glandularly pubescent. Corolla greenish on the outside^ 

 dotted with red; inside black-purple, centre deep yellow 

 with broken cross lines ; tube campanulate; /^mfe 5- parted, 

 edges of the segments revolute, fringed at the base. Crown ( 



5-cleft, with converging triangular lobules. The flowers, 

 like those of nearly all the Stapelias, emit a nauseous 

 stench." 



