Orbea taitica       Bruyns

DESCRIPTION: Small succulent fonning diffuse clumps to 15 cm in diameter, glabrous throughout, partly rhizomatous. Stems 3-15 cm long, 0.8-1 cm in diameter (excluding teeth), :t slen-der, decumbent and often subterranean for up to 15 cm then erect above ground, green with irregular maroon flecks; tubercles 3-7 mm long, arranged into 4 obtuse rows along stems (only near bases), ascending, conical and tapering to an acute tip, slightly flattened above, very rarely with one minute lateral stipular denticle towards apex.

DISTRIBUTION: Kenya