‘Tas. 5751. 
STAPELIA Hysrrix. 
Bristly flowered Stapelia. 
Nat. Ord. ASCLEPIADE®.—GyYNANDRIA PENTANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tan. 5692.) 
Stapeia Hystriz; glauco-virescens, ramis ramulisque pentagonis, angulis 
rotundatis dentatis, dentibus patentibus corneis acutis, pedunculis so- 
litariis v. aggregatis unifloris roseis ex parte inferiore ramulorum 
enatis, corolla patentissima 5-fida, lobis ovatis acuminatis, supra sul- 
phureis striis brevibus interruptis transversis rufis et processubus 
subulatis erectis diaphanis apicibus rufescentibus densissime obtectis, 
corona exteriore depressa lobata, cornubus conniventibus appendici 
crasso horizontali oblongo obtuso terminatis, appendicibus discum 
obtuse 5-lobum efformantibus, 
This is an entirely new species, in so far as I can ascertain, 
of the long neglected but interesting and beautiful genus 
Stapelia. At first sight it resembles so closely the S. glan- 
duliflora of Masson (cultivated in Kew in 1796, but now lost 
to the country), that it was taken for that plant ; but it 
differs entirely in the five-angled stems, horizontal spines, in 
the larger flowers, in the subulate processes (not clavate 
hairs) that cover the corolla-lobes, and in the curious hori- 
zontal appendages that crown the stamina] processes, and to- 
gether form a five-rayed disk in the centre of the flower. It 
is a native of Eastern South Africa, and was sent to the Royal 
Gardens by Mr. M‘Ken, the indefatigable and able Superin- 
tendent of the Natal Botanic Gardens. 
Descr. A small, tufted, pale glaucous-green species, four 
to six inches high, and much branched. Branches half an. 
inch to three-quarters of an inch in diameter, five-angled ; 
angles obtuse, tuberculate, toothed, tubercles conical, teeth 
horny, pointing outwards. Flowers two to three together from 
near the bases of the branches, bracts subulate; peduncles 
pink. Sepals small, lanceolate. Corolla one inch in dia- 
meter, pale sulphur-coloured, internally marked with innu- 
JANUARY Ist, 1869. 
