358 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (browx). [Schizoglossum. 



twice as long as it, 1 lin. long, including the horn, erect, somewhat 

 elliptic- subquadrate, very obtuse and minutely crenulate at the apex, 

 with 2 keels and a subapical horn on the inner face ; horn subulate, 

 sometimes divided into 2 or 3, incurved over the staminal-column at 

 the base, then ascending. Staminal-column | lin. long, not dilated at 

 the base of the anthers; anther-appendages very broadly ovate or 

 suborbicular, obtuse, inflexed over the truncate apex of the style. 



IWCozamb. I>lst> British Central Africa : Nyasaland : Kondowe to Karonga, 

 2000-6000 ft., Wki/te, 353 ! Masuku Plateau, Wht/te ! 



Very similar to S. angustissimum, K. Schum., but appears to be of a more 

 branching habit and has larger flowers, wl>ich are of a darker colour when dried, and 

 essentially differ from those of S. angustissimum in the character of the hairs on 

 the middle of the inner face of the corolla-lobes, these forming a visible pubescence 

 of fine acute hairs in S, Whytei, whilst in S. angustissimum they are scarcely 

 visible to the eye and when highly magnified are almost papilla-like and very 

 obtuse. 



5. S. masaicum, N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1805, 252. Stems 

 1J-2J ft. high, slender, scarcely 1 lin. thick at the base, usually 

 sparingly branched, pubescent. Leaves |-2J in. long, \-^ lin. broad, 

 erect, linear-filiform, acute, with very revolute margins, very thinly and 

 minutely pubescent or nearly or quite glabrous. Umbels several, 

 lateral at the nodes, sessile, several-flowered ; bracts f-1 J lin. long, 

 subulate, pubescent ; pedicels lJ-2 lin. long, slender, pubescent. Sepals 

 J-f lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, pubescent on the 

 back. Corolla rotate, 2-2J lin. in diam. ; lobes l-l\ lin. long, J lin. 

 broad, oblong, subacute, more or less reflexed along the margins, pubes- 

 cent on the back, thinly and minutely downy within, pale brown in the 

 dried state, but probably greenish when fresh. Coronal-lobes arising 

 at the base of the staminal-column, erect, |-| lin. long, subquadrate, 

 flat, subtruncate, broadly rounded, and slightly recurved or dorsally 

 projecting at the apex, with two divergent keels and a short horn 

 (sometimes bifid) on the inner face, the horn arising just below the 

 apex, ascending and incurved over the tips of the anthers. 



JTlle I.and. British East Africa : Taita district ; Maungu, eOOO ft. 

 Johnston ! 



nf ozamb. Bista German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; below Marangu, 

 3200 ft., Volkens, 2155! 



The Kilimanjaro plant was distributed from Berlin as Chlorophyium viridescenSj 

 Engl. The keels on the coronal-lobes are rather more divergent than in the type, 

 but I can find no other structural difference. The flowers have dried green, but this 

 is probably due to the use of the alcohol method. 



6. S. strictissimiiin, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1902, 254. Stem erect, 

 3-3 J ft. high, simple or with one branch, 1 J-lf lin. thick at the base, 

 softly downy. Leaves opposite, numerous, erect, standing close to the 

 stem, sessile or subsessile, linear, with revolute margins, abruptly acute, 

 minutely pubescent, varying from 2|-2| in. long on the lower part to 

 f-1^ in. long on the upper part of the stem, J-lJ lin. broad. Umbels 

 sessile at the nodes, few-flowered ; pedicels about J lin. long, pubes- 



