Caralluma. | LXXXV. ASCLEPIADEZ (BROWN). 479 
Corolla with a tuft of long hairs at the tips of 
the lobes, tuberculate within, otherwise 
glabrous 
Corolla about 6 lin. in diam., with a cam- 
panulate tube about 1 lin. long; outer 
corona with 10 subulate teeth . 4. C. Edithe. 
Corolla 4 (-5 ?) lin. in diam., with scarcely 
any tube; outer corona nearly truncate. 5. C. robusta. 
Corolla minutely velvety-pubescent within, 
entirely destitute of long hairs and not 
tuberculate . 6. C. somalica. 
Stems acutely 3-angled; corolla verrucose and 
papillose- puberulous within . 5 7. C. acutangula. 
++Flowers 2-6 in small fascicles, or solitary, scattered 
along the upper part of the stem. 
Stems tapering and much more slender in the upper 
part. 
Outer corona with 10 linear-subulate teeth. 
Teeth of outer corona 2— 25 linlons —. . 8. C. longidens. 
Teeth of outer corona 3— 2 lin. long 9. C. vittata. 
Outer corona hardly conspicuous (probably re- 
duced to small pouches) . c . 10. C. gracilipes. 
Stems of nearly equal diameter throughout. 
Outer corona annular, truncate ; inner covonal- 
lobes oblong, scarcely longer than the 
anthers . : - 11. C. Sprengeri. 
Outer corona of 5 short: ints’ inner coronal- 
lobes linear-terete several times as long 
as the anthers . : : : : . 12. C. atrosanguinea. 
**Corolla-lobes 3-13 in. long, more than twice as long 
as the basal united part. 
Corolla-lobes ciliate with long clavate vibratile hairs, 
(N.B.—These hairs all fall off from specimens 
preserved in alcohol and sometimes also from 
dried specimens, and are then only to be found 
in unopened buds.) 
Pedicels 14-9 lin, long. 
Corolla-lobes 14-13 in. long. 
Outer coronal-lobes oblong or subquadrate, 
bifid, with short divergent teeth . . 13. C. caudata, 
Outer coronal-lobes cuneately subquadrate, 
subtruncate, denticulate, 3—5-keeled . 14. C. lateritia. 
Corolla-lobes 3-3 in. long; outer coronal-lobes 
oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, 2-3- 
keeled down the inner face : . 15. C. valida 
Pedicels 15-18 lin. long; outer corona cupular, 
truncate ‘ ‘ . 18. C. maculata. 
Corolla-lobes 3-1 in. long, sparingly ciliate with 
minute simple hairs; outer corona 15-2C- 
toothed , : : : : 4 . 16. C. Lagardi. 
Corolla-lobes 13-14 in. long, not ciliate; outer 
coronal-lobes 5, revolute . ‘ : F . 17. C. huillensis. 
1. ©. speciosa, WV. £. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1892, xii. 370. Stem 
unknown. Flowers large, umbellate; bracts 1-1} lin. long, subulate, 
