— 274 —
Hab. in planifie humidâ prope Hadieh et in wadi Sourdoud
(Forsk.).
42. B. spec. non sat nota Defl., loc. cit., 170.
Hab. : Yémen, in wadi Schidja, prope Menâkha, per altitud.
2000 m. Defl. Iter. Arab. I, Exs. n° 445).
43. B. spec. non sat nota Defl., loc. cit.
Hab. : Yémen, in convallibns inter Heys et Tâez, prope pagum
Aïdeb dietum, per altitud. 900 m. (Defl. Iter. Arab. I, ann. 1887,
Exs. n" 707).
44. Huernia arabica N. E. Brown. in Bull. Kew. (1895), 265.
— Stapelia macrocarpa Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss., n, 50?
Hab. : Yémen, in regione mont. infv ad gebel Boura (Schw.).
45. Stapelia chrysostephana spec. nov.
Herba succosa, crasso-carnosa, surculoso-caespitosa ; cailles
Immiles, ascendentes, basi radicantes, 4-g-oni, ramosi, g-lau-
cescentes, viridi-variegati, glaberrimi, ramis articulatis, cla-
vatis, aphyllis, faciebus })lanis, ang-ulis obtusis, grosse sinuato-
aculeatis, aculeis acutis, rectis, patulis vel subdeflexis, ra-
morum crassitie circiter aequilongis; flores médiocres, sparsi,
saepius geminati, bracteolâ minimâ deciduâ stipati; pedicelli
erecti, plus minus arcuati, longitudine periantbium aequantes,
fructiferi valde incrassati et elongati. lineis rubellis notati;
calyx basi intus 5-squamellatus, segmentis linearibus acutis,
basi subauriculatis, dorso incrassato pallide purpurascentibus;
corolla carnosula, campanulata, extus glaberriraa, caesia,
rubro-lineata, intus fusco-purpurea, infra tertiam partem su-
periorem tantum velutino-papillosam pilis albidis apice clavatis
obtecta,tubo cupuliformi, calyce subbreviori, fauce exannulatâ,
lobis oblongis, acuminatis, marginibus valde revolutis ; corona
aurea, g*labra, duplex, exterior e nectariis tubulosis, interior
e squamis radiantibus constans, ambo tubum 5-locellatum,
extus a locellis prominulis costatiim et ore sinuato-lobatum
Hab. in planifie humidâ prope Hadieh et in wadi Sourdoud
(Forsk.).
42. B. spec. non sat nota Defl., loc. cit., 170.
Hab. : Yémen, in wadi Schidja, prope Menâkha, per altitud.
2000 m. Defl. Iter. Arab. I, Exs. n° 445).
43. B. spec. non sat nota Defl., loc. cit.
Hab. : Yémen, in convallibns inter Heys et Tâez, prope pagum
Aïdeb dietum, per altitud. 900 m. (Defl. Iter. Arab. I, ann. 1887,
Exs. n" 707).
44. Huernia arabica N. E. Brown. in Bull. Kew. (1895), 265.
— Stapelia macrocarpa Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss., n, 50?
Hab. : Yémen, in regione mont. infv ad gebel Boura (Schw.).
45. Stapelia chrysostephana spec. nov.
Herba succosa, crasso-carnosa, surculoso-caespitosa ; cailles
Immiles, ascendentes, basi radicantes, 4-g-oni, ramosi, g-lau-
cescentes, viridi-variegati, glaberrimi, ramis articulatis, cla-
vatis, aphyllis, faciebus })lanis, ang-ulis obtusis, grosse sinuato-
aculeatis, aculeis acutis, rectis, patulis vel subdeflexis, ra-
morum crassitie circiter aequilongis; flores médiocres, sparsi,
saepius geminati, bracteolâ minimâ deciduâ stipati; pedicelli
erecti, plus minus arcuati, longitudine periantbium aequantes,
fructiferi valde incrassati et elongati. lineis rubellis notati;
calyx basi intus 5-squamellatus, segmentis linearibus acutis,
basi subauriculatis, dorso incrassato pallide purpurascentibus;
corolla carnosula, campanulata, extus glaberriraa, caesia,
rubro-lineata, intus fusco-purpurea, infra tertiam partem su-
periorem tantum velutino-papillosam pilis albidis apice clavatis
obtecta,tubo cupuliformi, calyce subbreviori, fauce exannulatâ,
lobis oblongis, acuminatis, marginibus valde revolutis ; corona
aurea, g*labra, duplex, exterior e nectariis tubulosis, interior
e squamis radiantibus constans, ambo tubum 5-locellatum,
extus a locellis prominulis costatiim et ore sinuato-lobatum