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3. Pachypodium Sa undersii, N. E. Brown [ Apoeynacez]; frutex 
Ar pae caudice magno napiformi, ramis valde aculeatis glabris, 
foliis sessilibus obovatis vel obovato-ellipticis subacutis, mar- 
inibus aspero-dentieulatis, costa hirta excepta utrinque giabus, 
supulis aculeiformibus rectis, eymis sessilibus plurifloris ad 
ctis, calycis lobis late ovatis acuminatis, corolla alb 
tincta, tubo infra medium abrupte angustato, intus piloso, lobis oblique 
rhomboideis acutisque. 
Hab.—-South Africa: osos east — range of mountains, in very 
stony places. Saunder. 
ami à pius Folia 11-3 poll. longa, ` 1} poll. lata. 
Stipule (aculei) 1-1) poll. longa. Cal, = € i poll. longi. Corolle 
tubus 1ł-14 poll. longus, limbo 2-21 poll. d 
This very distinct species was discovered by Mr. Charles Saunders, 
- forwarded to Kew by Mrs. unders, with the following ex- 
ct from her son's letter concerning it :—'* I eame upon a most pecu- 
« jn plant when first we ca came here, not then in flower. Now it has a 
| d 
* with a delicate pink. It grows among the stones, aad just above the 
^ — forms a large kind. of ball-shaped bie From that it throws 
= with t nch long, some of the shrubs 
powin about four or tt ies high. The stems are very succulent, 
“ like a geranium.” The ex et locality i 1s not stated, so whether it grows 
on the Zululand and &xdstuirgk side or the Swaziland side of the range 
is uncertain. 

. Strophanthus petersianus, Klotzsch, var. grandiflorus, N. E, 
joe ‘own [ Apocynacez | ; foliis et floribus multo majoribus ab typo tantum 
differt. — Monteiro, * Delagoa Bay ,” pp. 47 ct 164. 
-Hab.—HNises north side of Limpopo River, Erskine : Delagoa Bay, 
Mrs. Monteiro, 1: Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk: ‘Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 
1976. 
Folia 14-3 a longa 3-2 poll. lata; petioli 2 poll longi. Calycis 
segmenta } poll. longa. Corolle tubus ampliatus 1 poll. longus et latus; 
lobis 5-7 poll. longis, reflexis. 
no characters to tee hean this plant from the typical S. 
petersianus, except the larger leaves and flowers, and these differences 
are possibly due to the greater humidity of the coast region where this 
variety grows, the typical form being a native of the inland region at 
Tette. It is interesting in having such an extensive range, the northern 
r 
* long branches, forming dense bushes 5 to 6 ft. high. Flowers white 
i ide.” A sketch in the Kew Herbarium represents 
the flowers as purple outside and white within, marked with some 
orange lines in the tube. The flowers stand erect, the lobes of the 
variety (var. amboensis) is described by Dr. Schinz in Verhandlungen 
Bot. Ver. Prov. Brandenburg, 1889, vol. 30, p. 259, from Amboland, 
on the western side of the continent. 
: a affinis, eme [Asclepiadee]; H. Guppyi arcte affinis, 
dos fate oblon nervis, pa crassioribus, floribus majoribus 
intus fere glabris extus ia tibus. ae 
