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ON THE ASCLEPIADEjE. 



Habitus. Herba decumbens, humilis. Folia op- 



posita, hastata. Flores subumbellati. 

 Patria. Africa australis. 



Obs. This remarkable character is taken from 

 Apocynum hastatum, Tbunb. prod. 47. ; A. 

 minutum, Linn. SuppL 169., and from a very 

 nearly related species found at the Cape of 

 Good Hope, by Mr Ferdinand Bauer. 



METASTELMA. 



Char. Corolla subcampanulata ; Fance coronata, 

 dentibus 5 exsertis, sinubus oppositis, tubum 

 decurrentibus. 

 Corona st amine a nulla. 

 Anthera membrana terminate. 

 Massee pollinis compressae, apice attenuato af- 

 fix ae, pendulae. 

 Stigma muticum. 



Folliculi 



Habitus. Plant a perennis, volubilis, glabra. 

 Folia opposita, menibranacea. Umbellce inter- 

 petiolares, subsessiles. Flores parvi. 

 Patria. America meridionalis. 



Obs. This is the Cynanchum parvifiorum of 

 Szvartz, whose description, however, of the 

 corona, in Flor. Ind. oc. i.p. 537., does not agree 

 with ours, which was taken from excellent 

 specimens in the Banksian Herbarium, collec- 



