r>;^8 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (broavn). [Asclepiiis. 



2 lin. broiid, elliptic, ovate, obtusely pointed, glabrous, sparingly ciliate 

 along one margin, refiexed. Coronal-lobes arising J lin. above the base of 

 the staminal-colnmn, and equalling or very slightly overtopping it, 1^-1 i 

 lin. long, complicate, truncate or rounded at the top, with a minute 

 tooth at the apical angle of the inflexed sides, no median tooth within. 

 Follicles immature, about 2 in. long, and ^ in. thick near the base, 

 narrowly lanceolate, attenuate into a long beak, white-tomentose, and 

 having a few short stiff points or processes on the lower half. — Gom- 

 phocai'pus stenoplit/llus, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 110, t. Ill); 

 K. Schum. in Engl. &, Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 280. 



Tfile Ziand. Uganda : Mau ; Ly waterside, 6000-SOOO ft., Scoll-Elliot, 6882 ! 

 B)itisli East Africa: Kapte Plains, Lanjoro, Gregory, 30! 



Mozamb. Dist. (Jerman East Africa; Kazcli (Tabora) district, Speke cjf 

 Grant ! 



30. A. amabilis, iV. E. Bi\ in Kev) Bullehhi 1895, 70. Stems 

 10-18 in. high, rather slender, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves erect, subsessile, lJ-3 in. long, |-1J lin. broad, linear, acute, 

 revolute (sometimes to the midrib) and minutely scabrous along the 

 margins. Umbels 2-3, lateral and terminal, pedunculate, 5-6-flowered ; 

 peduncles 1-2 J in. long, puberulous dow^n the inner side; bracts subu- 

 late, 2-3 lin. long ; pedicels 8-12 lin. long, puberulous down the inner 

 side. Sepals 2-2\ lin. long, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 puberulous, ciliolate. Corolla 9-10 lin. in diam., rotate, 5-lobed nearly 

 to the base, white and glabrous within, light purple and sparsely 

 puberulous on the back ; lobes ^-^\ lin. long, 2 -| lin. broad, ovate, 

 acute. Coronal-lobes arising about \ lin. above the base of the stami- 

 nal-column and reaching to its top, erect, \\ lin. long, complicate-cucul- 

 late, subquadrate in side view, truncate at the base and apex, with the 

 apical angles of the inflexed sides produced into small erect obtuse 

 teeth, no tooth within ; alternating with them are 5 minute pocket-like 

 lobules under the anther-wings. Staminal-column \\ lin. long ; 

 anther-appendages broadly-ovate, inflexed over the apex of the style. — 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. -425. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Centr.il Africa : Urungn ; Fwanibo, South of Lake 

 Tanganyika, Carson, 35 ! 55 ! 



31. A. longissixna, N. E. Br. Stem solitary, 2J-3 ft. high, erect, 

 simple, 1-2 J lin. thick at the base, slightly puberulous along one side. 

 Lower leaves G-10 in. long, 2-5 lin. broad, linear, tapering into a very 

 acuminate point, narrowed at the base into a petiole 1-2 lin. long, 

 glabrous on both sides, slightly scaberulous along the narrowly revo- 

 lute margins ; uppermost leaves very much reduced and not longer 

 than the peduncle of the same node. Umbels 6-7, pedunculate, 

 3-4-flowered, lateral at the upper nodes, where the leaves are reduced 

 to filiform rudiments J-J in. long, so that the inflorescence becomes a 

 nearly leafless panicle; peduncles J-J in. long, puberulous along one 

 side; bracteoles lJ-2 lin. long, linear-filiform ; pedicels J- j in. long, 

 puberulous on one side. Sepals reflexed, lJ-2 (2 J ex A^ Schumann) 



