— 268 — 
33. Caralluma subulata Decaisne. Ann. Se. nat., sér. 2, ix, 
267. — Stapelia subulata Forsk., Cat. 193, Icon. t. vu. 
Ilab. : Yeinen, in regione montana media (Forsk.); bil ad Fodbli, in 
wadi Eybad, prope pagum Schoukra (Defl.). — Hadhramaut (Lunt). 
34. C. scutellata spec. nov. 
Herba crasso-carnosa, succosa, viridis, glaucescens, ra- 
mosa, surculoso-caespitosa ; caules et rarni basi articulât!, di- 
giti minimi crassitie, ascendentes vel procumbentes, elongati, 
cylindracei, alte 8-sulcati, costis inter sulcos in scntella seu 
areolas bexagonas, mamillari - prominulas divisis; folia mi- 
nima, squamiformia, patula, ad centrum areolarum singularnm 
affixa; flores parvuli, in axillis solitarii vel gemini, apice ra- 
morum conferti; pedicelli brevissimi, erecti, crassiusculi; ca- 
lyx viridi - rnbellus, carnosnlus, 5-partitus, sinubus minute 
glandnliferis, segmentis linearibus acntis, tnbum corollae sub- 
aeqnantibus; corolla vix ad medium usque 5-fida, tenuiter 
velutino-papillosa, extus viridi-lurida, intus flavescens, tubo 
late campanulato, fauce rubro-punctato , liinbo rotato, lolns 
margine subrevolutis , summo dorso pallide rubellis; corona 
cupuliformis , basi corollae affixa, glandulosa, flava, septis 
e tubo stamineo radiantibus gynostegio connexa, margine 
libéra, patula, subrevoluta, 5-sinuato-lobata , lobis antheris 
oppositis obtusissimis, irregulariter denticulatis, sinubus eden- 
tulis, septis interioribus apice in ligulam liberam, inflexam, 
antherâ incumbentem eâque longiorem productis; antherae 
brèves, inappendiculatae, stigmati incumbentes; pollinia glo- 
bosa, rubella; folliculi tenues, acuti, laeves, glabri. — % 
Gaules 10 — 30 cent, long., 1 cent. diam. lat.; pedicell. 
1 mill. long.; coroll. tub. 3 — 3’/ 2 mill., lob. 3 mill.; follicul. 
7 — 8 cent, long., 2 l / 2 mill. diam. lat. 
Hab. : Bilad §oubaihi ; in wadi Mo'âden, ubi per altitud. circa 
