J54G Lxxxv. asc'Ij:im.\de/!<: (ijrown). [Ascle]>las. 



The var. fjrfriru.spis, S. ^Moore, only d fFcrs from tlio type ir. luiviiif^j a rather 

 shorter pout to tlie (•oro>ial-h)t)e?, hut tliis is a coinnioii variati ii aiuonii^ Asclei)'atl.s, 

 and a]ii)art'ntly not constant. 



44. A. schuxnanniana, llieim In Cat. Afr. Vl. Wdv:. i. (J<S(;. 

 Tuber ellipsoidul. Stem 9~ 14 in. hi'oli. simple or branched, pubescent 

 with short curved hairs. Leaves numerous, glaucous-green ( WelwUsch). 

 ascending or spreading; petiole l-H lin. long; blade J-2 in. long, 

 2-r> lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, cuneate or acute at the base or in the 

 lower leaves more or less rounded, narrowly revoluteand sciibrid along 

 the margins, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs on both side>. 

 Umbels solitary and terminal or 2-4 racemose along the upper part of 

 the stem, pedunculate, 3-')-fiowered ; peduncles r^-H in. long, usually 

 subequal when more than 2 to a stem, thinly pubescent; bracts 2-4i 

 lin. long, subulate, sparsely ciliate ; pedicels 4-(*) lin. long, sparsely 

 pubescent. Sepals 3J lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate, sparsely pubes- 

 cent. Corolla subrotate or iotate-camp)anulate, f^-O lin. in diam . 

 densely veined with violet-purple on a pale ground, " intense violet- 

 rosy " (Welw'itsch), sometimes drying dark brown ; lobes 4-4^ lin. long, 

 2j-e" lin. broad, oblong-ovate, subacute, ciliolate and with a few shoi t 

 hairs on the back. Coronal-lobes arising from the base of the staminal- 

 column and equalling or slightly e.xceedirg it. erect, 2^-o lin. long, 

 cucullate in the basal part only, the margins of which are adnate to 

 the staminal-column and confluent with the margins of the adjacent 

 lobes, forming sinuate-crenulate lobules reaching to the base of tht^ 

 aiirther-wings ; within the cucullate part at the very base and up the 

 adnate sides is a transverse line of short erect flat scale-like hairs, but 

 no median tooth ; apical part produced, lanceolate, concave, subacute 

 or bidentate, yellowish, with a dark brown or pui-ple-brown. stripe down 

 the middle. — Gomphocarpus amocmis, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 

 124 ; in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 11?^^'} ; and in Bull. Soc. Bot. 

 Belg. xxxvii. 122. 



iMO'weT Guinea. Angoli : Pungo Andong'o; in thickets on the higher parts of 

 the Praesidium, on Pedra de CazeDa, WelwUsch, 4169 ! near Malange, MechoH\ 

 40O! 



Soutli Central. Congo Free 8 fate : Upper Marangu' (Marimgii), I>e Beersf 

 (ex Schumann). 



This may possibly be the same as A. jmlchella, X. K. Br. 



45. A. pulchella, N. E. Br. Stem 10-12 in. high, simple, pubes- 

 cent with very short and long scattered spreading hairs intermingled ; 

 internodes ^-1 in. long. Leaves opposite or occasionally 3 at a node, 

 ascending-spreading, sessile or subsessile, 1^-1 f in. long, 2^-dh lin. 

 broad, linear-lanceolate, acute, very thinly sprinkled Avith rather long 

 jointed hairs on both surfaces, appearing glabrous to the eye. Umbels 

 about 4 to a stem, axillary or sublateral, pedunculate, subcorymbosely 

 arranged, a-G-flowered ; lower peduncles 2^-3 in. long, uppermost ont^ 

 1^ in. long, minutely pubescent and with a sprinkling of. long jointed 

 spreading hairs ; bracts 2 lin. long, filiform-subulate, thinly pubescent ; 



