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centrali hispide pilosa exempta margineque cartilaginea rigide 

 ciliata glabris, umbella (spec, unici nobis obvii) pseudoterminali 

 satis longe pedunculata circa 8-flora pedunculo ut pedicelli quam 

 se ipse breviores pubescente, bracteis pro rata magnis lineari- 

 lanceolatis margine ciliatis, calycis segmentis anguste ovato- 

 oblongis obtusissimis extus microscopice pubescentibus margine 

 ciliolatis, corollae alte partitae lobis calycem plane excedentibus 

 ovato-oblongis obtusis glabris reflexis, coronae ad 1-5 mm. supra 

 basin columnae staminese adnatae phyllis col. stam. facile super- 

 antibus a latere visis obovatis complicatis lateribus dimidio infe- 

 riori concretis margine superiori horizontali utrinque lobulis 2 

 introrsum spectantibus onustis intus edentatis, antherarum alis 

 sat prominulis appendicibus supra stigma concavum inflexis. 



Hab. Angola, Munonque, only one specimen seen ; Goss- 

 iveiler, 3534. 



Ehizoma 5x2 cm. ; collum modo 1 cm. long. Caulis paullo 

 ultraspithameus ; internodia juxta apicem caulis adusque 2-5 cm. 

 long., alibi multo breviora. Folia plerumque 4-5-5 cm. long., 

 2-3 cm. lat. ; costas laterales plures, in sicco saepe difficile aspecta- 

 biles. Pedunculus 5 cm. long. Bracteae summum 15 mm. long., 

 pedicelli 25 mm. Flores verisimiliter virescentes. Calycis seg- 

 menta 8 mm. long. Corollae tubus 3 mm. long. ; lobi 17 x 10 mm. 

 Coronas phylla 9 mm. long., a latere visa 7 mm. lat., harum lobuli 

 late deltoidei, acuti, circa 2 x 2-5 mm. Columna staminea 6 mm. 

 long. ; antherarum alae 3-5 mm., appendices 1*5 mm. long. Pol- 

 linia ampullaeformia, 1-75 mm. long. ; caudiculae 1 mm., glandula 

 •5 mm. long. 



Near A. glaucojjhylla Schlechter, but too different to render 

 details necessary. 



A. SwYNNERTONii S. Moore. 



Angola, in meadows near the Eiver Chipumba, and in short 

 thicket-grown pasturage near Kaconda ; Gossiceiler, 3533, 4311. 



Hitherto known only from Ehodesia. The follicles are fusi- 

 form, shortly beaked at the top and sparsely hairy, 8-10 cm. long, 

 and at most 15 mm. in breadth. 



Asclepias praticola, sp. nov. Ehizomate crasso caules 

 paucos erectos bispithameos crebro foliosos glabros emittente, 

 foliis subsessilibus anguste obovato-oblongis (summis oblongis) 

 obtusissimis (summis obtusis) basi leviter cordatis amplexicauli- 

 busque membranaceis glabris margine tenuiter cartilagineis sub 

 apice ciliolatis, umbellis ex axillis summis oriundis pedunculatis 

 circa 5-floris, pedunculis quam folia brevioribus ut pedicelli floribus 

 longiores cito glabris, bracteis linearibus obtusis pilosis, calycis 

 segmentis oblongis obtusis extus microscopice puberulis, corolUe 

 tubo brevi lobis ovatis retusis glabris, coronae phyllis columnam 

 stamineam facile excedentibus ad 2 mm. supra basin ex columna 

 staminea oriundis a latere visis ovatis complicatis margine supe- 

 riore ascendente utrinque 2-lobulato (lobulis deltoideis acutis 

 introrsum spectantibus) apice cuspidulatis lateribus triente supe- 

 riori inter se liberis intus edentatis, antherarum alis prominenti- 

 bus concavis appendicibus suborbicularibus sursum inflexis. 



