Asclepias.] lxxxv. asclepiade.-e (brown). ;i49 



verse papillate-pubescent line towards the base, but no median tooth. 

 Staminal-column Ij lin. long; anther-appendages ovate, acute, infiexed 

 over the rim of the flat or slightly concave apex of the style. 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : on the hij^lier phttpau north of Lake 

 'Synss-^, Thomson ! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; North Xyasaland and Upper 

 Loangwa River, ISichohon! near Blantyre, Lasf ! Manganja Hills, Waller! 

 Namasi, Cameron, 6 ! 



X^v.foliosa, N. E. Br. Corolla-lobes 2^,-3 lin. long, indistinctly veined with 

 rosy-pnrple within. Coronal-lobes shorter than the staminal-cohunn 1-1^ lin. long. 

 — A.foliosa, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 68C, excl. syn. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Hnilla; near LopoUo, in pastnres sparsely covered 

 with bushes, Wehvitsch, 4174! 



This plant seems somewhat variable in stature and in Ihe ^i/(' ami form of the 

 leaves, but 1 find no essential difference in the structure of the flowers of the various 

 specimens seen. It appears to be closely allied to A.foliosa, X. E. Hr., but diflFers 

 in the basal part of the coronal-lobes being somewhat abruptly cucullate and in the 

 constiint presence of a short erect oblong obtuse tooth on each side of the cucullate 

 part arising from the top margins close to the staminal-column. 



The Angolan plant only appears to differ from the tyi)e in its ratlier smaller 

 fiowers and shorter coronal-lobes. 



49. A, foliosa, JV. E. Br. Stem solitary, simple or branched 

 below, 10-14 in. high. Leaves subsessile or sessile, 2-:^i in. long, 

 1^-3 lin. broad, linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed or acute 

 at the base, recurved along the margins, glabrous, with the exception of 

 a few rather long hairs on the margins and midrib beneath. Umbels 

 few, lateral and terminal, pedunculate, about 4-flowered ; pedicels 3-4 

 lin. long, pubescent. Sepals about 1^, lin. long, jf lin. broad, lanceolate, 

 acute, pubescent. Corolla 5-lobed nearly to the base, glabrous on both 

 sides, white (?) ; lobes 3J lin. long, 2 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, very 

 minutely cilia te. Coronal -lobes aiising at the base of the staminal- 

 column and nearly equalling it in length, \h lin. long, cucullnte, erect, 

 obliquely oblong, obtuse, their inflexed margins very obliquely rounded, 

 each with a small acute tooth at the base inflexed within the hood, 

 which has a transverse papillate-pubescent line within, a little below the 

 middle. Between and connecting the coronal-lobes are "> small pourh- 

 like flaps under the projecting horny anther wings. Staminal-column 

 If lin. long; anther-appendages ovate, acute, inflexed over the rim of 

 the slightly concave apex of the style. — Gomphocdrpnsfoliosus, K. Schuu). 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 126, and in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 

 237 ; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 103. 



South Central. Congo Free State: Bashllanj::c ; near Mnkcuge, Pogije, 113o! 

 ]]91 and VllZ (ex Schumann). 



According to Schumann a plant collected between Kingciige and the Kas.ii 

 River, Po(jge, 975, probably belongs here also. 



50. A. palustris, Schlechter in Journ. Bot. ISD."., 330. Roots 

 tuberous. Stem 18 in. or more high, rather slender. siiUple or 

 branched, pubescent. Leaves slightly sprending, Ij 2A in. long, 2^-5 

 lin. broad, subsessile or on very short petioles, liiu-ar-lanceolate to 



