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pubescentibus, calycis segmentis lineari-lanceolatis acutis pubes- 

 centibus, corollae alte partitas lobis calycem excedentibus ovatis 

 obtusis dorso sparsim puberulis, coronae phyllis coJumnam 

 stamineam bene superantibus paullulumque supra basin ex eadem 

 oriundis inferne complicato-cucullatis intus glabris margine utrin- 

 que dente brevi introrsum spectante praedito superne in laminam 

 sat elongatam anguste lineari-lanceolatam acutam margine invo- 

 lutam radiantem excurrentibus, antherarum alis prominentibus 

 appendicibus parvulis inflexis. 



Hab. Angola, in meadows on banks of the Kubango near 

 Forte Princeza Amelia ; Gosstveiler, with 4210. 



Folia infima circa 13 mm. long., reliqua 3-5 cm., marginibus 

 revolutis exclusis 1 mm. lat., in sicco cauli subparallelia, rigidi- 

 uscula. Pedunculus inferior 5 cm. long., superior 3 cm. Bracteae 

 circa 2 mm., pedicelli 13 mm. long. Calycis segmenta 2-5 mm. 

 long. Corollae lobi 4x2 mm. Coronae phyllorum pars cucuUata 

 vix 1-5 mm. long., pars radians 2-5 mm. Columna staminea 

 1-5 mm. long. Antherarum alae 1 mm. long. ; appendices modo 

 •3 mm. Pollinia triangulari-pyriformia, -75 mm.- long. ; glandula 

 caudiculis aequilonga, -25 mm. long. 



To be placed next A. Bandii S. Moore, which, with a somewhat 

 similar corona, is in several respects different. 



Asclepias subviridis, sp. nov. Planta humilis radice fusi- 

 formi in collum breviorem satis validum exeunte, caule ascendente 

 fere a basi ramoso ramis gracilibus omnimodo foliosis pubescen- 

 tibus, foliis sessilibus linearibus acutis margine revolutis sparsim 

 pubescentibus, umbellis paucis corymbosis 2-4-floris, pedunculis 

 ut pedicelli et bracteae parvulae lineares sparsim pubescentibus, 

 calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis pubescentibus quam corolla 

 brevioribus, corollae alte partitae lobis patentibus ovatis obtusi- 

 usculis extus puberulis, coronae phyllis columnam stamineam 

 magnopere superantibus ex ejusdem basi oriundis inferne compli- 

 cato-cucullatis margine terminali utrinque dente brevi ascendente 

 praedito intus dense pubescentibus superne in laminam satis 

 longam erectam oblongam obtusissimam margine involutam intus 

 carinatam exeunte, antherarum alis mediocriter prominentibus 

 appendicibus brevibus leviter inflexis. 



Hab. Angola, Cunona-Kutato ; Gossiveiler, 3484. 



Eadix 6*5 x 1*5 cm., addito collo 15 x 6 mm. Caulis circa 

 10 cm. alt., hujus rami ascendenti-patentes. Foha pleraque 

 4-6 cm. long., margine revoluto praetermisso 1-1-5 mm. lat., in 

 sicco griseo-viridia. Pedunculi longiores summum 22 mm. long., 

 superiores + 10 mm. Bracteae 2-4 mm. long., pedicelli saepius 

 7-14 mm. Flores subvirides. Calycis segmenta 2-5 mm. long. 

 Corollae lobi 4*5 x 3 mm. Coronae phyllarum pars cucullata 

 1-75 mm. long.; pars terminalis 3 mm. long., 1 mm. lat. Columna 

 staminea 2*25 mm. long., antherarum alae 1*5 mm. Pollinia sub- 

 rhombica, -65 mm. long., glandula (ut caudiculae) "3 mm. long. 



Near the last, but essentially diverse in corona and other floral 

 details. 



(To be continued.) 



