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BRACHYSTELMA spatulatum. 
Spatulate-leaved Brachystelma. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AscLEPIADER. 
BRACHYSTELMA, Supra, vol. 9. fol. 722. 
B. spatulatum ; foliis spatulatis obtusis, corolla laciniis tubo duplo longi- 
oribus. 
Tuber subrotundum. Caulis erectus, simpliciusculus, pedalis, teres, car- 
nosus, pilosus. Folia spatulato-oblonga, in petiolo attenuata, obtusa, subre- 
panda, pilosa, 2 uncias longa, inferioribus brevioribus, oblongis. Pedunculi 
solitarit, filiformes, pilosi, foliis dimidio breviores. Sepala subulata, equalia, 
pilosa. Corolla campanulata, sordid purpurea, punctata, laciniis caudatis, 
erectis, ints tomentosis, tubo dupld longioribus. 
For this addition to the genus Brachystelma we are 
indebted to the late Alexander George Mackay, Esq., by 
whom it was imported from the Cape of Good Hope, in 
1826. 
To be grown in perfection it should be planted in old 
rubbish, and kept in a hot, dry stove, where it will flower 
readily in the months of June and July. After flowering, 
the stems will die down; the pots should then be removed 
to a place where they may be kept free from damp, until 
the ensuing spring. 
Tuber roundish. Stem erect, nearly simple, about a 
foot high, terete, fleshy, pilose. Leaves spatulate-oblong, 
tapering into the petiole, obtuse, somewhat repand, pilose, 
about two inches long; the lower shorter and oblong. 
Peduncles solitary, filiform, pilose, half the length of the 
leaves, Sepals subulate, equal, pilose. Corolla campanu- 
Tate, dull purple, dotted, with caudate, erect segments, 
downy in the inside, and twice as long as the tube. 
