Huernia.'] lxxxv. asclepiade^e (brown). 499 



belong to one and the same species. If this opinion is correct (and the propinqnity 

 of the localities supports this view), there can be no doubt that it is speciti<ally dis- 

 tinct from H. Penzigii, X. E. Br., and from H. concinna^ N. E. ]ir., as the corolla 

 of SchJmper's plant is marked with concentric zebra-markinfj^s on the inner side, 

 which is not the case in H. Penzigii or H. concinna. 



8. H. En^leri, Terra/^ciano in Ann. Istit. Bot. Jioma, v. I<i5. 

 Stems 4-angled, erect, "geographically" spotted with white and green ; 

 angles with acute teeth. Cymes 3-4-flowered ; flowers with long 

 peduncles (probably pedicels are intended). Sepals obovate-lanceolate, 

 acute. Corolla blackish-purple and spotted ; lobes stellately spreading. 

 Outer corona subentire, angulate. 



Zarile Xiand. Crulli Island, in the Ked Sea, Terraccia7io, 22, iii. 



I have not seen this plant. From the description it is impossible to 1)0 certain 

 if it belongs to the genus Huernia, and I am much inclined to believe that it will 

 jn'ove to be a species of Caralluma. 



55. HUERNIOPSTS, N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 171. 



Calyx 5-partite. Corolla campanulate, 5-lobed ; lobes valvate in 

 bud. Corona of 5 simple stout lobes arising from the staminal-column 

 and adna.te to it for half their length, opposite to the antheis and con- 

 nivent over them ; no outer corona. Anthers slightly ascending, not 

 appendaged. Pollen-masses solitary in each anther-cell, slightly ascend- 

 ing, pellucid along the inner margin, attached in pairs by short cau- 

 dicles to the oblong lateral processes of the pollen-carriers, — A dwarf 

 succulent perennial. Stems short, decumbent, 4-angled, toothed along 

 the angles. Flowers of moderate size, produced near the middle or 

 towards the top of the young stems. 



A monotypic genus, al.so found in South Africa. 



1. H. decipiens, N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 171, <. 12, 

 figs. 9-13. Plant tufted. Stems 1-3 in. long, 4-G lin. thick, exclusive 

 of the teeth, decumbent, often somewhat clavate, 4-angled, toothed 

 along the angles, glabrous, grey-green mottled with darker green or with 

 purplish ; teeth at the angles shortly conical, tipped with a horizon- 

 tally spreading subulate leaf-rudiment 1-1^ lin. long, having a minute 

 tooth on each side at the base. Cymes sessile near the middle or 

 towards the top of the young branches, 2-4-flowered; pedicels 1-2 lin. 

 long, stout, glabrous. Sepals 3-3J lin. long, 1 lin. broad, lanceolate, 

 very acuminate, glabrous. Corolla about 1 in. in diam., outside pale 

 greyish -green, spotted and streaked with purplish, glabrous ; inside 

 brownish-red or rich brownish-crimson, more or less mottled with 

 yellow, varying in intensity of colour, even in flowers of the same 

 cyme, glabrous, fringed at the base of the lobes with vibmtile clavate 

 purple hairs; tube 4-4J lin. long, 5 lin. in diam. outside, campanulate ; 

 lobes 4-4J lin. long, 3 lin. broad at the base, deltoid, very acuminate, 

 varying from ascending to recurved. Coronal-lobes 3 lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad at the base, arising |-g lin. above the base of the staminal- 



