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TABULA 2981, 
EDITHCOLEA GRANDIS, N. EL. Brown. 
ASCLEPIADACEAE. ‘Tribus STAPELIEAE. 
E. grandis, V. £. Brown in Kew Bull., 1895, p. 220, et in Dyer, 
Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. iv. sect. i. p.492; K. Schum. in Engl. u. Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. zum ii—iv., p. 288, et in Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma, 
vol. vii. p. 43; Berger, Stapelicen und Kleinien, p- 133, fig. 32; affinis 
E. sordidae, N. E. Br., sed corollae lobis ovatis acuminatis concentrice 
rugosis nec dense tuberculatis et colore differt. 
Herba succulenta, ramosa, aphylla ; rami decumbentes vel procum- 
bentes, ad 6 cm. vel ultra longi, crasse carnosi, pentagoni, ig 
angulis dentatis ; dentes deltoidei, apice breviter spinoso-acuti, fee 
Pedicelli subsolitarii, prope apicem ramorum enati, 1:5-1°8 ¢ a Tae 
mm crassi. Calyx 5-partitus ; sepala 8 mm. longa, 2-25 mm. lata. 
Corolla 10-12°5 cm. diametro; tubus parvus, 6 mm. longus et latus ; 
limbus planus vel patelliformis, usque ad medium 5-lobus, extra glaber, 
intus in disco concentrice lamellato-rugosus et lineis quinque radiantibus 
pilorum longorum clavato-capitatorum munitus; lobi 4-5 cm. longi, 
. lati, ovati, acuti vel acuminati, vix rugosi, pilis tenuibus 
clavatisque hirti et ciliati. Coronae exterioris lobi patuli, transverse 
oblongi, emarginato-bifidi, concavi, intus hirti; interioris lobi erecti, 
15 mm. longi, late lineares, basi gibbosi, apice triangulari-dilatati et 
inflexo-conniventes, echinulati, glabri, quam columna staminum 
stylusque longior. 
SomaLILanD. Henweina Valley, about 1000 m. alt., Miss Edith 
Cole, Mrs. Lort Phillips, Drake-Brockman, 97 
The only other known species of this curious genus is a native of 
Socotra, and is very different from that here figured in the colour and 
the rugose surface of its flowers.—N. E. Bro 
Fic. 1, teeth on young Lar of the stem; 2, corona; 3, one lobe _ the outer 
corona, rte from sas eine en-masses. hm enlarged. N.B.—The figure 
tems repre ‘ths ied specimen, which is evidently ae much 
Steivalboa, and when sive was estes four icc as stout. 
