stem succulent, twining or scrambling, leafless at the time of flowering, glabrous; leaves only seen at the young tips of the stems, soon deciduous, minute, 1–1 1/2 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, glabrous; flowers 2–4 together at the nodes, successively developed; pedicels 3–7 lin. long, glabrous; sepals 1 2/3–2 1/4 lin. long, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous; corolla-tube in dried specimens 1–2 in. long, 4–6 lin. in diam., cylindric and slightly or not at all inflated at the base, but on the living plant, according to a drawing, 2 in. long, globosely and somewhat lobulate-inflated and about 1 in. in diam. at the base, cylindric and 1/2 in. in diam. above, not dilated at the apex, pale green, with a narrow purple transverse band at the top of the inflation inside, glabrous outside, covered inside with long simple hairs, longer and more matted at the purple band and above than in the lower part; lobes 4–6 lin. long, 2 1/2–3 lin. broad at the base, lanceolate from a deltoid base, acute, erectly connivent and connate at the tips, replicate or with reflexed margins, glabrous on both sides and not ciliate, green, spotted with darker green, becoming olive-brown when dried, probably with a velvety sheen on the inner surface; outer corona cup-shaped, equally 10-toothed; teeth 2/5– 1/2 lin. long, narrowly deltoid, acute, hairy on the inner surface; inner corona-lobes 2–2 1/2 lin. long, very slenderly filiform, connivent-erect, dorsally-connected by vertical plates to the outer corona at the base. null
