352 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (brown). [Asclepias^ 



the style ; anther-wings about J lin. broad and obtusely rounded in 

 the lower half. 



BXozamb. Blst. Rhodesia : between Enkeldoorn and Rocky Spruit, Hon^ 

 Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 134 ! Buluwayo, Rand, 183, 189 (ex S. Moore). 



Also in the Transvaal and Natal. 



The coronal-lobes of the Tropical specimens are shorter than is usual in those- 

 from South Africa, being only J longer than the staminal-column, lut I have seen 

 specimens from Natal ifi Mhich they are equally short. 



Imperfectly knoivn species. 



54. A. dependenSy N. E. Br. Stems curved-erect, 8-10 in.. 

 high, slender, rusty-pubescent. Leaves sessile, 1-2 in. long, 1^-2 J lin. 

 broad, linear, acuminate, acute at the base, sparsely pubescent on both 

 sides, scabiid on the recurved margins. Umbels 1-8 (or more?), ter- 

 minal and lateral, 2-4-flowered ; bracts 11-2 lin. long ; flowers pendu- 

 lous on pubescent pedicels lJ-3 hn. long. Sepals \ in. long, subulate, 

 pubescent. Corolla rotate-cam pan ulate ; lobes 8^-3f lin. long, appa- 

 rently pink, sparsely puberulous on the back, ciliolate. Coronal-lobes- 

 arising J lin. above the base of the staminal-column and equalling it in 

 length, 1 lin. long, subulate, with several interposed teeth. — Gompho- 

 carpas iependens, K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 125, and in Engl. 

 & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 23G ; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo., 

 i. 193. 



Soutb Central. Lunda, Mussumba of Muata Jamvo, Togge, 371 ! 



55. A. nutans, N. E. Br. Suffruticose, pubescent. Stem angu- 

 lar, pilose-pubescent. Leaves subsessile, 4-7 in. long, 2-3 lin. broad^ 

 linear, acuminate, pilose-pubescent. Umbels several, lateral at the 

 nodes, pedunculate, nodding, many-flowered ; peduncle^ 1 in. long, 

 pubescent-villous. Bracts linear, acute, pubescent, half as long as the 

 pubescent pedicels. Sepals subequailing the corolla, linear-subulate^ 

 pubescent. Corolla rotate, pubescent outside. Buds globose, about the 

 size of a pea. — Gomphocarpus nutans, Klotzsch in Peters, Beise Mos- 

 samb. Bot. 275 ; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 236,. 

 and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 322. 



ItSozamb. Dist. I'ortuguese Ka>>t Afiicsi : Lower Zambesi; ^qv.k, Peters. 

 I have not seen this plant ; the corona is undescinbed. 



56. A. crinita, N. E. Br. Stem erect, very much branched, 

 glabrous below, puberulous above, at length becoming hollow. Leaves^ 

 opposite or 3-4 in a whorl, long, scarcely petiolate, the lower lanceo- 

 late, the upper linear, all acuminate, with revolute margins, glabrous, 

 the uppermost alone being puberulous. Umbels lateral at the nodes, 

 pedunculate, shorter than the leaves, 4-6-flowered ; peduncles rather 

 stout ; pedicels erect, becoming bent downwards when in fruit. Sepals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, puberulous. Corolla scarcely longer than the 

 calyx, rotate, spreading, white ; lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse. Coronal- 

 lobes erect, crenate at the apex, at least in the dried state. Follicle 



