TROPICAL AFRICAN ASCLEPIADACEX 219 
4mm. long. Antherarum appendices 1:2 x 1:3mm.  Pollinia 
oblongo-pyriformia, ‘6 mm. long.; caudicule -5 mm. long., glan- 
' tigma 1:2 mm. diam. 
. Randit 8. Moore and A. eminens Schlechter, but abun- 
dantly distinct from both. The appearance is a good deal that of 
some species of Pachycarpus, e.g. P. Gerrardi N. E. Br. 
Asclepias refleca Britten & Rendle var. LoNGICAUDA, var. nov. 
A typo discrepat ob corone phyllarum partem terminalem anguste 
lanceolatam (nec oblongam) sursum attenuatam 6-5 mm. ong. 
ab. Congo Free State, Katenina Hills and the Luenda 
River; Kédssner, 2183, 2417. 
Except for the longer and narrower coronal leaves, I can see 
no difference between this and the type. 
A. pulchella N. EB. Br. in Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. p. 346. 
ab. N.W. Rhodesia, Kankasa Stream ; Kéissner, 2091. 
Excellent specimens of this very rare and beautiful plant, 
which was described many years ago by Decaisne and has no 
been found again until now. 
he underground part of the stem is a fusiform tuber 2°5-3 x 
1-2-1-3 cm., surmounted by a narrowed portion of about the same 
length, and 1-2 mm. in thickness. The tallest specimens are 
30-35 em. high. 
Hab. Angola, Kutchi; Gossweiler, 4124. tee gs 
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‘4mm. long. Glandula linearis, circa ‘1 mm. long.; caudicule ad 
normam generis tenerrime, glandule equilonge ; pollinia anguste 
fusiformia, ‘3 mm. ; 
Differs from S. melananthus N.E. Br. in the relatively broader 
leaves, the shorter pedicels, smaller flowers, shorter and narrower 
corolla-lobes, minute coronal leaves not flattened laterally, and 
small anthers. 
(To be continued.) 
