Caralluma
(C. adscendens is called Car-allum by the Telingas). ORD. Asclepiadeae. Stove evergreen shrubs, with almost the habit of Stapelia. Peduncles solitary, one-flowered, rising from the axils of the teeth. Stems tetragonal, toothed along the angles. For culture, see Stapelia.
C. adscendens (ascending). fl. variegated with purple and yellow, usually drooping; segments of corolla reflexed at the edges, acuminated, glabrous. Branches slender, ascending, each bearing a solitary flower at top. h. 1ft. to 2ft. Coromandel, 1804.
C. fimbriata (fimbriate). fl. axillary, solitary, sub-campanulate, drooping; segments of corolla falcate at top, with replicate fringed edges; marked with many transverse purple lines, pale yellow beneath, upper part purple. Branches elongated, attenuated. h. 6in. Burma, 1829. (L. B. C. 1863.)