340 Lxxxv. AscLEPiADE.E (brown). \Asclepias^ 



lous. Corolla rotate, about ^ in. in diam. ; lobes oblong, acute, puberu- 

 lous on the back near the apex, spotted with brown, whitish at the 

 tips. Coronal-lobes 1 lin. long, cucullate, truncate, glabrous and 

 without a process within. Staminal -column IJ lin. long. — Gompko- 

 carpus sphacelatus, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 233. 



TfloxsLtxxb. Sist. Portuguese East Africa : near Bcira, Braga, 38. 



1 have not seen tliis plant. 



34. A. coccinea, X. E, Br. Plant |-2 ft. high, stems simple or 

 slightly branched at the base, sparsely puberulous or with puberulous 

 lines. Leaves not numero.us, ascending or incarved-spreading, subsessile 

 or with a petiole about 1 lin. long ; blade 2-4 in. long, ^-2 lin. broad,, 

 linear, acute, narrowed into the petiole at the base, glabrous, slightly 

 -scaberulous on the margins. Umbels terminal, solitary, 5-10-floweredr 

 peduncles 3-4i in. long, sparsely puberulous, or puberulous on one side; 

 pedicels |-1 in. long, puberulous. Sepals ]|-2 lin. long, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acute or acuminate, puberulous, reflexed. Corolla blood-red, reflexed ; 

 lobes 3-3| lin. long, 1|-2J lin. broad, ovate, acute, minutely puberulous- 

 on the back. Coronal-lobes arising about \ lin. above the base of the 

 staminal-column and one-third longer than it, erect, 2-2 J lin. long, com- 

 plicate, shortly clawed and subcordate at the base, truncate or sb'ghtly 

 oblique at the top in side view, with the apical angles of the inflexed 

 sides produced over the staminal-column into horizontal linear or linear- 

 subulate teeth 1 lin. long, and with or without a horn or tooth between 

 them on the face of the lobe, sometimes included, sometimes exserted. 

 Anther-appendages elliptic, obtuse, inflexed over the apex of the style. 

 — Stathmostelma incmmatum^ K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 130; 

 aod in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 240 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. G8C ; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 193. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola; Huillaj at MompuUa Lake, Welwitsch, 4176! 

 Swamps along the Kuango River near Kitamba, Pogge, 381 ! 382, 608. 



In some of Wehvitsch's specimens of this plant, the horn within the cucullate 

 part of the coronal-lobes is well develoi^ed, in others cntinly absent, proving that this 

 character is of no generic importance. 



35. A. macrantha, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 101. Stem 9-18 in. 

 high, simple, with two puberulous lines, or puberulous all round. Leaves : 

 petiole 1-3 lin. long-; blade 3-10 in. long, l-|-5 lin. broad, linear-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, more or less puberulous on both sides, narrowly revolute 

 along the margins. Umbels lateral and terminal, corymbose at the top 

 of the stem, 3-6- flowered ; peduncles 3-i-ll in. long, puberulous or sub- 

 glabrous ; bracts 2-3 lin. long, subulate ; pedicels |-2| in. long, puberu- 

 lous, at least down one side. Sepals 2|-3 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, 

 puberulous. Corolla j-l|^ in. in diam., rotate or somewhat reflexed, 

 scarlet-red or yellow ; lobes 4-6 lin. long, 2-3 lin. broad, oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, acute, minutely puberulous on the back. Coronal-lobes arising 

 1-1 J Tin. above the base of the staminal-column and overtopping it by 

 from \-l: of their length, yellow, 3-4 lin. long, erect, shortly stalked 

 and gibbous on each side at the base, complicate above, obtuse or sub- 



