58 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
suppose it to be an erect, virgate, and but little-branched sufirutex. 
Its white flowers are scarcely in proportion to the size of its leaves. 
Fig. 1, upper portion of a flowering stem; the natural size. Fig. 2, calyx; 3, co- 
rolla; 4, calyx of the fruit, naturally split, and showing the contained fruit; all magni- 
Jied, 
191. SARCOCYPHULA GERRARDI, Harv. (Asclepiadea.) 
Gen. Coar.—Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla rotata. Corona eyathifor- 
mis, 5-crenata, inter crenulas tumida (quasi 5-saccata). Anthera mem- 
brana terminate. Masse pollinis ovoidee, apice aflixee, pendule. 
Stigma depressum. Folliculi.... ? 
S. Gerrardi: Harv. in Herb. T.C. D. 
Has.—Growing alongside and intertwined with Sarcostemma viminale, at Thorny- 
bush, Tugela, W. 7. Gerrard, 1321. (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Duscr.—A leafless, succulent, branching climber, glabrous in all 
parts. Rudimentary leaf-scales opposite, minute, tooth-like, at intervals 
of 1-2 inches. U*mbels sessile, at the nodes, several-flowered ; pedicels 
2-3 lines long. Calyx 5-parted, much shorter than the corolla. Co- 
rolla rotate; its lobes somewhat fleshy, ovate, acute. Corona staminea 
cuplike, short, with 5 small blunt or emarginate teeth opposite the an- 
thers, and 5 puffy, sac-like swellings alternating. Anthers tipped with 
amembrane, Pollen masses ovoid, fixed at the apex, pendulous. 
If this be not a monstrosity, it is at least a curiosity, having the as- 
pect of Sarcostemma viminale so completely, that except by its flowers, 
the latter is with difficulty distinguishable; and besides this, growing 
alongside and intertwined with its double, as Mr. Gerrard tells us. 
From Sarcostemma it differs in its corona, which is more like that of 
Cynoctonum, and in the shape of its pollen masses, As I cannot 
refer it to any established genus, I am compelled to form one for its re- 
ception. 
Fig. 1, flowering specimen ; the natural size. Fig. 2, a flower; 3, calyx; 4, the 
corolla, laid open; 5, corona; 6, inside, and 7, outside view of the same, laid open; 8, 
back view of anther ; 9, pollen masses; all magnified. 
192. GOMPHOCARPUS SCABER, Harv. (Asclepiadee.) 
G. seaber: caule erecto robusto bifariam scabro, foliis (nunc alter- 
nis) brevé petiolatis latissimé ellipticis utrinque obtusis planis rigidis 
valide costatis creberrime penninerviis supra (nisi ad marginem scabrum) 
seepius levibus subtus ad costam neryos et marginem scabris, umbella 
subsessili terminali pluriflora, corolla rotata patente lobis ovatis acutis, 
coronse-stamines foliolis depressis basi trapezoideis angulis intramargi- 
nalibus deltoideis subacutis arrectis apice in ligulam extus canaliculatam 
introflexam productis, 
