348 Lxxxv., AscLEPiADE.E (brown). [Asclepias. 



dissoli'tam, K. 8chum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 119 ; and in Engl. 

 <fe Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 232; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 

 i. 192. Schizoglossinn v/o/«ce'<m, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 122; 

 and in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 233. 



Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: near Dolo in the vicinity of Stanley Pool, 

 Schlechter, 12808 (ex Schlechter). Angola : San Salvador ; in the Steppe near 

 Tunis, Billtner, 504 ! 



Soutb Central. Lunda : Mukenge, Pogge, 1227 ! 



X. dissolutum is described iis having 2-tiowered peduncles, but the s])eciinen I 

 liave seen has three pedicels and the scar of a fourth. 



47. Ai rubella, X. E. Br. Stems simple, 12-16 in. high, slender, 

 hispid-scabrous. Leaves sessile, 1-2 J in. long, 3-3 J lin. broad, lanceo- 

 late or linear-lanceolate, acute, sparsely pubescent, revolute margins 

 scabrid. Umbels terminal, several-flowered; peduncles 7-9 lin. long; 

 bracts -1-5 J lin. long, linear, hispidulous ; pedicels hispidulous. Sepals 

 4 lin. long, subulate, pubescent and ciliate. Corolla rotate, pink ; 

 lobes 4J lin. long, oblong, obtuse, densely hairy on the back, 

 ciliolate. Coronal-lobes 2\ lin. long, arising 1|- lin. above the base of 

 the staminal-column and reaching to its top, complicate-cucullate, oblong 

 with a produced apex, papillose within. Staminal-column 4 lin. long.^ 

 Gomphocavpus roseus, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 127, and in 

 Engl. k. Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 237 ; Durand & Schinz, Etudes 

 Fl. Congo, i. 193. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Bangala ; by the River Kuango, near Kitamba, 

 Togge, 614. 



Only known to nio from the description, but would appear to be allied to A. 

 schwnanniana, Jliern. 



48. A. modesta, X. E. Br. Rootstock tuberous. Stem solitary, 

 simple or sparingly branched towards the base, pubescent. Leaves 

 often very spreading, in larger plants H-3 in. long, l|-4 lin. broad, 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, in smaller plants |-1 J in. long, 2-G lin. broad, 

 oblong or elliptic-oblong, acute or subacute, narrowed or acute at the 

 base and sometimes tapering into a short petiole, glabrous, with the 

 exception of a few hairs along the revolute margins and the midrib 

 beneath. Umbels 2-4 to a stem, lateral and terminal, pedunculate, 

 3-6-flowered ; peduncles h-2 in. long, pubescent ; bracts 1-1^ lin. long, 

 subulate. Sepals 2 lin. long, | lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, pubescent, 

 ciliate. Corolla r)-lobed nearly to the base, quite glabrous, or pubescent 

 outside, white or whitish, more or less tinted with rose or rosy-purple 

 outside; lobes 3-4 lin. long, 1^-2 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, minutely 

 ciliate. Coronal-lobes arising at the base of the staminal-column, and 

 about equalling it, 1 ;j-2 lin. long, erect or slightly spreading, cucullate 

 to about the middle with the apical part produced, obtuse ur subacute, 

 com plicate-channelled ; margins of the cucullate part adnate to the 

 staminal-column below, shortly free above and produced into small 

 oblong obtuse erect teeth ; inside of the hood with a trans- 



