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§ 3. Ligule, or segments of the outer corona, rhomb-oblong or 
cuneated. Leaflets of inner corona simple, subulate, undulated. 
Stems glabrous, with 4 equal sides, but much more slender than 
those of the former section. This is probably the best marked 
section of the genus; nevertheless the species agree in habit, 
and teeth of branches, with the last. 
20 S. concinna (Mass. stap. p. 15. t. 18.) branches glabrous, 
floriferous at the base, with erect teeth ; segments of corolla 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, ciliated ; bottom of corolla villous, ex 
Haw. h. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Karro. 
Heyne, term. bot. t. 16. f. 8. Flowers about the size of those 
of Anemone nemorósa, flat, grey, with transverse, undulated, 
fuscous stripes, and white bristles ; and a brown bottom. Pe- 
dicels purplish, usually twin. Segments of outer corona emar- 
ginate. 
Neat Stapelia. FI. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1798. Shrub 1 foot. 
21 S. GLANDULÍFERA (Jacq. stap. t. 46.) branches glabrous, 
floriferous in the middle; corolla very villous; segments ovate, 
acuminated ; villi sub-spatulate, white; ligula rhomb-oblong, 
quite entire, horny, obtuse. h. S. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Pedicels twin or tern, hairy, filiform. Corolla 
small, yellowish, having the bottom and numerous concentric, 
transverse, broken stripes, rufous. Ligule yellowish brown. 
Stamens bay-coloured. 
Gland-bearing Stapelia. 
3 foot. 
22 S. rLAvicouA rA (Haw. suppl. pl. succ. p. 8.) stems nume- 
rous, quadrangular, slender; angles equal, downy, teeth leaf- 
formed, tumid, and contiguous. 5. S. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Very nearly allied to S. glandulifera; but the 
branches are thicker, more numerous, shorter, with the teeth 
larger, more leaf-formed, and more close together. 
Yellow-haired Stapelia. Fl. July. Cit. 1810. Shrub $ foot. 
23 S. mısrínuLa (Hornem. hort. hafn. p. 251.) segments of 
corolla acuminated, wrinkled transversely, hispid from clavate 
hairs, replicate and naked at apex; segments of outer corona or 
ligule entire, acute: of the inner subulate, connivent ; pedicels 
aggregate, almost radical, much longer than the corollas. h. S. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. This species differs from 
H. concinna, Mass. in the pedicels being very long, and almost 
radical, in the segments of the corolla not being ciliated, and in 
the segments of the exterior corona being undivided. 
Hispid Stapelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub { foot. 
24 S. GLANDULIFLORA (Mass. stap. p. 16. t. 19.) branches 
glabrous, with erect, acute teeth, floriferous at the base; pedun- 
cles twin or tern; corolla clothed with white, clavate, seta- 
ceous glands : segments ovate-lanceolate, acute, spreading. h. 
S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, among bushes, about 
North Olifant's river. Smith, exot. bot. t. 19. Jacq. stap. 
t. 40. Branches spreading. Corolla size of those S. con- 
cinna, sulphur-coloured. Corona orange and black, ex Willd. 
Pedicels purplish. Corolla about the size of those of Anemone 
nemorósa, shorter than the calyx, spotted with deep red dots; 
and the bottom deep brown, ex Mass. 
Gland-flowered Stapelia. Fl. May, Nov. 
4 foot. 
25 S. AcuMINA'TA (Mass. stap. p. 15. t. 17.) branches gla- 
brous, floriferous in the middle; pedicels glabrous, twin or tern, 
shorter than the corolla; segments of corolla ovate, cuspidately 
acuminated, ciliated on the edges; the rest of the corolla gla- 
brous. h.S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Namaqua 
Land. Corollas a little larger than those of H. rifa; segments 
green, variegated with dark purple stripes, transversely undu- 
lated, tipped with dark purple. Segments of calyx oval, 
acute. 
Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt.? Shrub 1 to 
Clt. ? Shrub 
ASCLEPIADE Æ. 
IV. STAPELIA. 
Acuminated-flowered Stapelia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1795. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
§ 4. Anómalæ. Anomalous species, without the characters of 
the preceding sections, and which will probably constitute 
new genera, but the characters are not sufficiently known as 
to establish these genera. 
* Obtuse-dentate. Angles of branches obtuse, having the 
teeth almost obliterated, or very blunt. 
26 S. APE'RTA (Mass. stap. p. 23. t. 37.) branches numerous, 
tetragonal, sub-tridentate at the apex, glaucescent; corolla flat, 
segments ovate, obtuse, 5-nerved, wrinkled, with glabrous edges. 
h. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Namaqua Land, 
near Kok Fountain. Pedicels twice longer than the branches, 
usually solitary. Corolla obscure, purple, with dashes of a 
more obscure colour; bottom circular, greyish, dotted with 
black. Perhaps a species of Carunculària. 
Open-flowered Stapelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1795. 
1 foot. 
27 S. ramòsa (Mass. stap. p. 21. t. 32.) branches numerous, 
erect, tetragonal, glaucescent; flowers aggregate, almost sessile ; 
segments of corolla lanceolate, acute, with revolute edges. h. 
S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Karro, beyond Platte 
Kloof.  Pedicels very short, rising from the upper part of 
the branches, without the teeth. Angles of branches sinuated. 
Corollas size of those of H. pruinósa, dark purple, with a cir- 
cular white bottom. Perhaps a species of Piardnthus. 
Branched Stapelia, Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1795. Shrub 1 foot. 
Shrub 
* * Branches terete, tubercular; having a hair or spine rising 
from each tubercle. 
28 S. pitirera (Lin. suppl. 171. Thunb. prod. 1. p. 46. fl. 
cap. 2. p. 165.) branches numerous, terete, furrowed ; tubercles 
furnished each with a bristle; flowers sessile, solitary ; corolla 
campanulate, with ovate, acuminated segments; segments of 
corona bifid. 5. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on 
very arid hills, under bushes, in Karro, beneath Roggeweld, 
Masson; beyond Hartequas Kloof, Thunb. Flowers small, 
purple, at the tops of the branches, Lin. Corolla size of that of 
S. árida, dark purple, with a red circle in the middle, ex Mass. 
Corolla smooth outside, but muricated by elevated callosities 
inside, ex Thunb. Perhaps this will form a new genus. 
Piliferous Stapelia. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1790. Shrub. 
29 S. Gorpont (Mass. stap. p. 24. t. 40.) branches terete ; 
tubercles terminating each in a spine; pedicels solitary, at the 
tops of the branches; corolla large, 5-toothed; teeth or seg- 
ments broad, roundish, short-acuminated; exterior corona 5- 
toothed. h.S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Groot- 
Namaqua Land, towards the orange river. Corollas among the 
largest of the genus, almost 3 inches in diameter, repandly 5- 
toothed, of a brownish yellow colour, with a whitish centre; 
segments of the corona short, black in the middle, and white on 
the margins. Follicles solitary, erect, long, acute. This differs 
from all other species, in the singular form of the corolla, and in 
the solitary follicles ; it therefore will hereafter constitute a new 
genus, which we would propose calling Monothylaceum, from its 
solitary follicles. 
Gordon’s Stapelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1796. Shrub 4 foot. 
+ The following species being hardly known, they have not been 
arranged in any of the sections above. 
30 S. corpa‘ta (Hort. ex Haw. syn. p. 26. no. 27.) b. S. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. There is nothing known 
of this plant but the name. 
