328 
1045. Caralluma sacculata, V. E. Brown [Asclepiadaceae] ; aftinis 
C. Sprengeri, N.E.Br., sed corolla tubo campanulato lobis longiore 
et corona exteriore 5-sacculata facile distinguitur. 
Caules erecti vel basi decumbentes, 5-8 cm. alti, absque dentibus 
ultra 1 em, crassi, 4-angulati, glabri; anguli dentibus 8-11 mm. 
longis subulatis acutissimis persistentibus muniti. Flores in fasci- 
culum 3-4-ni aggregati, prope apicem ramorum dispositi. Pedunculi 
erecti, 6-8 mm longi glabri. Sepala 6 mm. longa, lanceolata, 
acuminata, glabra. Corolla tubuloso-campanulata ; tubus siccatus, 
8-10 mm. longus, basi 6-8 mm. diam., superne angustatus, utrinque 
glaber, virescens ut videtur; lobi patentes, 5 mm. longi, 3 mm. 
lati, deltoideo-ovati, marginibus revolutis, extra glabri, intra minu- 
tissime puberuli, atropurpurei. Corona exterior 5-sacculata, 3°5 mm. 
longa, 5 mm. diam., columnae staminum aequilonga, glabra, sacculis 
apice breviter bifidis. Coronae interioris lobi 1°75 mm. longi, 
lineares, obtusi, glabri, antheris incumbentes, apicibus erectis, basi 
cum corona exteriore connexi. 
SouTHERN ABYSSINIA, Drake-Brockman, 129. 
1046. Faurea decipiens, (. H. Wright [Proteaceac-Proteeae] ; 
rag I’. speciosae, Welw., affinis, perianthio extus pubescente 
iffert. 
m tim 
mm. longi, plano-convexi, pubescentes. Spicae ad apicem 
ramorum singulatim vel fasiculatim dispositae, 23 cm. longae, densi- 
florae ; bracteae minutae, deltoideae, acutae, tomentosae. Perian- 
: ; tubus 1 mm. diam. 
ante anthesin ; lobi oblongi, acuti. Squamae hypogynae breviter 
triangulares, acutae, interdum bifidae. Antherae lineares, obtusae, 
mucronatae. Ovarium ovoideum, pilis longis vestitum ; stylus quam 
ITISH Centran Arrica. N ] rinkthee : d 
; ; yasaland: Shire Highlands 
Adamson, 75 ; Buchanan, 1 ; Tshimennze, 1,070 m., Airk. 6 ; 
1047. Protea Elliottii, C. H. Wright [Proteaceae—Proteeae] ; 
ser ba angolensi, Welw., affinis, perianthii tubo villoso differt. 
terminalia, globosa, 11 em, diam. ; bracteae extus appresse sericeae, 
exteriores late ovatae, interiores oblanceolatae, obtusae, 5 cm. longae, 
10 mm. latae, Perianthium 4°5 cm. longum, dense villosum, basi pilis 
8 mm. longis mstructum ; labium anticum naviculare, 
apice subulatum. Stylus perianthio i i 
1 paullo longior ; stigma parvum. 
ORTHERN NiIGurta. Zungeru, Elliott, 2; Dalziel. 69. 
‘ pec Protea Kirkii, C. H, Wright [Proteaceae-Proteeae]; species 
 doyssinicae, Willd., affinis, nervis lateralibus foliorum patentibus 
differt, 33 
Rami hignosi, teretes i . ; 
ign » primum dense ferrugineo-pubescentes, 
demum glabri. Folia € basi lata sessilia, oblonga, apice rotundata, 
