Tab. 6379. 



HUEKNIA BREVIROSTRIS. 



Native of South Africa. 



Nat. Ord. Abclepiade.e. — Tribe Stapelie^e. 

 Genus Huernia, R. Br. {Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant.vol. ii. p. 784.) 



Huehnia brevirostrisj humilis, csespitosa, ramis crassis 4-5-angulatis, angulis 

 acutis dentatis, floribus cymosis, cymis sessilibus ad mediam ramorum 

 enatis, floribus 4-6, pediceUis glabris, lobis calycinis lanceolato-subulatis, 

 corolla pallide sulpburea sanguineo -punctata, extus lseyi intus minute i papil- 

 late, tubo campanulato, limbo patentissimo diametro lj poll., lobis deltoideis 

 acuminatis, corona exteriore 5-loba velutino-atra, lobis rectangulis emargi- 

 natia, coronse interioris lobis apice in cornua brevissime productis. 



H. brevirostris, N. E. Brown in Gardeners Chronicle, n. s. vii. p. 780. 



A very pretty species of the interesting genus Huernia, a 

 genus which for some unaccountable reason has never been 

 adopted by horticulturists, although it is one of the most 

 distinct in the tribe Stapeliece, and which may always be re- 

 cognised by the corolla having a distinct tube and a more 

 or less spreading limb, with the genitalia seated at the 

 bottom of the tube, the outer corona being quite sessile and 

 more or less adnata to the bottom of corolla. Five species oi 

 Huernia have now been figured in the " Botanical Magazine 

 viz., H. lentiginosa (t. 506), H. clavigera (erroneously 

 figured at t. 1661 as //. campanulata, and at t. 2401 as U. 

 barbata), H. campanulata (t. 1227), H. Hystriz (t 5*51) 

 and the present species. Most of these have been figured 

 under the generic name of Stapelia, with the name Huernia 

 placed in the synonymy. H. brevirostris is not closely allied 

 to any other described species, and is well distinguished from 

 all known to me by its very thick stems, hairless corolla, and 

 the very short apices of the lobes of the inner corona ; like 



AUGUST 1ST, 1878. 



