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ly allied to Holarrhena 



of th 



which differs in having its stamens arising from the bottom 



rolla instead of the middle, regularly opposite 

 d whole habit. 



This plant offers an exception to the usual position of 



of the stem 



the leaves in Apocyneae ; they are not opposite, as in the 

 order generally, but scattered irregularly over the surface 



; a circumstance which appears to be owing to 

 the unusually succulent and distended state of the stem. 



A native of barren, sandy plains, at the Cape of Good 



Hop 



If 



IS the Ech 



was found by 



Mr. Burchell in the Kloof and its mountains ; but upon 



this point there is some doubt 



It agrees with neither the 



figure nor description of Thunberg, in minor details; but .. 

 has so much general resemblance, that it is very probable 



they are the same 



mode of descript 



being made for Thunberg 



O 



August 1828 



drawing was made at Mr. Tate 



Nursery, in 



bel 



Stem spherical at the base, tuberous, smooth ; branches 



divided, spiny. Spines proceeding from 



th 



leaves, 2- or 3-lobed, subulate, flat. Leaves 



cattered sessile, oblong, obtuse, fleshy, downy beneath. 



Lalyx mferior, 5-leaved ; leaflets ovate, acute, hairy, imbri- 



'^"u • J^^^^^^^ hypocrateriform, hairy on the outside; the 



tube inflated m^ the middle, hairy inside below the stamens; 



segments equal-sided, oblong, obtuse 



cated 



Stamens inserted m 



limb contorted^ 



slightly unguiculatel throat naked 



the middle of the tube ; anthers sessile, sagittate, opening 



_ Ovarium double, many-seeded. Styles 2. 



JJijpogi/nous scales none. 



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