170 MR. N. E. BROWN ON THE 



bentes. Pollinia subhorizontalia, subrotunda, tumida, caudiculis bre- 

 vibus ad glandulam affixa. Caules ? crasso-carnosi. Flores magni, in 

 cymis umbellatis sessilibus terminalibus dispositi. 

 Species 1, in terra Somalensi incola. 



This genus may be distinguished from all others by its large 

 bell-shaped corolla and a subsessile corona, whose outer segments 

 are long and narrow with a deep linear notch. Its affinities are 

 with Boucerosia. 



Sarcocodox speciosus, N. E. Br. (PL XII. figs. 4-8.) 



Pedicellis 2 lin. longis, crassis, basi bracteatis, bracteis 1^ lin. longis, 

 subulatis, minute barbatis ; lobis calycinis lanceolatis, subacutis, pilis 

 crassis minutis sparsim obtectis ; corolla diametro If poll., extus in- 

 tusque levis, glabra, tubo amplo campanulato, lobis latis, ovatis, 

 acutis, patentibus, marginibus revolutis pilis clavatis ciliatis ; coronae 

 exterioris lobis anguste lanceolatis, 1| lin. longis, alte bifidis, segmen- 

 ts parallelis, interioris lobis oblongis, truncatis, emarginatis vel 

 obtusis. 



Hab. Brava Magadoxo (Dr. Kirk\ in Herb. Kew.). 



The history of this plant is as follows : — In 1875 Dr. Kirk sent 

 a box to Kew containing two living plants, which he stated in a 

 letter to be two species of Stapeliece. I saw these plants, and 



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could not discover the slightest specific difference between them, 

 nor could others at Kew ; they were bushy plants about 16 inches 

 high, with 4 -angled leafless stems an inch or more thick, the 

 angles with short stout teeth, and margined with a white subcar- 

 tilaginous border. No flowers were sent with them, and the plants 

 soon died. The following year Dr. Kirk sent to Kew, preserved 

 in spirits, what were stated to be the flowers of the two living 

 plants previously sent : one of these specimens belongs to the 

 genus Boucerosia, the other is the plant above described. 

 From the very small portion of stem sent with each inflorescence, 

 it is impossible to be certain which belongs to the living plants 

 sent (of which I have a drawing and a specimen in spirits) ; and 

 it is just possible there has been some mistake, and that the living 

 plants were quite different from either ; for I can find no trace of 

 the white angles on the small bits of stem sent with the flowers, 

 and this is very conspicuous on the piece of stem I preserved in 

 spirits from the living plants. From this cause I am unable to 

 describe the stems of Sarcocodon speciosus in a satisfactory 

 manner, as the only bit of stem that I can certainly identify as be- 

 longing to it is the small section shown on PI. XII. fig. 5. 





