PuLaTE 1908. 
A.—CARALLUMA LINEARIS, N. E. Br. 
B.—CARALLUMA DEPENDENS, N. E. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACESZ. Tribe STAPELIER. 
—C linearis, N. E. Br. (n. sp.); ramis tetragonis glabris, angulis 
pede dentibus parvis, brevissime indurato- apiculatis; pedicellis 
lin. longis ; corolla oll. diam., tubo parvo campanulato, intus 
albido, quam lobis linearibus patentibus atropurpureis triplo breviore ; 
segmentis corons exterioris subquadratis, is vel tridentatis, dente 
medio minuto; segmentis corons# interioris linearibus, erectis, apice 
obtusis recurvis; folliculis 14 poll. longis, anguste fusiformibus. 
Has. Seven-weeks Poort, Zwartberg, Bain (No. 8), Barkly. 
Stems glabrous, four-angled, angles shortly toothed, the teeth with 
a very short indurated point. Pedicels very short, a bout 1 line long, 
growing ey: about 3 ani long in fruit, glabrous. "Oilgitobes ovate 
acute, y'5 inch lon ng, glabrous. Corolla ? inch in diameter, quite 
linear, hse s obes, whic are more or less replicate, an 
erect, with recurved obtuse apices, blackish-purple or dar press 
_ brown. Follicles narrow fusiform, about 14 inch long ; 
_ oblong, with a thick roll-like ral aie and a rather short coma, the 
hairs being scarcely 4 inch lon 
Of this I have seen only a small piece of stem with follicles 
ner eh and some loose flowers, dried and in spirits. The stem gives 
_ blunt, not spine-like. Iam unable to state ‘ colour of ee outer 
coronal segments, but in the dried flower they are pallid, and may have 
_ been yellowish. The drawing is made from flowers preserved in spirits 
__ of wine, and the inner coronal segments are probably not so spreading 
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