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without flowering, and may possibly have been T. piliferum. Both 
species are called ‘ Guaap’”’ by the natives.—N. E. Brown. 
HOODIA, Sweet. 
H. Barklyi, Dyer in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. 15, p. 252, pl. 5, f. 3 
(1876). 
Has. Brought from the Karoo by Mr. Lycett to the Cape Botanic 
Garden in 1873, Barkly (No. 5). 
H. Bainii, Dyer in Bot. Mag. t. 6348 (1878). 
Has. From Dwyka River and Uitkyk (Gamka River?), both o 
the Gouph ‘wen Bain (No. 11). I do not feel sure that the ioaality 
Uitkyk 1s the one marked on the map by the Gamka san as Sir 
H. Gordoni, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, p. 359 (1830) ; Dyer in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. Bot. vol. 15, p. 252, pl. 5, f. 1; and in Bot. Mag. t. 6228; 
EL. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1875, vol. 4, p. 452. Stapelia Gordoni, 
Masson, rig 4 P. on . 40 (1796). Monothylaceum Gordoni, Mn, 
Gen. Syst. Gar . 4, p. 116 (1837). Scytanthus Gordoni, Hook. 
* Icon. Plant. VoL y : 625 (1844). 
Haz. Henkries, 12 miles south of the Orange River, Little 
Namaqualand ; a dried flower, and a living plant sent to Kew by Sir H. 
Barkly in 1874. 
H. Currori, Dene. in DO. Prod. vol. 8, p. 665 (1844) ; Dyer in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. vol. 15, p. 251, pl. 5, f. 2. Scytanthus Currori , Hook. Icon. 
Plant. vol. 7, t. 605-606, ‘and mentioned as S. Burkei by an error under 
t. 625 (1844). 
4B. Damaraland, Pulgrave, a dried flower and photograph com- 
municated by Sir H. Barkly ; Angola, Curror, Monteiro.—N. E. Brown 
DECABELONE, Dene. 
D. Barklyi, Dyer in Bot. Mag. t. 6203 (1875); and in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. vol. 15, pp. 249-250, pl. 5, f. 4 
Has. Discovered by Lichtenstein in 1805, on the Karoo, near the 
Orange River, and refound by Sir H. Barkly in 1871, and <i Dr. 
Shaw in 1874, in the same locality. 
The interior corona of this remarkable plant is described as com- 
