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116. SISYRANTHUS IMBERBIS, Harv. (Asclepiadee.) 
_ S. imberbis: caule foliisque glaberrimis, umbella pauciflora glaber- 
rimo, calycis laciniis acuminatis glabris, corolla ad faucem minutissime 
ee laciniis ovatis acutis introrsum glaberrimis, antheris imber- 
ibus. 
Hazs.—Valleys S. E. of Grahamstown, H. Hutton. Kreili’s country, H. Bowker, 
No. 299! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Very similar to S. virgatus, but more glabrous, with fewer flowers 
in the umbel, acuminated calyx-lobes, nearly as long as the corolla (not 
represented quite correctly in the figure) ; a nearly glabrous corolla, and 
simple-topped anthers. Calyzx-lobes much attenuated, acute. 
Fig. 1, a plant; the natural size. Fig. 2, a flower; 3, two lobes of corolla, laid 
or i 4, one of the corona-segments ; 5, apex of an anther: 6, pollen-masses ; all mag- 
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117. ADENIUM NAMAQUANUM, Wyl. (Apocyne@.) 
A. Namaquanum ; caudice sub-simplici elato crasso tuberculato, 
tuberculis bispinosis, foltis ad apicem caudicis approximatis obovato- 
oblongis obtusis basi attenuatis undulatis utrinque stellato-velutinis 
penninerviis costa valida percursis; pedicellis, calycibus, corollisque 
villosis, lobis corolle oblongis obtusis. Paters. Travels, p. 124, cum 
icone eximia. 
Has.—Namaqualand, Lieut. W. Paterson, A. Wyley! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Stem thick and fleshy, 5-6 feet high, tapering upwards, 
tuberculated throughout, each tubercle armed with a pair of long, 
straight, spreading spines. Leaves crowded at the summit, 4-5 inches 
long, 2-24 inches wide, obovate-oblong, obtuse, tapering to the base, 
velvety on both sides, with stellate pubescence, penninerved, with a 
strong midrib. Flowers in sparingly branched cymules, from the 
axils of the leaves, on short, villous peduncles. Calyx scarcely longer 
¢han the narrow parts of the corolla-tube, 5-parted, segments oblong, 
acute, hairy. Corolla 14 inch long, tube widening upwards, limb of 
5 oblong, blunt segments. Filaments very short, hispid ; anthers sagit- 
tate. Stigma conoidal. Five fleshy hypogynous glands. 
This very remarkable plant, now known in the colony as the “ Ele- 
phant’s Trunk,” was first observed in October, 1779, by Lieut. W. Pater- 
son, the traveller, who has given an excellent figure of the apex of the 
trunk, bearing leaves and flowers, and makes the following brief record 
in his journal :—‘‘ At noon we passed the Lion’s River, the banks of 
which are in general inhabited by those animals. The country is ex- 
tremely barren, and covered with small sharp stones, which proved 
very injurious to our horses’ hoofs. In the evening we arrived at a 
small, brackish fountain, where we staid all night, and the next day 
our way lay through a narrow path between two high mountains.” 
“T found here the most beautiful plant I ever saw of the Pentandria 
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