920 ASCLEPIADEZ (Brown). [Huernia. 
Poir. Encycel. vii. 389, and in Dict. Se. Nat. 1. 395; Ait. Hort. Kew. 
ed. 2, ii. 95. 
Reaion? Karoo, Masson. 
Only known to me from Masson’s figure and description. 
21. H. Kirkii (N. E. Br.) ; stems decumbent at the base, about 
1-1} in. long, }—3 in. in diam. including the teeth, acutely 5-angled, 
glabrous ; teeth 1-14 lin. long, stout, deltoid, acute, slightly 
_ recurved ; flowers 1-4 together at the base of the young stems, 
developed successively ; bracts 14-2 lin. long, subulate or lanceolate- 
subulate, glabrous ; pedicels }-2 in. long, glabrous ; sepals 5-54 lin. 
long, very spreading, 14 lin. broad at the ovate base, whence they 
taper into long subulate points, glabrous ; corolla 13-2 in. in diam. ; 
tube of a dried flower about 4 in. long, but according to Mr. Kirk’s 
drawing about } in. long and 1 in. in diam. outside, subglobose- 
campanulate, constricted at the mouth; limb saucer-shaped, lobed 
to half-way, very abruptly spreading from the tube, with suberect 
deltoid lobes, tapering into subulate points, according to the drawing 
about ? in. long; outside glabrous ; inside smooth and glabrous in 
the lower part of the tube, densely covered with erect fleshy 
subulate processes }—? lin. long in the throat and around the mouth 
of the tube, minutely papillate towards the margins, otherwise 
glabrous, marked “ with irregular red spots” (Kirk) ; outer corona 
5-lobed ; lobes subquadrate, obtusely 2-lobed at the apex; inner 
corona-lobes 14-1? lin. long, very much exceeding the anthers, 
subterete, slightly clavate at the minutely papillate recurving apex, 
with a transverse ridge at the base; staminal column 1 lin. long ; 
style-apex concave. 
Katanari REGION : Transvaal ; Komati Poort, very rare, Kirk, 76! 
22. H. reticulata (Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 28); plant 3-4 in. high; 
stems erect or ascending, #-1 in. thick including the teeth, acutely 
5-angled, glabrous, green, mottled with purple ; angles often spiral, 
with large deltoid acute spreading teeth; flowers 1—4 together, 
successively developed near the base of the young stems; pedicels 
3-9 lin. long, ? lin. thick, glabrous ; sepals 3-3} lin. long, lanceolate, 
acuminate, glabrous; corolla in bud somewhat turbinate, with a 
very broad flat top, subpentagonal, shortly 5-toothed at the angles, 
prominently nerved, whitish, speckled or tinged with purplish on 
the glabrous outside, when expanded 14-1}? in. in diam. ; tube 
campanulate, 4 lin. long, 5 lin. in diam. ; limb saucer-shaped, lobed 
to half-way down, very abruptly spreading from the tube and 
raised around its mouth into a very conspicuous broad smooth and 
shining ring ; lobes 3-6 lin. long, broader than long at the base, 
broadly deltoid, very acute; inside, the upper part of the dark 
_ blood-red tube is thickly covered with stiff glassy clavate purple 
hairs, those at the mouth converging and much larger than those 
