calyx. After the flowering i 
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STAPELIA RADIATA. ‘STARRY STAPELIA, — 
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Clafs and Order. 
PenrtanpriA DicyNiA. | 
Generic Charaéier. ae 
seein dup lici'ftellula tegente genitalia. I 
STAPELIA radiata ; ramis confertis brevibus : dentibus. 
conicis acutis, corollz laciniis diftantibus repli- 
catis nudis: fundo elevato tiareformi, pedun~ 
culis geminis. _ 
This fpecies comes very near to Strapgtta cefpitofa of 
Masson, #. 29, but differs in the fegments of the corolla not 
being ciliated, and in the peduncles generally coming in pairs. 
_ When the corolla opens, the lacinia are doubled back as 
fharply as if pinched, enclofing the fegments of the calyx in 
the fold fo completely that the flower appears to have no 
« is over thefe expand and clofe 
again, as is ufual in the genus, when the calyx comes in 
fight. The ne@tary confifts of five tongue-fhaped hollow 
bodies, fupported upon fmall pedicles, difpofed in the form of 
_ a flar, the five points of which meet at the centre of the flower, 
where there appears to be a perforation oppofite the points — 
ofthe germen. Between thefe are five round yellow bodies _ 
divided by a dark line having an anther-like appearance, ys ms 
