Iluemia.] lxxxv. ASCLEPiADEiE (brown). 407 



Corolla campanulate, about J in. long, and | in. in expanse; rough out- 

 side and inside with minute wart-like papilla?, which are inconspicuous 

 in the dried state, otherwise glabrous, and not ciliate, entirely 

 blackish-purple within; lobes about ^ in. long, deltoid, slightly spread- 

 ing. Outer corona of 5 transversely oblong, obtuse or emarginate 

 lobes J lin. long, purple-black ; inner coronal-lobes | lin. long, incurved 

 over the backs of the anthers, then erect, deltoid-subulate, with a trans- 

 verse ridge behind at their base, glabrous, blackish-purple. — Ihwrnia 

 macrocarpa, Dammann, Cat. 18'J2, 4 and 7, fig. ; Wiener 111. (lartenz. 

 1802, 3r)0, fig. 58. //. Penzigii, Baker ex Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. 

 Internaz. 1802, iUO. H. macrocarpa, Schweinf. ex K. Schumann, 

 Monatzschr. f lir Kakteenkunde, 1804, iv. laT), with fig. ; Engl, k PrantI, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. ii: 270, fig. 84, F. and 280. Stapelia macrocarpd, 

 Martelli, Florul. Bogos, 56. 



KTlIe Iiand. Eritrea : among rocks on Mount Sevan, near Keren, Penzig (ex 

 Penzig) ; near Geleb, cultivated specimens, Penzig (ex Cronemeyer) ! Deban 

 Mountain, near Keren, 4500-5000 ft., Beccari (ex Martelli). 



Specimens collected in Eritrea, at Acrup, 6000 ft., Schweinfurth cf Riva, 1340, 

 may also belong to tins species, but those I have seen are without flowers. 



According to Schumann, tins plant is the same as Stapelia macrocarpa, A. 

 Rich., but the st'jms of that species are described as subquadrangular and tlie 

 flowers are unknown. See note under ^. macrocarpa, N. E. Br. 



5. H. concinna, X. E. Br. Stems tufted, 1- U in. long, 4J-5 lin. 

 thick, exclusive of the teeth, decumbent, 5-angled, glabrous, light green, 

 scarcely glaucous ; angles toothed ; teeth 3-3| lin. long, straight, spread- 

 ing, subulate from a stoat conical base, without lateral teeth. Flowei-s 

 1-2 or more ? fascicled on the basal part of the young stems ; pedicels 

 2J lin. long, glabrous. Sepals 4 lin. long, | lin. broad at the base, 

 gradually tapering to very fine hair-like points, glabrous. Corolla about 

 1 in. in diam., outside glabrous, smooth, whitish ; inside everywhere 

 covered with little bristle-like processes, pale sulphur-yellow, marked all 

 over with small dark brownish-crimson spots, narrowly margined with 

 dark purple-brown on the lobes, not ciliate ; tube about 3 lin. long and 

 7 lin. in diam., broadly campanulate : lobes 4 lin. long, 4i lin. broad, 

 slightly spreading, deltoid, acuminate. Outer corona very shortly 

 5-lobed, rich velvety purple-brown ; lobes J lin. long, §-j lin. broad, 

 transversely oblong, emarginate; inner coronal-lobes i lin, long, .\ lin. 

 broad at the base, gradually tapering to a subobtuse point, connivent 

 in a cone over the tips of the anthers, yellow, margined and speckled 

 with purple-brown. — H. macrocarpa, Taubert in Gartenfl. 1805, .k")."., 

 t. 1416, not of other authors. 



Xile Xiand. Eritrea, Schweinfurth (ex Tauherl). Somalilmul: cultivated 

 specimen, Mrs. Lort- Phillips 1 



Described from a living plant brought from Somaliland by Mrs. Lort-riiillin-, 

 wlucli flowered in Cambridge Botanic Garden in July 1900. 



6. H. somalica, N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1808, 300. Stems 

 5-angled, light green, glabrous, scarcely glaucous, 2^-3 lin. high, 7 lin. 



