ALABASTRA DIVERSA 255 
0°07-0'1 cm. Pedicelli modo circa 0:1 em. long., pubescentes. 
he are 0- 5 em. diam. ee lobi 0-2 cm., corolla lobi fere 
culi 8:0 cm. long., deorsum circa 1:8 em. lat., sursum usque ad 
0°25 cm. pee Semina anguste oblongo- ovoidea, rugosa, Vix 
long. 
 diasguiched by its strict habit, pubescence, erect leaves, sessile 
cymes with small flowers, pubeseent, carols and broad cuspidulate 
corona-scales minutely 2- toothed with 
Asclepias ee sp. nov. Selena humilis caule gracili 
mox ramoso, ramis foliosis Sate pubescentibus, foliis sessilibus 
anguste linearibus acutis quam internodia multoties longioribus 
piloso-pubescentibus, cymis ainbelliais pauci(3-4-) floris a foliis 
bene superatis ex axillis summis oriundis una cum bracteis setaceis 
quam cee! brevioribus _pedicellisque ipsis piloso-pubescentibus, 
calycis lob utis corolle lobis patentibus 
Ovato- reine obtusis membranaceis viridibus extus pubescentibus, 
linguiformi gynostegium bene superante, antherarum marginibus 
in alam cartilagineam subquadratam expansis, appendice hyalina 
ursum inflexa, Sep oblique pyriformibus compressis quam 
caudicule reg € ipsa parum dilatate fomgiccibas; glandula 
n 
m 
Pl em. lat., firma, omnia in sicco acoondentio. Cyme 
5 peduneuli 1:0-2:0 em., pedicelli cirea 1:0 cm. necnon 
ean 05cm. long. Calycis lobi fere 0-5 em., corollx lobi 0:5 em., 
Coron squame in toto 0-7 em. harum pars concava em. et 
lobi laterales 0-15 em. long., lobus intermedius 0°4 cm. ibis mar- 
Sinibus sepe involutis. Antherarum ale 0°1 cm. lat., vix 0°2 cm. 
i lo 
a 
flowers smaller, the terminal lobe of the eorona-scales is onger 
relatively to oo ~ concave part, and stands out cay se from 
& gynoste 
A. fruticosa Linn Sa ei river, eighty miles north of Bula- 
wayo, early January. No. 
ny glaueophylla Bchlechiter. " Salisbury, December. No. 1 
A. aurea (Gomphoc carpus aureus Schlechter). Gwelo district, 
early Jan spam No. 188. 
i re ag var.noy. A typo discrepat ob corone phyllarum 
lobum nalem quam is typi breviorem (sc. 0°2 cm. long.) et 
paullo coe Salisbury, September. No. 638. 
