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BRACHYSTELMA tuberosum. 



Cape Brachfsielma* 



1.458. 



PENTANDRIA DWYNIA. 



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BRACHYSTELMA. Corolkt canipanulata, sinubus angulatis, Co^ 

 iumna inclusa. Corona mooophylta, quinqueHda: lobis anthf^ris oppositis, 

 dorso simplicibus. AnthenB absque membrani apicttlari. Ma$$a potUniM » 

 er*cl«e, basi ioserte. Bravm in Curtis's magaz. 2343. 



Brackyetelma tuberosum. Braum L c. 

 Stapelia tuberosa, Meerb. tc. t 64. ^g. 1. 



fuber TOtwuium> Caulis nffruticem^ ramosns; rami terete*^ viUotu 

 Folia oppogita, meft^anaceaj lineatt'lanoeoiata^ ctmcava^ murgine et ca- 

 rind ciliatis* Flores semiverticiUato-aggregaii in gnogtte fiiBcicuh 3-4 

 magniindinefer^ Stapbli£ reclinate, cemni, pedunculatu Calyx ^fidva^ 

 ^cuius, caroUm tubo bremar, vi et pedunculus bret^i glandutoBtque pnbeicens. 

 Corolla cxttis viresceng^ rubro-punctaia ; inius ntgro-purpurea, disco ^vo 

 transverse intermptique Hneaio; tubo campanulato; umbo quinqmepariito^ 

 iaciniarum margme ret)oluto, ban fimbriata. Corond. &-^fida ; tobulucenmr- 

 ventibus, trtangularibus. llores uH StapeUjE spedei feri cncto odore 

 fwteni navseabunda^ 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Drawn at Mr. 

 ColvilFs Nui-seiy. 



A new asclepiadeous genus from the pen of the able 

 reformer of that natural order* Every one will be struck 

 by the primd facie resemblance it bears to Stapelia, 



" Corolla campanulate, i^ith angalar siaoses. Column 

 inclosed. Croum 1-leaved, 5-cleft: lobes opposite to the 

 anthers, unappendaged at the back. Anthers without the 

 membraaous apex. Pollen masses upxight, inserted by their 

 base. 



" Tuber round. Stem subshrubby, branching; branches 

 round, viUous. Leaves opposite, membranous, liDeaiiy lan- 

 ceolate, concave, ciliate at the edge and keel. Flowers 

 partly collected in whorls with three or four flowers in each 

 branch nearly of the size of those of StaPeua reclinata, 

 cernuous, peduncled. Cali/x 5-cleft, pointed, shorter than 

 the tube of the corolla, and like the peduncle shortly and 



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