552 



(2) C. ATTESUAIA. {R. W.) 



Jdent. Wight's loon. vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1268. 



Spec. Char. Erect: steins tetragonal at the, base, subterete 

 towards the apex, sparingly branched : flowers Confined to the ends 

 of the branches, drooping : lobes of the corolla lanceolate, fimbriate 

 on the margin. 



Dry plains at the foot of the Neilgherries, flowering in March 

 and April. 



(3) C. FIMBRIATA. {Wall.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 34.^Dec. prod. VIII. p. 647. 

 . Engrav. Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. t. 8. 



Spec. Char. Flowers nodding or ascending, short-pedieelled 5 

 sepals short, subulate : segments of the corolla linear-oblong, cus- 

 pidate, fimbriated : flowers yellowish above, transversely purple^ 

 streaked, underneath yellow. 



Peninsula. Deccan. Flowering in Jttne. 



GENUS XXXVI. BOtrCEROSfA. 

 Pentondria Dlg^ynia. Sew .- Systi 



Deriv, From. Bous, an oxj and Keras, a horn. 



Ge^. Chae. Corolla sabcampanulate, 5-cleft : segments broad 

 triangular, sinus acute : gynostegium scarceljr exsert'ed :■ stami- 

 naj corona gamophyllons, 15-lobed in two rows, five inner lobes 

 opposite the stamens incumbent on the authers, ; the rest outer, 

 ^reot or somewhat incurved at the apex adhering to the back of 

 the inner ones : antherS; simple at the apex : pollen-masses erect, 

 4-oornered : stigma mutic : follicles smooth, terete, attenuated at 

 the apex : seeds oomose. — Fleshys leafless, erect, d-sided plants, 

 with dentate angles : fio'vq^rs numerous, terminal, ambelled. 



(1) B. UMBELLATA. (W. ^ A.) 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 34. — Dec. prod. VIII. p. 648. 

 Syn. Stapelia umbellata, Roxb. — Caralluma umbellata, Spr,-^ 



iraiw 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. III. t. 241. — ^Wight's Icon. t. 4^5. 



Spec Char. Segments of the corolla glabrous : flowers 1oi&g< 

 ■aedicelled,, externally whitish, with dark purple confluent spots, 

 Internally yellowish' with dark purple circles. 



Southern parts of the Peninsula, flowering in May, 



