ADDENDA. (.17 



densely covered with long spreading intermingled hair-like pul>e>cvnt 

 processes, greenish-yellow. 



Iflle Iiand. Britisli East Africa : Kiu, Knessner, GGtl 



Allied to A. piihiseta,'^. E. Br., but differinj^ in its broader loaves, coronal- 

 lobes, and the much more slender tortuous (not straight) i)roces3i.'S on the fruit. 



19. Asclepias rostrata, X. E. Br. Add : A. fruiicusa, Sclil.'(lit..'r 

 in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. o42, not of Linn. 



23«. Asclepias Buchwaldii, X. E.Br. Stem about 1(1 in. high, 

 slender, | iin. thick at the base, minutely pub^ulous above, scaberu- 

 lous at the base. Leaves subsessile, 2-2 J in. long, 4^-7 lin. broad, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, rounded at the base, glabrous on both side.s, 

 scabrous along the revolute margin. Raceme decussate, ttTuiinal, lax. 

 Pedicels 4^-9 lin. long, minutely puberulous. Sepals 2 lin. long, 

 oblong-triangular, miiiutely puberulous. Corolla ^ lin. long, very 

 deeply divided. Coronal-lobes ?> lin. long, arising about 1 lin. above 

 the fcase of the 2 lin. long staminal -column, lanceolate, obtuse, concave 

 on the inner face. — Gomphocarpus Bicchivaklii, Schlechter &, K. Schum. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. o24. 



IMCozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; near Mombo, BuchwahL 

 37.=). 



43a. Asclepias Baumii, Schlechter in Baum, Kunene-Samb. 

 Exped. 341. Stem about 10 in. high, simple, slender, puberulous along 

 2 lines. Leaves 2-3 J in. long, erect or erectly-spreading, very narrowly 

 linear, acute, narrowed at the base into a very short petiole, glabrous. 

 Umbels few-flowered. Peduncles long, slender, erect, slightly 

 puberulous. Pedicels 4^-7 lin. long, slightly puberulous. Sepjvls2lin. 

 long, lanceolate, acute, p*uberulous. Corolla slightly reflexed, aJ, Jin. in 

 diam., rosy; lobes 2| lin. long, nearly 1^ lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, 

 sparsely puberulous on the back towards the apex, glabrous on the 

 inner face. Coronal-lobes conspicuously longer than the staminal - 

 column, 2^ lin. long, erectly-spreading, in dorsal view ligulate, thickened, 

 obtuse, marked with a dark longitudinal stripe, the lower part on each 

 side with an oblique triangular incurved tooth. Anther-appendages 

 rounded, very obtuse, incurved on the style-apex. 



I.ower Guinea. Angola : Araboella ; by the River Longa. Baum, tJ'JOa. 



4fia. Asclepias stolzianus, X. E. Br. Stem up to 10 in. higlu 

 simple, slender, puberulous along 1 line. Leaves sessde, 2 in. long, 1 ,. 

 lin. broad, linear, acuminate, cuneate at the base, with recurved 

 margins, glabrous. Umbels terminal, solitary, or 2 to a stem, peduncu- 

 late,' about 8-flowered. Peduncle Ij in. long. Pedicels j in. long, 

 minutely tomentose. Sepals \\-\}, lin. long, subulate. Corolla 4^ Im. 

 long, greenish-white, puberulous outside; lobes oblong-lanceoi.-jte. 

 Coronal-lobes arising above the base of the staminal-column. 1^ lin_ 

 long, truncate, with a rather large linear tooth in front (at the apex of 

 the inflexed sides?), and a small triangular apical tooth, no tootl. 



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