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cursis in dentibus 2 lanceolato-oblongis juxta basin phylli termi- 
nante, antherarum appendicibus ita ormibus stigma vertice 
b o-purpurei. Calycis lobi 8 mm. long., basi 3 mm. lat. 
Gorollze lobi 1 em. long., summum 4 mm. lat: ree phylla 
8 mm. long., ima basi vix 2 mm. lat., superne 3 mm 
stegium circa 2 mm. alt. Antherarum appendices 1-2 x1 ee 
Pollnin pyriformia, 1 mm., glandula -3 mm., caudicule -25 mm. 
~The pig = with S. scyphostigma K. Schum. and S. dis 
tinctum N. BH. Br., the former of which has smaller calyx- obos, 
white corollas pieeeces outside, and coronal leaves with a tri- 
angular auricle on Sees side of the base and a pace H see portion. 
Among other points S. distinctwm has shorte onal leaves 
auricled at base ae eitcnied in the middle witha. a pair of teeth 
_ at the constriction. 
Asclepias Bagshawei, sp. nov. Herbacea caule ex tubere 
majusculo lignoso oriundo a basi ramoso, ramis foliosis subtereti- 
bus eximie striatis —— rents compressis puberulisque) 
in sicco viridibus, foliis anguste lineari-oblongis sursum extenuatis 
utrinque a ‘petiolis b aie aa latis fu Itis pag. inf. leviter 
scabriusculis ceteroquin glabris in sicco viridibus, floribus medio 
son in umbellis 2-5-floris longe (seepe longissime) Dodmnnetlhatia 
axillis paucis summis ortis et corymbum laxum referentibus 
digentil bracteis minutissimis, pedicellis flores longe excedentibus 
microscopice puberulis, calycis paar oblongo-lanceolatis 
ti i labree lobi 
acutis puberulis, corolle alte divise gl lobis anguste ovato- 
oblongis. obtusis tandem exis, coronz phyllis stegi 
entibus ad 2 m eodem oriundis 
s 
deorsum oblongis lateribus inferne sese convenientibus parte ter- 
minali truncato quam lobi laterales triangulari-deltoidei fere hori- 
zonales —— breviore dente minuto obtuso onusta, stigmate 
5-suleato depress 
Hab. Nile Province, Bari ; Shani 1640. 
Planta circa 3 metralis. Tu x9em. Folia solemniter 
6-13 cm. long., 4-9 mm. lat. a cracsiuscla petioli + 3 mm. 
long. Pedunculi inferiores sum 0 em. lon ng., se 
breviores (se. 20 cm.), superiores 3 em. vel ultra. Pedicelli 
m. long. Calycis segmenta 4 mm. long ollz griseo- 
Stasmentic lobi 1 em. long. Coron phyl crocea, 
ng., deorsum «gre 3 mm. lat.; lobi laterales 2 mm. long.; pars 
terminalis 1 mm. long., hujus dens wgre a 
2mm. Pollinia bongs, vx 3mm. log, 1 mm. lon, ong. ; ¢ 
m. | 
15mm. Stigma 
