Asclepias.] lxxxv. asclepiade.e (hkown). 339 



iin. long, J lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, slightly channelled at the 

 apex, glabrous, very minutely ciliate. Corolla lobed nearly to the base, 

 entirely reflexed, very minutely downy out«ide, apparently dirty 

 i^reeriish-vvhite, tinged with purple outside ; lobes 5 lin. long, A lin. 

 broad, elliptic, minutely notched at the obtuse point. Coronal-lobes 

 sirising i-| lin. above the base of the staminal-column and slightly 

 overtopping it, 2f (2|- ex K. Schumann) lin. long. 2 lin. broad across 

 the side, compressed-cucullate, subrectangular in side view, oljliquely 

 rounded or subtruncate at the top, where the margins are thickened 

 and strongly papillate and the dorsal apex is produced into a minute 

 incurved papillate tooth; no tooth or crest within the lobe; 5 minute 

 pouch-like lobules under the anther-wings alternating with the coronal- 

 lobes. Staminal-column about )\ lin. long, not broadened at the brtse 

 of the oblong anthers ; anther-appendages broadly ovate, acute, 

 contracted into a short stalk at the base, obscurely lacerate on the 

 margin, indexed over the rim of the crater-like apex of the style, 

 under which the pollen-carriers are seated. — CompJiocarjms longissimuis^ 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 382. 



XVIozamb. X>lst. German E:ist Africa : region of Lake NyHsa, Goetze ! 

 Portnguese or Britisli E.ist Africa: Tunihi,> near Lake Nyasn, rare, Johnston, Zhl \ 



32. A. Nuttii, X. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1808, 308. Stem 

 apparently solitary, 1-1 2" ^^- hi^h) slender, simple, erect, glabrous. 

 Leaves erect, 1 J-2J in. long, ^-1 lin. broad, flat, linear, acute, tapering 

 to the base, glabrous on both sides with the margins minutely scabrous- 

 oiliate. Umbel terminal, pedunculate, 8-l(l-flowered ; peduncle 1 J in. 

 long; bracts 5—15 lin. long, linear or filiform, ciliolate ; pedicels 4-5 

 iin. long, minutely pubescent or subscaberulous. Sepals erect or 

 Hscending, 2 lin. long, \ lin. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, minutely 

 pubescent on the back. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed almost to the base ; 

 lobes about 4 lin. long, \\ lin. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 

 subacute, glabrous and not ciliate, brownish or dull purplish outside, 

 with whitish margins, whitish within in the dried state. Coronal- lobe.^ 

 arising at the base of the staminal-column and nearly reaching to the 

 tnp of it, \\ lin. long, erect, complicate-cucullate, truncate at the apex, 

 no tooth within or at the apex of the inflexed sides, apparently dark 

 yellow, all united together just below their middle by a connecting 

 membrane which forms 5 small pockets immediately under the anther- 

 wings. Staminal-column 2 lin. long ; anther-appendages rounded or 

 transversely elliptic, inflexed upon the depressed apex of the style. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africii : between Lake Tanganyiku and Lake 

 llukwa, about 6000 ft., ^utt ! 



33. A. sphacelata, ^V^, E. Br. Stem solitary, 4-8 in. high, simple, 

 puberulous. Leaves sessile, 4 in. long, A-1 lin. broad, linear, 

 attenuate-acuminate, acute at the base, scabrid above, puberulous 

 beneath. Umbels lateral and terminal, congested near the apex, 

 pedunculate, 3-5-flowered ; peduncle 4-7 lin. long, puberulous; pedi- 

 cels 3-5 lin. long, puberulous. Sepals 1 J-2 lin. long, subulate, puberu- 



