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Hort. Plant smaller than D. radiata. Ligule angular, entire, 
pale rufous. Segments of inner corona pale red. 
Tubercled Duvalia. FI. July, Sept. Clt. 1808. Sh. proc. 
7 D. HIRTE'LLA ; segments of corolla replicate, lanceolate, 
ciliated on the edges; orb elevated, hairy ; segments of outer co- 
rona obtuse; segments of inner corona falcately hooked ; branches 
columnar, not oblong, as in D. ccespitósa ; pedicels usually soli- 
tary. h.S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapélia hirtélla, 
Jacq. stap. t. 14. Willd. enum. p. 285. Haw. syn. p. 26. suppl. 
pl. succ. p. 10. Corolla livid green outside, deep purple inside. 
Hairy-flowered Duvalia. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1800. Sh. proc. 
8 D. mMastopEs; segments of corolla replicate, ciliated at 
the base; orb elevated, glabrous; branches hexagonal; tuber- 
cles of branches flattish, mammillary. h.S. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope.  Stapélia mastódes, Jacq. stap. t. 56-57. 
Corolla brownish purple.  Pedicels in fascicles, near the tops of 
the branches. 
Teat-toothed Duvalia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? 
* * Segments of corolla naked, not ciliated. 
ASCLEPIADEJZE. XI. Duvar. 
Shrub proc. 
9 D. rapia'ta (Haw. syn. p. 45.) corolla with narrow, dis- 
tant, replicate, naked segments, and an elevated orb ; segments 
of the outer corona obtuse, entire; joints of branches short, 
tetragonal; pedicels twin. h.S. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Stapélia radiata, Sims, bot. mag. 619. Lodd. bot. cab. 
831. Inner corona of 5 tongue-shaped, concave bodies, dis- 
posed in a stellate manner, bending back upon the centre of the 
corolla, at the apex. Corolla dark purple. In Jacq. stap. t. 
29, the corolla is ciliated. 
Radiate-nectaried Duvalia. 
proc. 
10 D. reprica‘ta (Haw. l. c.) corolla with lanceolate, repli- 
cate, naked segments, and an elevated orb; segments of the 
exterior corona obtuse ; leaflets of the interior corona falcately 
uncinate. h. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sta- 
pélia replicàta, Jacq. stap. Willd. enum. p. 286. Branches 
ascending.  Pedicels usually solitary. Corolla livid green out- 
side, blackish purple inside. Perhaps the same as D. radiata. 
Replicate-flowered Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1812. 
Shrub proc. 
11 D. rævica`ra (Haw. syn. p. 46. suppl. pl. succ. p. 14.) 
orb large ; segments of corolla horizontal. h. S. Native of 
‘the Cape of Good Hope.  Stapélia lavigàta, Hort. Very 
nearly allied to D. radiàta. Orb larger and petals more hori- 
zontal than in any other species. 
Smooth Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub proc. 
12 D. cromera‘ra (Haw. syn. p. 46.) flowers usually 4 
together; segments of corolla connivent, except at the tops; 
orb rather downy ; branches prostrate or dependent, glomerate, 
rooting at bottom. h.S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Stapélia glomeràta, Hort. Segments of inner corona length of 
ligule. Corolla thick, dark brown. Orb very blunt, subrepand, 
with a pale base. Very like D. compácta, but larger. 
Glomerate-branched Duvalia. Clt. 1804. Shrub proc. 
13 D. compacta (Haw. syn. p. 46.) flowers usually twin ; 
segments of corolla dark purple, retrofracted and connivent; 
table of style and stamens brown ; joints of branches densely 
glomerate, an inch long. 5. S. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Stapélia compacta, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 46. 
Segments of inner corona like a bird's head, a little paler than 
the table of the style; the rest as in the other species. Branches 
prostrate, rooting at bottom. Smaller and more compact than 
D. glomerata. 
Compact Duvalia. Fl.July, Sept. Cit. 1800. Sh. tufted. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Stapélia, p. 117. 
XII. CARUNCULARIA (from caruncula, a fleshy protu- 
12 
Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1795. Sh. 
XII. CARUNCULARIA. 
XIII. Pectinaria. XIV. CARALLUMA. 
berance ; tops of inner corona carunculate). Haw. syn. p. 334. 
—Stapélia species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Diginia. All as in Stapélia, except 
the segments of the outer corona or ligule, which are short and 
emarginate ; segments of inner corona bipartite, recurved, com- 
pressed, attenuated downwards, globose at top, and granulately 
carunculate ; granules of very different forms.—Much-branched 
plants, with the habit of Stapélia. Branches tetragonal. 
1 C. rzpuxcuLA TA (Haw. syn. p. 334.) segments of corolla 
lanceolate, with revolute edges, and fringed angles; branches 
numerous, divaricate, tetragonal; peduncles verylong. h. S. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapélia pedunculàta, Mass. 
stap. p. 17. t. 21. Haw. syn. p. 23. Allg. teutsch. gard. mag. 
1811. p. 309. t. 30. Sims, bot. mag. t. 793. Jacq. stap. t. 50- 
51-52-53. Segments of corolla lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated 
with pedicellate glands on the margins at the base. Branches 
somewhat dentate, floriferous in the middle (ex Willd. spec. 1. p. 
1284.). There are brownish-purple and yellowish-flowered va- 
rieties of this species. Branches glaucous.  Pedicels very long, 
4-5 together. Corolla green outside. 
Pedunculate Caruncularia. F]. June, Nov. Clt. 1790. Sh. 
2 C.? SERRULA`TA; corolla strigose; segments revolute on 
the edges; segments of outer corona oblong, truncate, serrated 
at apex ; leaflets of the interior corona hooked and 2-lobed; 
outer lobe serrated; pedicels twin. h.S. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Stapèlia serrulàta, Jacq. stap. t. 41. diar. lips. 
1814. p. 269. Willd. enum. p. 286. Corolla brownish-yellow, 
campanulate; corona yellow. ` 
Serrulated Caruncularia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1805. Sh. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Stapélia, p. 117. 
XIII. PECTINA'RIA (from pectin, a comb ; in reference 
to the inner corona of the flowers being ciliately multifid). 
Haw. suppl. pl. succ. 14. Stapélia articulata, Mass. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Digynia. All as in Stapélia; but 
the corolla is tuberculate, and the branches of the plant warted ; 
and the outer corona of the corolla lacerately multifid.—A 
small tufted plant, with the habit of Stapélia; joints of branches 
oblong-terete, reticulately and obsoletely warted ; each wart 
furnished with a small spine. Corolla beset with mucronate 
papilla or warts above; with triangular segments.  Stapélia 
mammillàris, Lin. probably belongs also to this genus, and is 
perhaps only the same as P. articulàta. 
1 P. articuLa`ra (Haw. l. c). h. S. Nativeof the Cape 
of Good Hope, in the regions of Roggeweld. Stapèlia articu- 
Jata, Mass. stap. p. 20. t. 30. Branches floriferous at the apex. 
Flowers solitary. Corolla small, blackish purple. Tubercles 
on the branches greenish purple. The plant is eaten with vine- 
gar by the Dutch at the Cape, and raw by the Hottentots. 
Jointed Pectinaria. Fl. July. Cit. 1800. Shrub. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Stapélia, p. 117. 
XIV. CARALLU'MA (the C. adscéndens is called Car- 
allum by the Telingas). R. Br. in wern. soc. mem. 1. p. 25. 
—Stapélia species, Roxb. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Digynia. Corolla rotate (f. 15. b.), 
deeply 5-cleft (f. 15. 6.). Column of fructification exserted. 
Stamineous corona in a simple series, 10-leaved, 5 of the leaflets 
are undivided, and opposite the anthers, the rest bipartite (f. 
15. c.) and ligulate. Anthers simple at top: pollen masses 
erect, tetragonal (f. 15. d.), fixed by the base, pellucid on one 
side on the margin. Stigma mutie. Follicles slender, smooth. 
Seeds comose.— Habit almost of Stapélia. Inhabitants of the 
East Indies. Stems tetragonal, toothed along the angles. Pe- 
duncles solitary, 1-flowered, rising from the axils of the teeth. 
The crown in this genus, as in Ceropégia, consists of 5 3-lobed 
