LXXX. ASCLEPTADEiE. 



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in its throcat . 



brous 



Filaments connate ; throat-scales 

 much longer than the corolla . 



anthers sagittate, acute, gla- 

 thread-like, 



2. Rapiiionacme. 



3. Leptop^tia. 



Tribe 2. Secamone.e. Antlicrs 4-cellecl, glabrous ; filaments connate. 

 Pollen-masses 20, very minute, erect, affixed in fours to each of the 5 cor- 

 puscles of the stigma. 



Corolla subrotate, without scales in throat ; corona 

 of 5 compressed, falcate folioles adnate to the 

 gvnostege 4. Secamone. 



Tribe 3. Efasclepiade^. Filaments connate ; anthers 2-celled. Pol- 

 len-masses 10, attached in pairs to each of the 5 corpuscles of the stigma, 

 pendulous. 



1. Corona-staminea 0. 



Corolla bell-shaped ; throat and tube withont 



scales 5. Astephantjs. 



Corolla urceolate ; lobes very short, intlexed- 



valvate ; tube hairv within at base ... 6. HjiMAX. 



Corolla urceolate ; lobes short, twisted to the 

 left, imbricate ; tube 5-angled, with 5 pro- 

 minences alternating with as many tufts 

 of reflexed hairs 7. Microloma. 



2. Corona of 5, simple, entire or 2- fid folioles, 



without crests or horns on their inner sur- 

 face (sometimes with a short, projecting 

 lamella). 

 Erect herbs or halfshrubs (not twiners). 

 Stigma prolonged beyond the antlier-tips. 

 Corona of 5 rounded folioles. Stigma 



pyramidal 8. Paeapodium. 



Corona of 5 erect, fleshy, oblong, obtuse, 

 broadly-clawed folioles. Stigma cylin- 

 drical, capitate 9. Coedtlogyne. 



Corona of 5 lanceolate-acuminate, flat, 

 dorsally-keeled folioles. Stigma barrel- 

 shaped 10. Xeebsia. 



Stigma depressed or flat, pentagonal. 



Corona of 5 subulate, erect, keeled fo- 

 lioles, longitudinally furrowed on the 



face 11. Mackenia. 



Corona of 5 cordate or oblong, flat, ob- 

 tuse folioles, narrowed at base . . .12. Peeiglossum. 

 Corona of 5 fleshy, broad-based, ovate, 

 roundish, oblong or strap-shaped fo- 



holes 13. Xysmalgbium. 



Twining shrubs or halfshrubs. 



Corona of 5 oblong, tongue-shaped folioles, 

 with narrow, reflexed margins at the base 



of the gynostege 14. Glossostepitanus. 



Corona of 5 membranous, thin, flat folioles, 



at the summit of the gynostege . . .15. Okcinejia. 



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