Echidnopsis
( from echidne, a viper, and opsis, appearance; alluding to the stems ). ORD. Asclepiadaceae. A greenhouse, fleshy, leafless, perennial herb. For culture, see Stapelia.
E. cereiformis (Cereus-like). fl. bright yellow, small, in fascicles; calyx tube hemispheric, with five triangular, acute, spreading and recurved lobes; corolla broadly rotate-campanulate. Stem elongated, cylindrical, obtuse, cernuous or pendulous, areolate. h. 6in. Abyssinia, 1871. (B. M. 5930.)