PaAihycarpusS\ lxxxv. asclepiade^e (brown). 377 



{A. schinziana, Sclilechter) ; P. Galpinii, N. E. Br. {A. Galpinii, Sc-lilechter) ; 

 p. scaher, N. E. Br. (Gomp/iocarpus scaler, Harv.); P. McKenii, N. E. Br. 

 {G. McKenii,l\»vv.)', and P. validus,^. E. Br, (J. valida, Sclileclitt-r) ; all of 

 which I have examined. The liabit niul pencral ai)])caraiice of h11 the sia'cits I have 

 seen is very uniform, and in most cases is quite suflRcient to distinguish this 

 gtnus from its allies. 



Leaves linear-lanceolate, ^-^ in. broad . . .1. P. rhinophyJIvs. 



Leaves oblong, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 



^-Ij in. broad . . . . . . . 2, P. concolor. 



1. P. rhinophyllus, N. E. Br. Stem more or less flexuose, 

 pubescent-scabrid. Leaves spreading-incurved, subsessile or with 

 petioles J-1 lin. long; blade 4-6 lin. long, 4-0 lin. broad, linear- 

 lanceolate, gradually tapering to an acute point, acute at the ba.<^e, 

 scabrid on both sides. Umbels terminal and probably also lateral ; 

 pedicels 7 lin. long, with a spreading pubescence; bmcts subulate, 

 pubescent. Sepals 7 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent, 

 scaberulous near the apex. Corolla rotate-campanulate ; lobes G-7^ lin. 

 long, 4-5 lin. broad, elliptic-ovate, shortly and rather abruptly pointed, 

 pubescent on the back. Coronal-lobes arising from the base of the 

 staminal-column and incurved over it, \ in. long, horizontally spreading 

 at the dilated rhomboidal base, then abruptly contracted into a long 

 linear obtuse incurving apical part ; upon the middle of the dilated base 

 stand two erect, broadly deltoid, obtuse teeth H Hn. long and nearly 

 as broad, placed close together and nearl}? or quite reaching to the top 

 of the staminal-column. Anther-appendages elliptic-ovate, inflexed 

 over the apex of the style. — Gomphocarpus scaher^ K. Schum. in Engl. 

 Jahrb, xvii. 124, not of Harvey. G. rhinophyllus, K. Schum. in Kngl. 

 Pfl. Ost.-Afr. C. 322. G. trachyp)hyll\is, K. Schum. in Engl, it Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 237. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Ei st bank of Lake Victoria, 

 Fischer, 399 ! 



Through the kindness of Prof. Engler, I have seen a tlowcr and leaf from the 

 type, but do not find any black hairs on the outside of the corolla as mentioned in 

 the original description. Gowphocarpus scaler, Harvey, has the same tyj^e of 

 <?oronal-structure, but is otherwise a totally different species. 



2. P. concolor, E. Meyer, Comm. 210. Stems 10-lG in. high, 

 simple, 11-3 lin. thick, somewhat scabrid-pubescent. Leaves numerous, 

 |-1^ in. apart, spreading; petiole 2-4 lin. long; blade \\-^ in. long, 

 \-\\ in. broad, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute or obtuse and apiculate, 

 rounded or rarely cuneate at the base, usually undulate, rigid in the 

 dried state, with scattered hairs on both sides or nearly glabrous on one 

 or both surfaces, scabrous on the margins. Umbels lateral at the no*les, 

 sessile or shortly pedunculate, 2- (very rarely 3-) flowered, or some of 

 the flowers solitary ; peduncles 0-3 lin. long ; pedicels 4-7 lin. long, 

 somewhat roughly pubescent. Sepals 5-9 lin. long, 2-3 hn. broad, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading, rather coarsely pul>escent. 

 Corolla \-\\ in. in diam., glabrous or very slightly jnibescent outside, 



