J-16J lin. long, minutely tomentose; pedicels 14-1(*.J lin. long, minutely 

 tomentose. Sepals \ in. long, subulate-lanceolate, tomentose on the 

 back. Corolla lobed nearly to the base, orange-red ; lobes about ;^ in. 

 long, oblong, acute, minutely papillate. Coronal-lobes arising ^ Hn. 

 above the base of the staminal-column and very much longer, 

 4^ lin. long, o-lobed, furnished within below the terminal-lobe with a 

 crested appendage, and with two papillate lines decurrent from the 

 acute side lobes. Staminal-column 1^ lin. long, reaching only to the 

 middle appendage of the coronal-lobes ; antlier-appenrlages large. 

 Follicles 3 ^-4 J in. long, fusiform, beaked, minutely papillate. — St(<(h- 

 mostehna odoratAim, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 457. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa ; Uhehe : near Sula, 4200 ft., Goftze, 

 498. 



I have not seen this species. If the measurements given are correct, tlie 

 coronal-lobes are about 3 times as long as the staminal-column. 



10. A. pachyclada, X. E. Br. A stout bush about ?> ft. high, 

 with flowering-stems 8-12 in. long and 3^-4-i lin. thick at the Vjase, 

 subtomentose above with dusky olive-green hairs. Leaves membranous ; 

 petiole up to h in. long, somewhat sulcate, papillate ; blade ^J-S^ in. 

 long, 1J-4J in. broad, oblong or ovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, subtomentose when young, after- 

 wards with minute scattered hairs on both sides. Umbels lateral at 

 the nodes, few-flowered, pedunculate; pedicels 1-1 A in. long, minutely 

 subtomentose. Sepals 2-2\ lin. long, subulate, puberulous on both 

 sides. Corolla large, 5-lobed almost to the base, red-brown ; lobes about 

 8i lin. long, oblong, acute, minutely papillate within. Coronal-lobes 

 3-lobed, lateral lobes acuminate, middle lobe obtuse, furnished within 

 with a triangular appendage. Staminal-column 2 lin. long. — Stathmo- 

 stelma pachycladum, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 458. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa: Uhehe; in Iriiiga near Kigonsire, 

 4200 ft., Qoeize, 531. 



I h.ive not seen this plant, which may prove to be identical with A. spectabilis, 

 N. E. Br. 



11. A. spectabilis, N. E, Br. in Kew Bulletin, 189"), 254. Stems 

 3-4 ft. high, stout, pubescent, with milky juice. Leaves somewhat 

 ascending, herbaceous; petiole 1-6 lin. long; blade 3i-7 in. long, 1-2 

 in. broad, lanceolate, tapering to an acute point, cuneately or sub- 

 truncately rounded at the base, pubescent on both sides. Umbels 

 lateral and terminal, probably 5-G-flowered ; peduncles J-lJ in. long, 

 pubescent; bracts 2-2^ lin. long, subulate; pedicels J-l^ in. long, 

 pubescent, at least down one side. Sepals 4-(; lin. long, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, pubescent. Corolla rotate-campanulate, \\ in. in diam. ; 

 lobes J in. long, 3-i^ lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, more or less replicate, 

 sparsely pubescent'on the back towards the apex and puberulous within 

 along one margin. Coronal-lobes arising '{-I lin. above the base of the 



