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ear Welwitschit Britten & Rendle, which it much re- 
sembles, oat from which it is easily distinguished, among other 
e $s 
leaves ; the lateral lobes of these are shorter and relatively broader, 
the terminal part is shorter and truncate, and the horn is replaced 
by a very a — 
berulis, 
phyllis ad -5 mm. su pra hee column staminex adnatis ab 
antheris leviter superatis intus pubescentibus nec dente nec cornu 
onustis lobis lateralibus sain fere attingentibus anguste ovato- 
oblongis obtusis erectis parte superiori ata lobis lateralibus 
circa equilon nga late deltoideo-ovata obtusa paullulum incurva 
adjectis lobulis commer 5 parvulis integris, antherarum appen- 
dicibu 
erect 
Rhodesia, Chimanirosat Mountains, Swynnerton, 1915. 
Folia solemniter 3-5 em. long., explanata circa 2 mm. lat. ; 
costa media subtus crassiuscula neenon maxime eminens. Pe- 
long. ; pars superior 1 mm. long., basi 1:25 mm lat.; lobuli inter- 
positi rotundati, -25 mm. lon Anthere circa 1-5 mm. long. ; 
caudicule -25 mm. es pollinia longe pyriformia, 1 mm. long 
Stylus Pes aes zegre 2 mm. diam. 
s little plant known, besides its habit, by the small 
white sone the aarti apres orolla lobes, and the short 
leaves of the corona hairy and toothless inside with erect lobes 
the same length as the oH re ion 
Asclepias coarctata, sp. nov. Planta fere glabra caule oe 
sat valido crassiusculo crebro folioso, foliis anguste lineari-lan 
latis fere a basi gradatim im angustatis apice ae Ge, induratis im ima 
basi in petiolum br. 
culatis (pedu 
plurifloris, bracteis soitipieate sievigétis i linearibus vel anguste 
lineari-lanceolatis breviter acuminatis, pedicellis pedunculis bre- 
vioribus sed flores longe excedentibus, calycis lobis — 
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sursum angustatis apice acutis, corolle lobis calycem vix duplo 
excedentibus ovatis obtusis pag. sup. juxta marginem bea SO- 
8, # ph o supra basin gynostegii — 
gynostegium levissime surperantibus complicatis a 
subquadratis sursum truncatis margine terminali ies in 
