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Frutex succulentus, aphyllus, usque ad 30 cm. altus, furcato- 
ramosus, am suberecti, teretes, 3-4 mm. crassi, internodits 
2°5-5°5 em. longis, novellis pilis minutis deciduis puberulis. Folia 
rudimentaria, vix 1 mm. longa, squamiformia, deltoidea, acuta. 
Umbellae terminales, 3-6-florae. Pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi, minute 
puberuli. Sepala 2 mm. longa, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, minute 
puberula. Petala 5:5 mm. longa, basi abrupte dilatata et 2°5 mm. 
lata, superne linearia, obtusa, 1°3 mm. lata, contorta, glabra, lutea. 
Coronae exterioris lobi lateribus loborum coronae interioris connexi, 
breves, poculiformes, bidentati, glabri. Coronae interioris lobi 
1 mm. , suberecti, deltoideo-ovati, acuti, dorso transverse 
gibbosi, apice breviter bifido styli breviores. : 
Soura Arrica. Great Namaqualand: Great Karasberg 
Range; on stony plains south-west of Krai Kluft, 1600 m. alt. 
Pearson 8460. 
1457. Xysmalobium Stocksii, NV. F. Brown [Asclepiadaceae- 
Cynancheae]; affinis X. Heudelotiano, Decne., sed foliis lineari- 
lanceolatis acutis duplo longioribus, floribus majoribus, coronae lobis 
lanceolatis facie interiore gibboso-carinatis (nee cornibus instructis) 
differt. 
Herba perennis. Radix tuberosa. Caulis erectus, 45-55 em. 
altus, simplex, unifariam puberulus. Folia opposita, sessilia, 
inferiora 12-16 em. longa, 0°7—-1°1 cm. lata, superiora gradatim 
. ? . 
puberuli. Sepala 4 onga, anguste lanceolata, acuminata, 
glabra. Corolla reflexa, fere ad basin 5-loba, utrinque glabra ; 
lobi 5 m. longi, 25-3 mm. lati, ovati vel elliptico-lanceolati, 
1458. Ceropegia Dalzielii, N. F. Brown [ Asclepiadaceae-Cero 
pegieae]; affinis C. campanulatae, Don, sed foliorum marginibus 
costisque glabris et floribus fere duplo majoribus differt. 
Herba perennis, tuberosa, Tuber parvum, subglobosum vel 
ovoideo-discoideum. Caulis erectus, simplex, circa 36 cm. altus, 
2 mm. crassus, tenuiter et minute puberulus. Folia superiora 
5-8 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata, linearia, acuta, inferiora gradatim 
minora, glabra. Flores pauci, solitarii, ad nodos laterales et termi- 
nales, erecti, Pedunculi 15 em. longi, puberuli. Sepala 4-5 mm. 
longa, attenuato-subulata, subpuberula. Corollae tubus rectus, 4 cm. 
ongus, basi inflatus, medio cylindricus, apice late infundibuliformis 
et circa 2 cm. diametro, extra glaber, inferne purpureus, superne 
virescens ; lobi 4 cm. longi, erecti, leviter incurvati et apice connati, 
e basi late deltoidei anguste lineares, replicati, intra sublanato- 
pilosi, virides vel olivaceo-virides ut videtur. 
Trorican Arrica. Northern Nigeria: at Abinsi, only a single 
specimen found, June 15, 1912, Dalziel 689. 
Neither the interior of the corolla-tube nor the corona of this 
species can be described, as the only flower upon the specimen has 
sep so much flattened in pressing that it will not admit of exam- 
ination. 
