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208 ON THE ASCLEPIADE/E.

CARALLUMA.

Char. Corolla rotata, profundi otida.

Columna fructificationis exsert a .

Corona staminea simplici serie lOphylla; foliolis quinque antheris oppositis indivisis ; reliquis bipartitis, subulatis.

Ant her a apice simplices.

Massa pollinis erectae, basi afflxae, marginibus simpli- cibus.

Stigma muticum.

Folliculi graciles, laeves. Semina comosa.

Habitus fere Stapeliae.

Patria. India Orientalis.

Obs. This genus is the Stapelia adscendens of Roxburgh, the Car-all urn of the Telingas.

MICROSTEMMA.

Char. Corolla rotata, ofida.

Column a fructification is exserta .

Corona staminea monophylla, carnosa, 51oba, lobis cum antheris alternantibus. 26] Anther ce apice simplices.

Massa pollinis medio lateri inserts, stigmati incum- bentes.

Stigma muticum.

Folliculi graciles, laeves. Semina comosa.

Habitus. Herba glabra, erecta. Radix tuberosa. Caulis infra simplex, foliis minutis ; supra ramosus, foliis oppositis linearibus. Umbellce laterales et terminates, sub- sessiles. Cor oil ce nigro-purpureae intiis barbatae.

Patria. Nova Hollandia tropica.

HOYA.

Char. Corolla rotata, 5fida.

Corona staminea 5phylla, foliolis depressis, carnosis, angulo interiore producto in den tern antherae incumbentem.

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