Diivalia.] Lxxxv. asclepiade.« (brown). 501^ 



puberulous ; lobes G-7 lin. long, 4 lin. broad,- elongate-deltoid, very 

 acuminate, replicate, glabrous, ciliate with vibratile clavate purple hairs 

 at the base. Outer corona a subpentagonal flat rim, resting on the 

 elevated disk of the corolla, glabrous ; inner coronal-lobes ovate, acute 

 (probably thick and fleshy in the living state), with a dorsal obtuse pro- 

 jection. 



Iiower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Dumaraland, Een / 

 Mozamb. Slst. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ! 30 niik's X.W. of 

 Kobis, Baines ! 



2. D. transvaalensis, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrh. xx. Beibl. r>], 

 54. Stems attaining 2h in. in height, about 5 lin. thick, erect, l!-angular, 

 glabrous; angles with spreading fleshy spines. Cymes few-flowered, 

 arising near the base of the young shoots ; pedicels | in. long, glabrous. 

 Sepals d lin. long, linear-lanceolate, very acute, glabrous. Corolla- 

 lobes h in. long, erect, ovate-triangular, acuminate, glabrous on both 

 sides. Outer corona disk-like ; inner coronal-lobes rhomboidal. 



IVKozamb. X>lst. Transvaal : sandy places near Klipdam, 4600 ft,, Scfilechter, 

 4i98. 



'I'his locality is about ten miles south of tlie Tropic, but the plant will prolably 

 be found in the tropical part also, and is therefore iucluiled. 1 have not seen a speci- 

 men. 



Order LXXXVI. LOQANIACE^. (By J. G. Baker.) 



Flowers usually regular and hermaphrodite. Calyx inferior ; tube 

 short; lobes usually 4-5. Corolla gamopetalous ; tube various in 

 shape; lobes usually 4 or 5, numerous in Anthocleista, imbricate or 

 valvate. Stamens usually as many as the corolla-lobes, reduced to 1 in 

 Usteria ; filaments short ; anther-cells parallel except in Xnxia. Ovary 

 superior, usually 2-celled ; style simple or once or twice forked ; ovules 

 one or many in a cell. Fruit capsular or indehiscent. Seeds various 

 in form, albuminous ; embryo usually straight ; cotyledons broad or 

 narrow ; radicle usually inferior. — Herbs, trees, or shrubs. Leaves 

 opposite, entire ; stipules present or reduced to a transverse line upon 

 the branchlet. Inflorescence usually a 2-:}-chotomous cyme. Flowers 

 various in size and colour. 



Species 400, mostly tropical, several south temperate. 



Style twice forked 1. MosTi ka. 



Style simple. Ovules many in a cell. 

 Fruit capsular. 

 Stamens 4-5. 



Anthrr-cells parallel. 



Inflorescence racemosfe . . . .2. (JoMrH():>TiGMA. 



Intlurescence cymose . • .4. Buddleia. 



Anther-cells divaricate . . • . 3. NixiA. 



Stamen 1 5. Ustkkia. 



Fruit indehiscent. 



CoroUa-lobes 4-5 6. SxRVtHNos. 



Corolla-lobes 10-15 7. ANTnocLEii>TA. 



Style forked. Ovules solitary . . • -8. Ci.v.BiNEKA. 



