MR. W. T. T. DYER ON THE GENUS ITOODIA. 251 



Mr 



tetramerous 



and while, no doubt, accurate, is not indicated in any other mate- 

 rials illustrating the species which I have seen. The fine plale 



Magazi 



all 



a faint salmon-colour. 



very 



Hoodta, Sweet. 



m 



a 



Hoodta, Sweet y Hort. Brit. 2nd ed. 359; Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 664 ; 



Benth. Sf Hook.f. Gen. PI. ii. 783. 

 Monothylaceum, Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 116. 

 Scytanthus, Hook. Icon, sub tt. 605, 606. 



Char, emend. — Calyx brevis, 5-partitus, foliolis acuminatis basi 

 glandulis minutis interpositis. Corolla tubo parvo, limbo 

 maxima dilatato concavo demum explanato membranaceo 

 nervoso obsolete 5-lobo, lobis abrupte apiculatis. Corona du- 

 plex, cyathiformis vel rotata ; exterior tubo stamineo septis 

 affixa, 5-partita, segmentis latis cavis bifidis vel plus minusve 

 2-lobis ; interior squamis 5, septis antherisque basi adnatis, 

 oblongis, incumbentibus. Antherce breves, oblongae, inappen- 

 diculate, stigmati incumbentes et semiimmersae. Pollinia 

 erecta, semiorbicularia, funiculo appendice membranacea lan- 

 ceolata munito. Stigma vertice subplanum. Folliculi utrinque 

 aeuminati, laeves. — Herbae cactiformes Africae australis et tro- 



pica 



incolce. 



wn 



Africa. They range from 15° to about 32° S. lat., and progres- 

 sively diminish in size as they advance southwards. While closely 

 agreeing with one another in all essential characters, they differ 

 conspicuously in their habit and large pale membranous flowers 

 from any other of the Stapeliece. The closest affinity of Hoodta 



Decabelonc, 



with it. 



1. Hoodia Currori, Dene, in DC. Prodr. viii. 665. 



Corolla diametro 5-6-pollicari demum explanata margine ciliato intus 

 pilosa, coronse exterioris segmentis apice bifidis.— Scytanthus Currori, 

 Hook. Icon. tt. 605, 606.— S. Burkei, Hook. Icon, sub t. 625. 



Hab. Angola, Elephant s Bay, lat. 14° S-, Curror, Monteiro. 



