PuaTe 1906. 
HUERNIA PRIMULINA, N. #. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACES. Tribe STAPELIER. 
__ HZ. primulina, N. £. Br. (n. sp.); ramis 1-2} poll. longis, -% poll. 
diam., glaucis, acute 45-angulatis, angulis grosse dentatis, cymis 
plurifloris, pedicellis }-14 poll. longis ; corolla #-1} poll. diam., pallide 
lutea, glabra, tubo subgloboso, limbo acute 5—-fido sinubus dentiformi- 
_bus ; corona exteriore 5-loba, lobis bifidis intense atropurpureis, basi 
tuberculatis ; coronz interioris segmentis subulatis, conniventibus, 
_ purporeis. 
_ Has. Dry stony places near Hell Poort, Cawood’s Hole, and other 
places in the vicinity of Grahamstown, MacOwan (No. 910), Barkly 
(No. 13). Queenstown district, Mr. Bowker, Barkly (No. 13 bis). 
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2-3 lines long. Buds acutely pointed, or obtuse. 
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degree, and there remains nothing but the shape of the buds, and con- 
sequent degree of acumination of the corolla lobes, to distinguish 
them ; in all probability, if a more extensive series of plants than IT _ 
