Asclepias.] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 335 



stenojihylla, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. :]-i2, not of ser. i. 

 xxix. 110. 



Nile Xiand. Somaliland : Adda Gallah, James Sf Thrupp ! Golis Hiinfro, 

 Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Hammar, Miss Cole ! 



IWEozamb. Dlst. Kilim.injaro, Smith! Volkens, 567! Laujora, 2000 ft., 

 Johnston ! 



25. A. Frederici, Hiem in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. ki^4: A .shrub 

 3-5 ft. high, branched ; branchlets white-tomentose. Leaves very nume- 

 rous ascending or somewhat spreading, 2-4i in. long, l-2Jf lin. broad, 

 linear, acute or subobtuse, narrowed at the base into a petiole, 1 '1 

 lin. long at the base, revolute along the margins, puberulous or 

 nearly glabrous above, more or less white-pubescent beneath. Umbels 

 numerous, lateral at the nodes, pedunculate, 5-6 -flowered ; peduncles 

 subequal, ^-1 in. long, white-tomentose; bracks very deciduous, 2-2 J 

 lin. long, linear, acute ; pedicels ^-| in. long, tomentose. Sepals 

 2 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent. Corolla lobed nearly to 

 the base, minutely white-pubescent outside, glabrous within, prohal)]y 

 reflexed when fully expanded ; lobes oi-l lin. long, 2-1}^ lin. broad, 

 elliptic-ovate, obtusely pointed. Coronal-lobes arising ^ lin, 'above the 

 base of the staminal-column and reaching its top, 1§-1J lin. long, 

 IJ lin. broad across the side, D-shaped viewed sideways, with tlie 

 inflexed sides rectangularly acute or subacute at their apices, but 

 never produced into distinct teeth. Follicles lJ-2 in. long, \\ in. 

 in diam., oblong-globose, inflated, very obtuse, beset with bristle-like 

 processes, pubescent all over, " sulphur-yellow spotted with purple," 

 bristles "violet-purple'^ {Wehoitsch). 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andoiigo ; on the rocks of the Pra?sidiuni 

 and higher rocky parts of Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 4160! 4161 ! 4162 I on the 

 rocks of Pedra de Cabondo, 3500 fc, Welwitsch, 4163! Huilla ; in the ro<-ky 

 thickets of Lopollo, Welwitich, 4166 ! 



According to Welwifscli the flowers :ire snlpliur-yellow, greenisli -yellow, or 

 whitish-yellow. The coronal-lobes are described by Hiern as " n-nally with an erect 

 short lobnle or tooth at the apex of each oi- one iiinec side." I can find nostrucinrt> 

 of this kind in the specimens above quoted ; where the siraight inner mar-rin and 

 curved top margin of the lobe meet, they form a somewhat acnte angle, nearly a 

 right-angle, but there is no tioth such as is foundin the allied species. This species 

 is not easy to discriminate from A. BurcheUii, Schlechter, except when in fruit. 



26. A. BurcheUii, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1895, 336. Stems 

 3-4 ft. high, branched ; branches white-tomentose, Leaves very numer- 

 ous, erect or ascending, 1^—4 in. long, 4^-2 lin. broad, linear, acute, 

 narrowed at the base into a petiole 1-2A lin. long, revolute ah.ng the 

 margins, softly puberulous, becoming glabrous above, pubescence 

 whiter beneath. Umbels numerous, lateral at the nodes, pedunculate, 

 3-7-flowered ; peduncles subequal, J-1 in. long, white-tomentose ; 

 bracts 2-5 lin. long, deciduous, linear, acute ; pedicels A-1 in. long, 

 white-tomentose. Sepals l§-2 lin. long, | lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, 

 reflexed, white-tomentose on the back. Corolhi lobed nearly to the 

 base, minutely white-tomentose outside, reflexed, white ; lobes ;ij hn. 



