Caraihtma.] 



LXXXV. ASCLEPIADE^ (bPOWN), 



479 



Corolla with a tuft of long hairs at the tips of 



the lobes, tuberculate within, otherwise 



glabrous 



Corolla about 6 lin. in diam., with a cam- 



panulate tube about Ik lin. long; outer 



corona with 10 subulate teeth 



Corolla 4 (-5 ?) lin. in diam., with soircely 



any tube ; outer corona nearly truncate . 



Corolla minutely velvety -pubescent within, 



entirely destitute of long hairs and not 



tuberculate ...... 



Stems acutely 3-angled ; corolla verrucose and 

 papillose-puberulous within .... 



tfFlowers 2-6 in small fascicles, or solitary, scattered 

 along the upper part of the stem. 

 Stems tapering and much more slender in the upper 

 part. 

 Outer corona with 10 linear-subulate teeth. 

 Teeth of outer corona 2-2^ lin. long 

 Teeth of outer corona |-§ lin. long 

 Outer corona hardly conspicuous (probably re- 

 duced to sraall pouches) .... 



Stems of nearly equ-.il diameter throughout. 



Outer corona annular, truncate ; inner covonal- 

 lobes oblong, scarcely longer than the 

 anthers ....... 



Outer corona of 5 short lobes; inner coronal- 

 lobes linear-terete several times as long 

 as the anthers ...... 



** Corolla-lobes |-1^ in. long, more than twice as long 

 as the basal united part. 

 CoroUa-lobes ciliate with long clavate vibratile hairs, 

 (X.B. — These hairs all fall off from specimens 

 preserved in alcohol and sometimes also from 

 cb'ied specimen?, and are then only to be found 

 in unopened buds.) 



C. JSdithce. 

 C. rohusta. 



C. so malic a. 

 C. acutangula. 



C. longideruf. 

 a vittata. 



10. C. gracilipes. 



11. C. Sprengeri. 



12. C. atronanguinea. 



Corolla-lobes 1\-1^ in. long. 



Out6r coronal-lobes oblong or suhquadrate, 



bifid, with short divergent teeth . 

 Outer coronal-lobes cuneately suhquadrate, 

 subtrunt ate, denticulate, 3-5-keeled 

 Corolla-lobes |-f in. long; outer coronal-lobes 

 oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 2-3- 

 keeled down the inner face' 

 Pedicels 15-18 lin. long; outer corona cupular, 

 truncate .....•• 

 Corolla -lobes |-1 in. long, sparingly ciliate with 

 minute simple hairs; outer corona 15-2C- 

 toothed .....••• 

 Corolla-lobes 1:|-H in. long, not ciliate; outer 

 coronal-lobes 5, revolute . • • • • 



13. 



14. 



15. 



18. 



C. caudata. 

 C. lafpritia. 



C. valid a 

 C. iHaculaia. 



16. C. Lvgardi 



17. C. huillensis. 



1. C. speciosa 



N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. ]S!)2, xii. M7(>. Stem 



unknown. Flowers large, umbellate ; bracts 1-U lin. long, subulate, 



