TROPICAL AFRICAN ASCLEPIADACEX 915 
totidem diam. Pedicelli sepius 2-4 mm. long., bractex 2-3 mm. 
Flores verisimiliter rosei. Calycis lobi 3-5 mm. long. Corolle 
tubus 5:5 mm., lobi 7-5 mm. long. Coron phylla ‘4 mm. long. 
sontieaiie loculi ‘75 mm. long., horum acumen °75 mm. 
pparently nearest C. microphylla Baill., but different in 
habit, leaf, inflorescence, oH In appearance it looks rather like 
There are no notes neni the ticket accompanying the 
specimen. 
ysmalobium patulum, Sp. nov. Sesquispithameum caule 
ascendente plurifolioso teenies @ mox puberulo, foliis pai ee 
vel fere coe (jugis infimis spec. unici nobis solummodo obvi 
etiolis 5 mm. long. insidentibus) anguste ovato-oblongis Shiite 
acutis basi Sbnsinalits <iabioht MF ours margine a a cris- 
pulis papyraceis costa media utrinque puberula exempta glabris 
in sicco Sy gy ger aibelian paucis interpetiolaribus sessilibus 
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es lobis calyeem duplo excedentibus anguste ovato-oblongis 
phyllis ex 
statniteils basi oriundis eamque vix sequantibus leviter complanatis 
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nentibus eed tags pabhabtc hiactines in stigma crassissimum 
breviter impendenti 
Hab. N.W. Rls under trees at the Katinina Hills; 
Kdissner, with 2167. 
cche lia 4-5 em. long., summum 1:2 cm. lat.; costa media subtus 
me prominens, costularum rete apertum nullo negotio aspec- 
tabili petioli dum adsint 1 mm. long., pubescentes. Pedicelli 
+5 mm. long. Flores pansi circa 7 mm. diam., probabiliter 
virides. Calycis lobi egre 2°5 mm., corolla lobi 5 mm. long. 
Coronz phylla 2-25 cm. long. Columna staminea 2:5 mm. long. ; 
antherarum appendices 6 x 1mm. Stigma 1 
a pany that of broad-leaved forms of X. reticulatum 
N. E. Br., but the corolla-lobes are not reflexed, and the regan 
leaves are dissimilar. ‘The position of this species is nex 
X. andongense Hiern. 
Xysmalobium rhodesianum, sp. nov. Ganle fere a 
erecto subdistanter ne secus lineas duas pubescente woe 
leviter undulatis apicem versus nonnunquam obscurissime denti- 
ec papyraceis utrinque fere glabris, floribus pro | sae fet in 
umbellis osim 
digestis, pedicellis quam folia multo arevrores pabaadeeital, 
calycis lobis lineari-lanceolatis acutis vane ciliolatis, corolla 
lobis patulis oblongo-ovatis obtusis calycem paullulum ex cangectit 
bus, corone phyllis columne staminew basi affixis anthera 
culmen leviter superantibus anguste SblorigoObdratis tna baa 
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