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BRACHYSTELMA spatulatum. 
Spatulate-leaved Brachystelma. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASCLEPIADER. É 
BRACHYSTELMA. Supra, vol. 9. fol. 722. 
B. spatulatum ; foliis spatulatis obtusis, corolle laciniis tubo duplö longi- 
oribus. 
Tuber subrotundum. Caulis erectus, simpliciusculus, pedalis, teres, car- 
nosus, pilosus. Folia spatulato-oblonga, in petiolo attenuata, obtusa, subre- 
panda, pilosa, 2 uncias longa, inferioribus brevioribus, oblongis. Pedunculi 
solitarii, filiformes, pilosi, foliis dimidio breviores. Sepala subulata, equalia, 
pilosa. Corolla campanulata, sordide purpurea, punctata, laciniis caudatis, 
erectis, intüs tomentosis, tubo dupld longioribus. . 
For this addition to the genus Brachystelma we are 
indebted to the late Alexander George Mackay, Esq., by 
whom it was imported from the Cape of Good Hope, in 
1826. ! 
To be grown in perfection it should lant 
rubbish, and kept in a hot, dry stove, where it will flower 
readily in the months of June and July. After flowering, 
the stems will die down ; the pots should then be removed 
to a place where they may be kept free from damp, until 
the ensuing spring. 
Tuber roundish. Stem erect, nearly simple, about a 
foot high, terete, fleshy, pilose. Leaves spatulate-oblong, 
tapering into the petiole, obtuse, somewhat repand, pilose, 
about two inches long; the lower shorter and oblong. 
Peduncles solitary, filiform, pilose, half the length of the 
leaves. Sepals subulate, equal, pilose. Corolla campanu- 
late, dull purple, dotted, with caudate, erect segments, 
downy in the inside, and twice as long as the tube. 34 
be planted in old 
