232 LXXX. ASCLEPIADKyE. 



G. H^MAX, E. Mey. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla urceolate, with a very short limb, 

 the lobes hood-shaped, inflexed, valvate ; tube angular within, 

 round the gynostege reversely hairy. Corona 0. Anthers 

 membranous-tipped. Pollinia taper-pointed, pendulous. Stig- 

 ma prominent, obtuse, entire. Follicles smooth, often solitary. 

 —DC. Prod, viii.^p. 509. 



Rigid, spinous, divaricately-branched shrubs, with minute, deciduous, 

 cordate leaves, and veiy small, umbelled flowers. — 2 species, Nortliern and 

 Isortli-Eastern. 



7. MICROLOMA, R. Br. 



Calyx 5-parted ; sepals acute, sometimes longer than corolla. 

 Corolla urceolate, 5-fid, the lobes short, twisted to the left ; 

 throat nude ; tube swollen, 5-angled, with 5 scales or promi- 

 nences, 1 under each sinus, alternating with as many tufts of 

 reflexed hairs. Corona 0. Anthers membranous-tipped. 

 Pollinia compressed, pendulous. Stigma apiculate. Follicles 

 smooth.— J)a Frod. viii.;?. 510 ; Thes. Cap. t. 92. 



Voluble or erect, sometimes spiny undershrubs, with opposite, narrow 

 leaves, and interpetiolar umbels of small, waxy, red flowers. 



8. PARAPODIUM, E. Mey. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-parted, somewhat bell-shaped, 

 twisted to the left. Corona 5-leaved ; folioles rounded, alter- 

 nate with the corolla-lobes, on each side decurrent in a very 

 short tube. Anthers membrane-tipped. Pollinia compressed, 

 taper-pointed, pendulous. Stigma pyramidal, 5-furrowed, ob- 

 tuse. — DC. Frod. viii. y. 511. 



An erect herb (imknown to me), with subopposite leaves, and alternate, 

 never axillarj^ peduncled umbels, lateral between each pair of petioles. — 

 Found on the Witberg. 



9. CORDYLOGYNE, E. Mey. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 5-parted, bell-shaped ; segments 

 concave below, Avith recurved tips. Corona 5-parted ; folioles 

 connate at base, erect, fleshy, with broad, linear claw and ob- 

 long limb truncate at base, very obtuse at apex, and having, 

 on the inner face, a small, transverse, projecting lamella. 

 Anthers membrane-tipped. Stigma long, exserted, cylin- 

 drical-capitate. Follicles solitary, smooth, slender. — DC. 

 Frod. viii. p. 518. 



A slender, erect herb, glabrous except tlie peduncles and calyx. Stems 

 virgate ; leaves very narrow, with revolute margins ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, the flowei's crowded, small, yellow-green. — Native of the Eastern 

 frontier and Caffraria. 



