Mff^rgaretta.'] Lxxxv. asclepiade.*: (browx). ;!7r» 



oblong, narrowly lanceolate-obiong or linear-lanceolate, acute or aca- 

 minate, the base subcordate, subtruncate or rounded, both sides with a 

 scattered pubescence. Umbels 2-3 clustered at the apex of the stem, 

 3-10-flovvered; peduncles 2-14 lin. long, densely pubescent, as are 

 also the 1-2 lin. long subulate bracts, the 1-2 lin. long pedicels, and 

 the 1|— 2^ lin. long lanceolate aciiminate sepals. Corolla o-lobed 

 almost to the base ; lobes erect with revolute tips, 4-;') lin. long, 

 1-lJ lin. broad, linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 

 with a few minute hairs on the back, purple. Coronal-lobes peta- 

 loid, more or less spreading, 41^-7 lin. long, li-2.V lin. broad; daw 

 complicate with the narrow infiexed margins produced into two deltoid 

 teeth h lin. long, without a tooth between them on the face of the lobe ; 

 blade oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, entire or irregularly denticulate 

 at the apex. Anther-appendages erect, oblong-lanceolate, acute, twice as 

 long as and connivent over the furrowed subcapitate apical part of the 

 style.— K. Schum. inEngl.Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 32;i, and in Engl, ct Prantl, 

 Pilanzenfam. iv. ii. 234, fig. 08, G-H. M. rosea, Oliver in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. o42, not elsewhere. 



XMCozamb. Sist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Mlalo, Ilulst, lijjl 

 Kiiinianjaro, 4700-5000 ft., Johnston ! Volkens, 220 ! 



This species is described by Dr. Schumann as remarkable in having " cai»it;iie 

 hairs" on the calyx. Having examined one of the type specimens hov\e\er, 1 Hml 

 no such hairs, but tliat the fructitication of some kind of mildew is present. 



4. M. orbicularis, A^. F. Br. in Keiu Bulletin, 18D5, 250. Stems 

 G in. to 2 ft. high, simple, pubescent. Leaves very spreading or sub- 

 refiexed ; petiole i-1 lin. long ; blade 2-0 in. long, 2-7 lin. broad, linear 

 or Imear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, pubescent on both sides. 

 Umbels 1-3, corymbose at the top of the stem ; peduncles i-3i in. long, 

 subtomentose ; bracts 2-4 lin. long, subtomentose, as well as the 2-4 

 lin. long pedicels, and the 2-2;^ lin. long lanceolate acuminaie sepiils. 

 Corolla-lobes ascending, with revolute tips, 3|-4 lin. long, 1^-1 J li°- 

 broad, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, sparsely puberuious or sub- 

 glabrous on the back. Coronal-lobes arising at the base of the stamiual- 

 column, petaloid, 4^-0 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, and forming a false 

 corolla |-1 in. in diam. ; claw complicate, with the margins produced 

 into two erect linear-falcate teeth 1 lin. long, overtopping the staminal- 

 column, without a tootfi between them ; blade large, tlat, spreading, 

 elliptic or orbicular, subentire or crenulate. Anther-appendages oblong, 

 acute, erect, twice as long as and connivent over the furro>ved sub- 

 capitate apical part of the style. Young follicles fusiform, tapering to 

 a rather long beak, pubescent, solitary (always ?). 



Mozamb. X>l8t. British Central Africa : N}asaland; Maravi Covin try, west 

 of Lake Nyasa, Kir/c ! Elephant Marsh, north Nyasa, iScott ! t>ongiie Hiver and 

 Karonga, Whyte ! 



The flowers are stated to vary from " whitish-iilac to deep i>uri)le." This 

 probably alludes to the coronal-lobes, but the more inconspicuous corolla-lobes aUo 

 appear to be purplish. 



