368 Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADE^ (brown). [Schizoglos8v,m, 



long, channelled above, puberulous ; blade ^J-3J in. long, f-1 J in. 

 broad, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute or apiculate, cordate at the base, 

 puberulous-scabrid on both sides. Umbels lateral at the nodes, pedun- 

 culate, few-flowered ; peduncles 12-14 lin. lon^, flattened, puberulous;. 

 pedicels 7-8J lin. long, rather stout, puberulous. Sepals ^ in. long, 

 ovate, acute, minutely puberulous. Corolla large, very deeply 5-lobed, 

 white, outside clear violet ; lobes incurved, about | in. long, oblong, 

 obtuse, pubescent on the back. Coronal-lobes | in. long, arising lJ-2 

 lin. above the base of the staminal-column, spathulate, acute. Stami- 

 nal-column 4-4-J lin. long ; anthers much hardened, concave, with obtuse 

 appendages. Style-apex depressed. — Xysmalohium dolichoglossum, K. 

 Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 456. 



nCozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Uliehe ; Uchungwe Mountain, 5000 ft., 

 Ooetze, 638. 



2G. S. firmum, N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 252. All parts 

 tomentose, except the corolla. Stems &tout, probably 3-4 ft. high. 

 Leaves spreading; petiole 1-2J lin. long; blade 2J-3 in. (or more ?) 

 long, ^-1 in. broad, elongate ovate-oblong, subobtuse, apiculate, cordate 

 at the base. Umbels numerous, lateral, pedunculate, 10-20-flowered ; 

 peduncles stout, |-1 J in. long ; bracts 3-4 lin. long, linear or subulate ; 

 pedicels 4-G lin. long, moderately stout. Sepals 2J-3 lin. long, lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Corolla 5 lin. in expanse, very pale violaceous ; 

 lobes campanulately spreading, 2 J lin. long, If lin. broad, ovate, sub- 

 obtuse and minutely bifid at the apex, pubescent on the back. Coronal- 

 lobes arising close to the base of the staminal-column and twice as 

 long, 3 lin. long, broadly oblong or elliptic-oblong and concave (or 

 flat ? ) in the erect basal half, then abruptly contracted into a subulate 

 terminal horn, which is incurved over the staminal-column ; at the 

 middle of the inner face of the basal part are two broadly triangular 

 flap-like keels, infolded so that their edges meet and form a sort of 

 pocket. Anther-appendages reniform, obtuse, inflexed over the apex 

 of the style. — Asclepias Jirma, Schlechter ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL 

 Welw. i. 684. 



Kower Guinea. Angola : Huilla • in damp thickets near LopoHo, Welwitsch, 

 4191 ! 



27. S. petherickianum, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 109, t. 

 lis, Jig. B. Stem moderately stout, shortly villous. Leaves spreading 

 or ascending ; petiole 1 J-2 lin. long ; blade 1^-2;^ in. long, 5-9 lin. 

 broad, oblong or elongate ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, broadly 

 rounded at the base, or perhaps sometimes emarginate, scaberulous- 

 pubescent on both sides. Umbels several, lateral at the nodes, sessile, 

 10-15-flowered; pedicels 4-7 lin. long, shortly hairy. Sepals 2J lin. 

 long, lanceolate, acute, shortly hairy. Corolla about J in. in diara. ; 

 lobes campanulately spreading, 2-2J lin. long, 1 lin. broad, oblong, 

 subobtuse, shortly hairy on the back. Coronal-lobes arising at the 

 base of the staminal-column and about J longer, l|-2 lin. long, 1 lin. 



