= 1} lin. 
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very apex ofthe lobes, and the corona is also quite glabrous; the 
flowers are of a dark purple-brown, 
289. Edithcolea, V. E. Brown [Asclepiadearum Stapeliearum genus 
novum]. Calyx 5-partitus.’ Corolle tubus parvus; limbus magnus, 
rotatus, 5-lobus, lobi valvati. Corona duplex, columnæ staminum 
obi 
lineares, apicibus triangulari-dilatis conniventibus echinulatis. Columna 
taminea prope basin corolle affixa; anthere erecte, oblongs, 
exappendiculate ; pollinia in quoque loculo solitaria, erecta, apice 
pellucida. Stylus apice subcompressus, truncatus, brevissime bicorni- 
culatis. Folliculos non vidii—Herha succulenta, ramosa, aphylla, caules 
angulati, en deme spinoso-dentatis. Flores prope apicem ramorum 
enati, pedicilla 
This genus is "allied to Caralluma, but the very large corolla with a 
relatively very small tube, and somewhat different corona, easily 
distinguish it. : 
Brown ; ramis basi decumbentibus pentagonis glabris 
E. grandis, N. E. 
angulis dentatis dentibus late deltoideis apice induratis es, 
aniram 
ovato-lanceolatis memet glabris, corolle tubo parvo Sings diat 
ditis extusque glabro o ad oes elevato i h limbo maximo 
plano vel patelliformi usque medium 5-lobo extus glabro intus in 
disco concentrice lamellato-rugoso et lineis quinque  radiantibus 
e longorum clavato-ca itatorum munit o, lobis ovatis acutis vix 
ugosis a pilis tenuibus clavatisque hirtis atque ciliatis, corone 
aktoris lobis Maara transverse oblongis emarginato-bifidis 
concavis intus hirtis, interioris erectis late linearibus basi gibbosis 
apice triangulari- dilatis inflexo-conniventibus echinulatis glabris quam 
columna staminum styloque multo longioribus. 
tat.—Somali-land : yam Valley, about 3000 ft, Miss 
Edith Cole, Mrs. Lort Phillip 
Pedicelli 7-9 lin. longi, 11— iy lin. crassi. | Sepala 4 lin. longa, 1-11 
lin. lata. Corolla 4-5 poll. diam., tubo 3 lin. longo ionan lobis 11-2 
poll. longis, 1-1} poll. latis. Corone exterioris lobi X i-i lin. longi, 
interioris lobi $ lin. longi. 
Miss Cole states that the plant grows to about a foot =; — and 
mas the n are decumbent at the base and very stout, being an 
nch e in diaméter. The habit of the plant is piere like that 
of Stapelia gigantea, N. E. Br. 
290. — € vti qiiem Baker [Boraginez]; perenne, 
caule basi lignoso ramosissimo, ramulis pilis albis hispidis adpressis 
dense vestitis, fig. ee iy linearibus margine revolutis utrinque 
dense albo-hispidis, | racemis laxis elongatis, bracteis lineari-subulatis 
persistentibus, pedicellis brevibus erectis, sepalis escam “hispid, 
corolla tubo cylindrico calyci equilongo intus dimidio super iore luteo- 
piloso, lobis minimis orbieularibus patulis antheris glabris Fubvesilüdut 
lineari-oblongis, stylo in tubo incluso. 
— Habitat.—Somali-land : Golis range at Hammar, Miss Edith Cole. 
ser a inferiora 6-9 lin. longa. Calyx 1} lin. longus. Corolle limbus 
Near py strigosum, Willa. : 
