544 Lxxxv. ASCLEriADE.E (brown). [Asclepios. 



r> lin. thick, lanceolate, tapering to a beak at the apex rmd to a l|-lj 

 in. long stipe at the base. Seeds flat, 2 lin. long, 1| lin. broad, ovate, 

 wrinkled on both sides, margins thickened, brown. — Stathmostelnm 

 (mgvstatnrn, K. Sclium. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 132. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia : Sana ; in swampy places on Walclia mountain plain, 

 Schhnper, 1589 ! 



41. A muhindensis, ^V. E. Br. Stems erect or ascending, 7-10 

 in. high, slender, 1 ;^>-2 lin. in diam. at the thickest part, puberuloiis 

 down one side in the upper part^ Leaves sessile, h-^^ in. long, ^7-2 

 lin. broad, narrowly linear, acuminate, narrowed at the base, glabrous 

 on both sides. Umbels from one axil ( ? sublateral), 2-4-flowered ; 

 })eduncles unequal, J-2J in. long, puberulous down one side ; pedicels 

 )j-| in. long, puberulous down one side. Sepals ?> lin. long, h lin. 

 broad, lanceolate-subulate, pubescent, green, tipped with violet. 

 •Corolla r)-lobed to 2J-3J lin. above the base, white outside, speckled 

 with violet within f lobes 3-4 lin. long, oblong, acute, glabrous. 

 Coronal-lobes arising about h ^i"- above the base of the staminal- 

 column, '2\ lin. long, li near-el fiptic in outline, shortly 3-lobed at the 

 apex, margin incurved (i.e. complicate), puberulous at the middle 

 within, and externally with a small pouch on each side at the middle. 

 Staminal-column 2h lin. long; anthers described as follows: " Stami- 

 nibus lateralibus curvatis et valde induratis, connectivo maxinio 

 inflexo et crispato in sinus stigmatis capitis valde dissectis immersis." 

 which I take to mean that the anthers have very horny curved 

 sides (anther- wings) and very large in flexed and crisped appendages, 

 sunk in the sinuses of the much divided apex of the style. — Stath- 

 mostelma hicolor, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 457. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Uhehe ; on the Muliindc Stejtpe, 

 4000 ft., Goefze, 523. 



Said to re-emble A. angiistaia, N. E. Br., but differing in its much narrowta- 

 sepals. Tlie arrangement of the umbels is not stated, but I assume tliey a;e 

 arranged in a snbcorymbose manner. 



42. A. reflexa^ Brilte/i <t Renclle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iv, 

 28, in note. Plant 1-2 ft. high. Stems glabrous, with two usually 

 sparsely pubescent lines. Leaves in 3-6 moderately distant pairs, 

 s:)iAewhat spreading ; petiole J-3 lin. long ; blade 2-G in. long, ^-4 lin, 

 broad, linear or lanceolate-linear, acuminate or acute, acute or rounded 

 into the petiole at the base, with narrowly revolute scaberulous margins, 

 glabrous or occasionally with a sparse minute pubescence on both sides. 

 Umbels usually two, on long peduncles at the apex of the stem, which 

 is usually destitute of leaves in the upper part umbel solitary in weak 

 plants or in strong plants dichotomously divided, producing a third 

 umbel, 4-(>-flowered ; peduncles 3-10| in. long, pubescent down one 

 side ; bracts none or minute ; pedicels |-1 Jin. long, pubescent. Sepals 

 2 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, pubescent, reflexed. Corolla o-lobed 

 nearly to the base ; lobes 3-4 lin. long, IJ-lf lin. broad, ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, reflexed, with revolute margins, glabrous, red or purplish. 



