Tas. 6658. 
HUE RNIA ocunata. 
Native of Dammara Land. 
Nat. Ord. AscLEPIADE®.—Tribe STAPELIER. 
Genus Hunryia, R. Br. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 784.) 
Hvuernta oculata; humilis, cespitosa, glaberrima, ramis erectis 5-angulatis, 
sinubus acutis, angulis compressis grosse molliter spinoso-dentatis, dentibus 
rectis v. curvis, floribus subeymosis breviter pedicellatis, pedicellis glabris, lobis 
calycinis subulato-lanceolatis, corolle levis lobis brevibus parvis triangularibus 
acutis sinubus 1-dentatis, limbo saturate purpureo, tubo albo, corona exteriore 
a basi columne explanato 5-lobo, lobis horizontalibus rotundatis integerrimis, 
interiore e cornubus 5 dorso antherarum adnatis dein inflexis apicibus supra 
stigma cohvrentibus. 
The genus Huernia, of which only a dozen species are 
described, is no doubt a very large one in South Africa, 
extending from the Cape district far to the north, though 
its exact limits are unknown. ‘The species resemble 
Stapelias in habit, but differ im the broadly campanulate 
or cupular corolla with very small lobes, and having a 
tooth in the sinus between them. #H. oculata resembles no 
described species, and is remarkable for the striking contrast 
in colour between the deep violet-purple limb of the corolla 
and the white cup-shaped tube, the limits of the colours 
being so sharply defined that the flower has a staring look. 
It was procured with other very singular plants in Dammara 
Land, in 1880, by Capt. Een, when trading on that coast, and 
brought by him to Kew, where it flowered in June, 1880. 
Desor. Densely tufted, branching from the base, pale 
green, soft; branches three to four inches high by one-half 
to three-quarters of an inch broad, five-angled, quite 
smooth, sinus deep between the angles, acute at the base ; 
angles compressed, produced into soft spine-like teeth one- 
third to half an inch long, that are broad at the base and 
Straight or curved. Flowers in small lateral few-flowered 
NOVEMBER lst, 1882. 
