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Stapelia Elegans. Elegant Stapelia. 



Oafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Digynia, 



Generic CharaEIer. 

 Contorta. Neflar. duplici ftellula tegente genitalia. 



Specific Cbaracler and Sjnonyfns. 



STAPELIA elegans ,- corollis quinquefidis hifpidis : laciniis 

 lanceolatis margine ciliatis, fundo pentagono, 

 pedunculis corolla longioribus, ramis diffufis 

 oblongis teretiufculo-tetragonis medio floriferis- 

 Willd.Sp.Pl. 1282. 



STAPELIA elegans ; ramis pluribus confertis oblongis den- 

 tatis dentibus patentibus acutis, corolla quin- 

 quefida, laciniis triangularibus hifpidis, margine 

 fimbriatis. Mafs. Stap. 27. 



Stapelia elegans, c<efpitofa, and radiata (Tupra 619) are 

 very nearly allied; the firft, our prefent plant, is diftinguifhed 

 from the fecond principally by the laciniee being covered with 

 hairs on the infide as well as ciliated at the margin; from both 

 the fecond and third by being more patent. The branches of 

 j«l three are very fhort, recumbent, and crowded together. 

 -I he acutenefs or bluntnefs of the teeth is a character not 

 much to be depended upon, as they vary fo much at different 

 periods of their growth. 



Our drawing was made at Mr. Salisbury's Botanic Garden 

 at Brompton, in November 1807. Native of the fandy 

 deferts, called Karro, at the Cape of Good Hope. 



Requires the fame treatment as the other fpecics. 



