Tas, 5930. 
ECHIDNOPSIS crreirormis. 
Native of South Africa. 
Nat, Ord. AscLer1aDEm.—Tribe SraPELIER. 
New Genus Ecuipnopsts. 
Gen. Cuar. Calyx 5-fidus, lobis triangularibus acutis valvatis. Corolla 
hemispherico-rotata, 5-loba, lobis ovato-rotundatis acutis. Corona 
staminea 0. Anthere erecte, incurve, late elliptico-ovate, apicibus 
membranaceis horizontalibus. Pollinia erecta; masse globose, lateribus 
contiguis compressis rectis pellucidis, corpusculo parvo ope stipitis brevis 
compressi cum margine pellucido continui affixe, Fructus... . 
—Herba perennis, carnosa, succulenta, aphylla.  Caules elongate, 
cylindric, obtusi, cernui v. penduli, hic illic constricti, longitudinaliter 
8-sulcati, jugis obtusis transverse constrictis, in areolas quadratas v. 
hexagonas medio papilla alba notatas divisis. Flores parvi, flavi, in sulcis 
Jasciculati, sessiles. 
Ecurwnopsis cereiformis, Nobis—Tab. nost. 5930. 
A very curious new genus of plants, belonging to the same 
tribe of Asclepiadee as Stapelia and its allies, but very dif- 
ferent from any of them in the structure of all its parts. It 
has been for a long time cultivated in the Royal Gardens and 
is not unknown in other collections under the name of 
Stapelia cylindrica, a genus with which it differs most widely. 
The native country of this singular plant is altogether un- 
known, and on reference to Mr. Wilson Saunders, from 
whose fine collection of succulents we have lately received 
specimens, he tells me, that though he has cultivated it for 
many years, he is equally ignorant of its native country. 
Treated like a Cereus or Stapelia, this plant thrives in the 
warm end of the succulent house at Kew, and flowers from the 
month of June to October. It would probably thrive well in 
a hanging pot. 
OCTOBER Ist; 1871. 
