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dark brown. Bottom of corolla dark brown, girded by a few 
glandular hairs. 
Var. P, verrucdsa; branches longer and thicker. h. S. 
Stapélia verrucósa, Sims, bot. mag. 1786, but not of Mass. 
Stapélia pulchélla, Hort. but not of Mass. Corolla pale yellow, 
with dark purple marks. Segments of the outer corona emar- 
ginate; the inner one of ovate yellow corpuscles. 
Fair Podanthes. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub cr. 
2 P. rrrora‘ta (Haw. syn. p. 33.) branches numerous, 
erectish, decumbent; pedicels usually solitary: corolla more 
semi-quinquefid than the last, wrinkled and bedewed : with lan- 
ceolate, acuminated segments. h.S. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Stapélia irroràta, Mass. stap. p. 12. t. 9. Lodd. bot. 
cab. 127. Corolla sulphur-coloured, and spotted with blood 
colour; having the bottom blood-coloured, and the segments 
tipped with purple. This species differs from P. verrucósa, in 
the flowers not being warted, and in the want of the pentagonal 
circle, and colour, ex Willd. spec. 1. p. 1452. 
Bedewed Podanthes. Fl. July. Sept. Cit. 1795. Shrub dec. 
3 P. verrucdsa (Haw. syn. p. 33.) branches numerous, as- 
cending, tetragonal ; pedicels solitary or twin; corolla quinquefid, 
warted ; segments ovate, acuminated ; orbicle in the bottom of 
the corolla scabrous, pentagonal. h. S. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Stapélia verrucósa, Mass. stap. 2. no. 8. t. 8. 
but not of Sims, Jacq. stap. t. 26. Corolla yellowish, spotted 
with blood-colour; but with the tops of the segments, and about 
the bottom brownish. Segments of the outer corona lunutely 
2-lobed; leaflets of the inner uncinate, obtuse, and retuse. 
Warted-flowered Podanthes. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
4 P. nonírLvA; corolla 5-cleft, dotted, with an equal bottom; 
segments of the outer corona emarginate ; leaflets of the inner 
corona incurved, 2-lobed. h.S. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Stapélia roriflua, Jacq. stap. t. 30. Willd. enum. p. 285. 
Orbicle none. Beaks gibbous, lying upon the stigma, ex Jacq. 
Corolla yellow, dotted with red. 
Den-flowing-flowered Podanthes. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1802. 
Shrub proc. 
5 P. rutcuE' LrA (Haw. syn. 33.) branches numerous, tetra- 
gonal, reclinate ; pedicels fasciculate; corolla 5-cleft, wrinkled : 
with ovate, acute segments; orbicle circular. 5. S. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope.  Stapélia pulchélla, Mass. stap. p. 
22. t. 26. Corolla yellow, dotted with blood-colour. Tips of 
segments and bottom fuscescent. 
Neat Podanthes. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1795. Shrub dec. 
6 P. cirra`ra (Haw. syn. p. 34.) branches numerous, tetra- 
gonal, procumbent, radicant ; pedicels solitary ; corolla 5-cleft, 
papillose above, and ciliated on the margins : with ovate, acute, 
flat segments. b. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in 
Karro. Stapélia ciliàta, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 46. fl. cap. 2. p. 
168. Mass. stap. p. 9. t. 1. Corolla yellowish, ex Willd., 
purplish green, greyish inside, with rufescent papilla, ex Thunb. 
Cilia clavate, white, ex Thunb. Orbicle beset with papilla, 
which are tipped with purple. 
Ciliated Podanthus. Fl. Oct. Dec. Clt. 1795. Shrub cr. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Stapélia, p. 117. 
1795. 
VII. TRIDE'NTEA (from tridens, a trident ; in reference to 
the segments of the outer corona being tridentate.) Haw. syn. 
p. 24.—Stapélia species of authors. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monogýnia. All as in Stapélia, 
except the ligule or segments of the outer corona, which are 
tridentiform ; and those of the inner corona are unequally bipar- 
tite.—The species have almost the habit of those of Podánthes ; 
but the branches are naked, and more erect ; and the teeth are 
smaller, and terminated by a very manifest green leaf. 
ASCLEPIADEZ. VI. PopaNTHEs. 
VII. TRIDENTEA. 
1 T. cemmiriora (Haw. syn. p. 34.) branches numerous, 
erect, tetragonal ; pedicels solitary or twin; corolla corrugated ; 
segments ovate, acute, ciliated with white hairs, 5-nerved above. 
h. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in arid places, among 
bushes, beyond Platte Kloof. Stapélia gemmiflóra, Mass. stap. 
p. 14. t. 15. Jacq. stap. t. 9. Corolla almost black, ciliated 
with dark hairs. Orbicle none, ex Haw. Ligule deep purple, 
with paler tips. Outer branches of inner corona dark purple ; 
inner ones tipped with white. 
Var. B; corolla marked with golden yellow dots, Mass. 
Var. y ; corolla wholly black, Haw. 
Gem-flowered Tridentia. Fl. Oct. Nov. 
i foot. 
9 T. Sry'cra (Haw. syn. p. 34.) corollas wrinkled, black, 
ciliated with red hairs; branches thick, short, yellowish green. 
h.S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapélia Stygia, 
Rom. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 561. The branches of this spe- 
cies are very different from the preceding, being shorter, 
thicker, and paler. 
Stygian Tridentea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 foot. 
3 T. woscuA'ra (Haw. syn. p. 25. suppl. pl. succ. p. 10.) 
corolla ciliated, wrinkled from tubercles above, and dotted 
beneath; leaflets of inner corona subulate, diverging ; appen- 
dages lanceolate. kh. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Stapélia hircósa, Jacq. stap. t. 43. Willd. enum. p. 281. Co- 
rola brownish purple, spotted with yellow. Leaflets of outer 
corona tripartite; the middle segments much the longest. 
Musky 'Yridentea. Shrub. 
4 T.? ve’ruta (Haw. syn. p. 34.) branches numerous, erect, 
tetragonal: pedicels twin or tern ; corolla glabrous, with lanceo- 
late, bluntly acuminated segments, which are 3-nerved above, and 
wrinkled. h.S. Native ofthe Cape of Good Hope, on the moun- 
tains, at Hex river. Stapélia vétula, Mass. stap. p. 15. t. 16. Jacq. 
stap. t. 27. Allg. gart. mag. 1818. p. 17. t. 2. Corolla dark, 
violaceous, with a dark purple bottom. Segments of corolla 
ovate, acuminated, 3-nerved above, ex Willd. Ligula oblong, 
acute : inner branches of inner corona subulate, diverging ; 
outer ones ovate, somewhat tridentate, ex Willd. Perhaps a true 
species of Stapélia. 
Stale Tridentea. 
foot. 
5 T. Sims; branches tetragonal, erect: with thick teeth ; 
segments of corolla 5-nerved, ovate, acuminated ; ligule retusely 
tricuspidate ; branches of inner corona subulate. h.S. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope.  Stapélia vétula, Sims, bot. mag. t. 
1234, exclusive of the synonyms. Stapélia Símsii, Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 6. p. 33. Trid. vétula, Haw. syn. p. 36. Co- 
rolla dark. Ligule yellow. 
Sims's Tridentea. Fl. May, Nov. 
foot. 
6 T. pepre’ssA; segments of corolla ciliated, wrinkled ; 
ligule tridentate ; branches of inner corona a little toothed, subu- 
late, spreading. b. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Stapélia depréssa, Jacq. diar. lips. 1814. p. 268. 
Depressed Tridentea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? 
foot. 
7 T. rucòsa ; branches tetragonal, procumbent, but afterwards 
erect ; pedicels solitary ; corolla wrinkled, glabrous; inner branch 
of inner corona clavate, outer one terete, obtuse. k. S. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapélia rugósa, Jacq. stap. t. 21. 
Willd. enum. p. 284. Corolla 3 inches broad, pale green beneath, 
but marked above with dark purple and blood-coloured dots. 
Bottom of corolla orbicular, tumid, ex Willd. Orbicle spu- 
rious, depressed, surrounded by 5 crenatures, ex Jacq. 1. c. 
Wrinkled-flowered Tridentea. Shrub dec. 
8 T. pantcuLara (Haw.) corollas flat, transversely papillose, 
12 
Clt. 1795. Shrub 
Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1793. 
Shrub 4 to 4 
Cit. 1800. Shrub 4 to 1 
Shrub 1 to 1 
