Hoodia.] lxxxv. asclepiade^ (brown). 41»1 



1. H. Currori, Decne. in DC. Prod. viii. 0G5. Stems \h-2 tt. 

 high, 2-2h in. thick, cylindric, many-angled ; angles sharply "spiiie- 

 toothed. Pedicels 0-8 Hn. long, glabrous. Sepals \ in. long, lanceolate^ 

 acuminate, glabrous. Corolla 3^-5 in. in diam., concave-rotate, slightly 

 4-5-lobed, glabrous outside, covered with hairs 1-2 lin. long within ; 

 lobes -i-4i times as broad as long, very obtuse, abruptly contracted 

 into a subulate point | in. long ; outer corona a shortly 5-lobed cup, 

 glabrous ; lobes bifid ; inner coronal -lobes linear, obtuse, incumbent on 

 the backs of the anthers and not exceeding them, dorsally adnate to 

 the outer corona, glabrous. Follicles 8-10 in. long, divaricate, terete, 

 acuminate. — Hook. Niger Flora, 458 ; Dyer in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 

 251, t. 5, fig. 2 ; Lemaire, PI. Grasses autres que lesCact. 07 ; N. E. Br. in 

 Hook. Ic. PI. XX. sub 1. 1905, p. 3; K. Schum. in Engl, k Prantl, Pflanzen- 

 fam. iv. ii. 275. Scytanthus Currori, Hook. Ic. PI. vii. tt. 0O5, OnO ; 

 S. Burkei, Hook. Ic. PI. sub t. 025. iS. sp., J. C. Brown in Gard. Chron. 

 1873, 570, fig. 110. Adenium namaquariivm, Henslow in The Gardener, 

 1901,1194, tig. 10. 



Ziower Cruinea. Angola: Elepiiant Hay, Curror ! Beiigueln, Monteiro ! 

 German South-west Africa : Damafaland; Oiyimbingwe, Palgrave ! 



Probably to this siJecies should be referred the plant quoted as H. Gorcioni, 

 Sw., in Engl. Jahrb. x. 244, and xix. 148 from Hereroland ; near 8alcm {Marloth, 

 1453), and at Soris-Soris {Giirich, 58). 



2. H. IiUgardi, N. E. Br. Stems not seen, "erect, to 2i ft. 

 high, thorny " {Luyard). Pedicels \-\ in. long in the specimens seen, 

 stout, glabrous. Sepals 2^-2| lin. long, IJ-lJ lin. broad, ovate, 

 acuminate, glabrous. Corolla about 2^ in. in diam., *' brick-red " 

 (Lucjard), concave-rotate, obsoletely 5-lobed, each lobe very abruptly 

 terminated by a subulate point 4-5 lin. long, glabrous outside, thinly 

 covered with hairs ^-1 lin. long within, each hair arising from a 

 minute tubercle and probably erect. Outer corona shortly cupul.ir, 

 5-lobed ; lobes obtusely and deeply bifid, dark purple-brown or blacki.-h, 

 glabrous ; inner coronai-lobes ^ lin. long, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 incumbent on the backs of the anthers, dark purple-brown or blackish, 

 glabrous. 



Mozamb. I>ist. Bechuanaland : Cluikutsa Salt Pan in the Kalahari Desi-rt, 

 2300 ft., Liigard, 303 ! 



3. H. parviflora, N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 205. Stems 

 similar to those of H. Currori. Pedicels 1-2 lin. long, stout, glabrous. 

 Sepals 2 J lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. Corolla 

 about \\ in. in diam., probably concave or cup-shaped, pentagonal or 

 very slightly 5-lobed, glabrous outside, pubescent with haii-s \-\ lin. 

 long within ; lobes or angles tipped by a subulate point 1 lin. l«uig. 

 Corona glabrous; outer lobes i lin. long, concave, bifid to half-way 

 down ; inner lobes linear, obtuse, incumbent on the backs of the antliei-s 

 and shorter than them, dorsally connected with the outer corona by a 

 short partition. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 097. 



