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Stapelia Campanulata. Bell-Flowered 



Stapelia. 



Oafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Digynia. 



Generic Character. 

 Contorta. Neftarium duplici ftellula tegente genitalia. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



STAPELIA campanidata ,« corollis decem-dentatis infundi- 

 buliformibus : limbo verrucofo : tubo.barbato : 

 neclarii laciniis obtufiflimis apice crenatis. 



STAPELIA campanidata / ramis pluribus fimplicibus ere&is 

 tetragonis dentatis, dentibus patentibus acutis, 

 corolla decemfida campanulata fcabra, tubo 

 barbato. Majfon Stap. p. 1 1 . n. 6. /. 6. 



STAPELIA campanidata. Willd. Spec. PI. 1293. Marly n 

 Mill. Ditt. n. 43. 



The branches of this {pedes are fimple, ere£t, four-fided, 

 wuh teeth patent and fharp-pointed. The peduncles ifTue from near 

 the bafe, and bear fometimes two or three flowers in fuccef- 

 fion. The fegments of the calyx are linear, and proje£i beyond 

 the bafe of the corolla. Corolla funnel-fhaped : limb divided 

 mto five broad triangular fharp-pointed laciniae, with a much 

 fmaller one between each, fulphur-coloured with raifed purple 

 irregular fpots : tube nearly cylindrical, clothed within with glan- 

 dular hairs. The neclarium lies flat at the very bottom of the 

 tube, is five-parted : laciniae very obtufe, fcolloped at the point, 

 with five fimple horn-fhaped appendages rifing above the ftigma 

 and bent back at the point. Native of the dry country at the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers in July and Auguft. 



Our drawing was taken at the copious collection of the late 

 John Walker, Efq. at Stockwell ; but the defcription from 

 a flowering plant fent us laft month by Meflrs. Loddiges. 



