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Hab. Angola, Kuelai, in meadows liable to inundation near 

 the Eiver Chipumba ; Gossiveiler, 3532. 



Folia 7-8 cm. long., 2-5-3 cm. lat., juniora vero minora, sc. 

 + 4-5 X 1*5 cm., in sicco dilute viridia vel brunnea ; costae laterales 

 plures, pag. inf. magis prominulse ; petioli 2 mm. long., crassius- 

 culi. Pedunculus umbellae infimge 3*5 cm. long., ceterarum 2 cm. 

 Bracteae 7-13 mm. long. Pedicelli 3-3-5 cm. long. Calycis seg- 

 menta 7x2 mm. Corollae tubus 2 mm. long. ; lobi 19 x 12 mm. 

 Coronse phylla segre 1 cm. long., a latere permensa 6 mm. lat. ; 

 horum lobuli 2 proximales 1 mm. long., 2 distales 1-5 mm. 

 Columna staminea 7 mm. long. Antherarum al^ 3-5 mm. long., 

 appendices 1*5 mm. Pollinia ampullaeformia, 1-75 mm. long. ; 

 caudiculge medium versus tortae, -75 mm., glandula -5 mm. long. 



The corona is much like that of its near ally, A. 7nunonquensis, 

 from which it differs in foliage and as regards several points in its 

 flowers. 



The flowers are said in the collector's note to be " dusky velvety 

 brown." This applies probably to the corona only, for the sepals 

 and petals seem to have been greenish or pale greenish purple, 

 and very thin — indeed, almost papery in consistence. 



A. LISIANTHOIDES N. E. Br. 



Angola, in thicket-grown rocky ground at Capembe, Cubango ; 

 Gossiveiler, 2293. 



An extremely rare species, hitherto represented in this country 

 by a sketch only and a couple of flowers at the British Museum, 

 and a sketch and small fragment of a flower, sent from Paris, 

 at Kew. Flowers drooping, reddish green outside, lurid yellow 

 within. 



Asclepias xysmalobioides, sp. nov. Circiter spithameus 

 caule ascendente fere a basi folioso pubescente, foliis brevipetio- 

 latis ovatis apice rotundatis ipso subito acutis basi late subcordatis 

 pergamaceis utrinque glabris, umbella (spec, unici visi) solitaria 

 axillari sessili 4-flora, bracteis parvulis subulatis quam pedicelli 

 pubescentes multo brevioribus, calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis 

 puberulis, corollae fere basin usque partitae lobis calycem plane 

 excedentibus ovato-oblongis obtusis haud reflexis glabris, coronae 

 phyllis columnam stamineam superantibus paullulumque supra 

 basin huic insertis basi complicato-cucullatis ibique utrinque in 

 lobum suborbicularem productis parte distali erecto ligulato ob- 

 tuso, antherarum loculis infra coronae phyllorum lobos absconditis 

 harum appendicibus suborbicularibus supra stigma concavum 

 inflexis. 



Hab. Angola, Kubango, rare in open thickets near Forte 

 Princeza Amelia ; Gossiveiler, 4009. 



Folia 3-5-4 x 2*5-3 cm., in sicco brunnescentia ; costae late- 

 rales plures, costae centrali incrassatae ad angulum fere rectum 

 insertae ; petioli 4-5 mm. long., pubescentes. Bracteae 2 mm. 

 long., pedicelli 7-8 mm. Calycis segmenta 5 mm. long., juxta 

 basin 2-25 mm. lat. Corolla verisimiliter rubra vel rubro-violacea ; 

 lobi 14 X 6-5 mm. Coronae phylla intus minutissime papillosa, 

 8-5 mm. long. ; pars complicato-cucullata 2 mm., pars ligulata 



