Asclepias.] lxxxv. Ascr>iMADF.i: (bii(;wn). ?>\3 



orbicular, very obtuse, their tips inflexed over tlje to)* of the style.- - 

 Stathmostelma rhacodes, K. Sclmm. iri Engl. Jalnb. xvii. 1;>1, t (i, 

 fig. J)-F, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. :522, and in En^d. c^- Prantl. PHanzen- 

 fam. iv. ii. 240. S. ^^efZwncitZa^A*//^, Sclilechter in Journ. Bot. 181)."), ;;:>4, 

 not of K. Sclium. 



STile Dtand. Ugmda: Buddu ; liiigauira, Scoft-F.lliot , 7l<):5l Knviroiuli ; 

 l)et\vet'ii Xaiidi and Mumias, -i400-f)UOI) It.. WhiiLe ! bctuetMi Mmiiii- ;iiid L\il.wa», 

 4000 4500 ft., WInjtel deceuding tlu- .Man IMateau towards Nandi. Wkqlf! and 

 witliout i)rec-i!-e Incality, Wilson, I'M liritish Kast Africa: Atln l'l..iiis, .'j(X)0- 

 60O0 ft., Si'otl-Elliut, 6499 ! 



IVIozaixtb. X>i8t. Genuan East Afrii-a : Ukiri ; t»ii tlie fa-t s)ici» of Lake 

 A'ictoria, Fischer, ii'Jo (ex Schiimaini). 



ol). A, propinqua, ^V. E. Br. in Kew Hailetin, IS'.).'), 2."»4. Stem 

 pubescent with minute curved hairs. Leaves sessile, %-^\ in. long, 

 i-1 lin. broad, linear or linear-fiiiform, with revolute nijugins, pubes- 

 cent or subtomentose. Umbels terminal, :)-l-flowered ; |)eduncles 

 1-1^ in. long; bracts more or less minute; pedicels ^-1 in. lon^, 

 minutely pubescent. Sepals 2^-,^ lin. long, lanceolate, acute, pubej^cent. 

 Corolla about 1 in. in diam., rotate, r)dobed almost to the base, glabrous, 

 apparently yellowish-green ; lobes f) lin. long, :> lin. broad, ovate- 

 oblong, subobtuse. Coronal-lobes arising 7> lin. above the bstse of the 

 titaminal -column and nearly twice as long, erect, 3-^1^, lin. h^ig, com- 

 plicate, very obtusely rounded at the apex, with the in Hexed sides abovt' 

 their middle produced into falcate upcurved teeth, with a third oblong 

 obtuse tooth between them on the face of the lobe. Staminal-column 

 ''2-2h lin. long ; anther-appendages ovate. 



IKKozamb* Slst* German East Africa : Kilmuanjaro, .Sw^Y/i .' 

 Only one specimen seen, which is about 7 in. high. In tlie .structure of the 

 corona it is very like A. macrantha, Hochst., hut in the appearance of tlie plan 

 and in tlie niudi narrower pubescent leaves it ceems quite distinct, also tlie tilanun: 

 part of the staminal-column is only about half as long as it is in .4. nuicrantha. 



40. A. angustata, N. E.Br. Plant 4-H in. higl) stems sparingly 

 branched at the base, glabrous with two pube.scent lines i-oaves 4-;') 

 pairs to a stem, ascending, 2-4 in. long, U-o lin. broad, linear or 

 linear-lanceolate, tapering to an acute point, narrowed at the ba.^e int^* 

 a 1-2 lin. long petiole, flat or revolute along the margins, glabrous oi 

 very slightly scaberulous on the midrib. Umbel solitary or rarely 2 to 

 a stem, terminal; peduncle f-1 in. long, 2^-2 in. long in fruit, pulnMu 

 lous on one side; bracts deciduous or none?; pedicels 8-10 lin. long, 

 IJ-lf in. long in fruit, puberulous. Sepals 4 lin. long, 2 lin. broad, 

 ovate, acuminate, glabrous. Corolla a-lobed nearly to the bji.se ; lc)l>e.- 

 J in. long, \ in. broad, ovate-oblong, acute. Coronal-lobt-s arising from 

 the very base of the staminal-column, suberect, 4 lin. long, twice as 

 long as the staminal-column, complicate, oblong, acute, with a broad 

 deltoid acute tooth on the intlexed sides \ below the apex, papillate hut 

 scarcely puberulous within and on the edges below the teeth, no njeilian 

 tooth within and no pouches outside. Follicles 4^-;")^ in. long, al)out 



