3$ OK THE ASCLEPIADEJE. 



Habitus. Frutices v. suffrutices erectse. Folia 

 opposita, margine saepe revolutae. Umbella 

 interpetiolares. • 



Patria. Africa Australis. 



Obs. As depicts arborescent, fruticosa and setosa, 

 are the three certain species of this genus ; but 

 crispa has probably the same structure. The 

 flowers I have examined, but have not seen the 

 fruit. A- pubescens ought probably to be alto- 

 gether omitted ; for, according to the descrip- 

 tion and specimen in Linnaeus's Herbarium, it 

 is A, arborescens, while according to the refe- 

 rence to Plukenet, it is A. crispa. This ob- 

 servation I have copied from Mr Dryander's 

 notes. 



XYSMALQBXUjVL [Asclepiadis sp. Linn. 



Char. Corolla 5fida, patens. 



Corona staminea summo tubo filamentorum im- 

 posita, simplici serie decempartita, laciniis 5 

 antheris oppositis carnosis, subrotundis, intus 

 simplicibus ; 5 reliquis nanis. 



Anther a membrana terminatae. 



Mass& pollinis compressae, apice affixse, pen- 

 dulse, processubus connectentibus latiusculis. 



Stigma muticum. 



Folliculi ventricosi, ramentacei. Semina como- 



sa. 



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