Piate 1901. 
CARALLUMA LUTEA, N. £. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACEZ. Tribe STaPELIEs. 
C. lutea, N. H. Br. (n. sp.); ramis glabris 2-4 poll. longis, 5-2 
poll. crassis, tetragonis, angulis grosse dentatis; floribus fasciculatia, 
oe ot po oll. longis ; corolla profunde quinquefida, 2-25 poll. 
dia lates, tubo subuullo, lobis lanceolato-attenuatis, intus rugulosis, 
interpenibue pilis clavatis one ciliatis; corona exteriore cupulare, 
5-loba, lobis latissimis ad mediam connatis, apice truncatis denticulatis, 
_ recurvis, luteis; corons interiors segmentis bicornutis, postice corons 
_ exteriori adnatis, lntei 
. Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Griqualand West; 
mimon throughout t the Diamond Field region; Sanderson, Mrs. 
Dirks Tuck, MacOwan (No. 2240), Barkly (Nos. 7 and 40). 
Stems branching at the base, 2-4 inches long, glabrous, 4-angled, 
angles obtuse with stout teeth. Flowers numerous, in large clusters; 
arising from the middle or towards the base of the young stems; 
pedicels 3—1 inch long, stout, glabrous. Calyz-lobes ovate or lanceo- 
late acuminate, 24-34 lines long. Corolla 2-24 inches in diam., 
deeply S-parted, golden yellow, glabrous outside, rugulose within, tube 
almost w anting ; lobes 8 narrow, lanceolate, attenuate, ciliate with vibra- 
8 Adem purple hairs. Out corona cup-shaped, of five ve 
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