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cristato-crinito maxime prominente breviter exserto onustis, 

 antberarum alls abbreviatis maxime prominentibus appendicibus 

 parvis ovatis inflexis. 



Hab. Angola, Kubango, in pasturage on red clay soil at 

 Kapembi and near Forte Princeza Amelia ; Gossioeiler, 2288, 

 4008. 



Eadicis tubera saepius 1-2 cifi. long., 3-5 mm. lat. Caulis 

 satis tenuis, circa 20-35 cm. alt. ^olia pleraque 3-5-5-5 cm. long., 

 3-5 mm. lat. (marginibus revolujws neglectis circa 2 mm.), in sicco 

 griseo-viridia ; petioli 1-2 mm. ^^oiig. Pedunculi 10-15 cm. long., 

 rarius + 5 cm. ; bractese cito deciduae, 2-5 mm., pedicelli 1*5-2 cm. 

 long. Flores dilutissime violascerites. Calycis segmenta 4 mm. 

 long. Corollae tubus aegre 2 mm. long. ; lobi 7x5 mm. Coronae 

 phyllis 3*5 mm. long., horum lobi 2 mm. long. Columna staminea 

 4 mm., antberarum alae vix 2 mm. long. Pollinia triangulari- 

 pyriformia, 1 mm. long.; glandula^3 mm., caudiculae -5 mm. long^ 



To be inserted in the genu«^next A. palustris Scblecbter, 

 which, with broader leaves and several flowers to the umbel, has 

 markedly smaller coronal leaves with very short instead of elon- 

 gated lateral lobes. 



A. FOLiosA N. E. Br. = *. 



Belgian Congo, Lobefu-Lusambo, Kasai District ; Kassner, 

 3307. - -• 



Asclepias lepida, sp. nov. Planta fere spithamea radice 

 tuberoso-globoso coUo brevi satis gracili coronato, caule ascendente 

 tenui inferne nudo griseo-pubescente deinde glabrescente, foliis 

 breviter petiolatis linearibus acutis margine revolutis sparsim 

 strigilloso-pilosis, umbellis ex axillis superioribus oriundis 4-floris 

 pedunculis inferioribus longioribus foliaque aequantibus omnibus 

 (ut pedicelli) gracilibus puberulisque, calycis segmentis anguste 

 lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis puberulis, corollae alte partitae lobis 

 anguste ovato-oblongis obtusis calycem paullo excedentibus paten- 

 tibus glabris, coronae phyllis columnam stamineam vix aequantibus 

 a basi ejusdem usque ad medium col. stam. adnatis a latere visis 

 ovatis complicatis margine terminali ascendente apicem versus 

 obtusissimum inflexo lobo brevi bidentato col. stam. applicato 

 utrinque praedito intus linea pilorum transversa densa onustis, 

 antberarum alls parum prominentibus appendicibus suborbiculari- 

 bus supra stigma concavum inflexis. 



Hab. Angola, Kubango, in gravelly pasturage near Forte 

 Oolui ; Gossioeiler, 2176. 



Eadicis pars tuberosa 15 x 12 mm. ; collum 10 mm. long., 

 2-3 mm. lat., nodulosum. Folia 3-fere 4 cm. long., 2-5-8 mm. 

 lat., in sicco viridia; costa media subtus optime eminens. Pedun- 

 culi 2-5-3-8 cm. long. Bracteae fugaceae baud vis£e. Pedicelli 

 12-15 mm. long. Flores dilutissime caerulei. Calycis segmenta 

 7-8 mm. long. Corollae lobi 9 x 3-5 mm. Coronas pbylla 4 mm. 

 long., horum lobi 1 mm. long. Columna staminea 4-5 mm. long. 

 Antberarum alae 1-5 mm., appendices 1 mm. long. Pollinia tri- 

 angulari-pyriformia, 1*25 mm. long. ; glandula -3 mm., caudiculae 

 •5 mm. long. 



