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Stapelia Vetula. Dingy-Flowered 



Stapelia. 



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Oafs and Order, 

 Pentandria Digynia. 



Generic Charafler. 

 Contorta. Neclar. duplici ftellula tegente genitalia. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



STAPELIA vetula; ramis pluribus ereftis tetragonis glabris, 

 angulis dentatis, dentibus apice incurvatis, co- 

 rolla plana glabra quinquefida, laciniis lanceo- 

 latis obtufis. Majfon. Stap. p. 15. n. 16. /. 16. 



STAPELIA vetula. Willd. Spec. PL 1. 1291. Martyn Mill. 

 DiR. n. 38. 



Willdenow, who, in this genus, without feeing the plants 

 himfelf, has changed all the fpecific phrafes of Masson, 

 chielly from the figures, is often unfortunate in his aflumed 

 characters ; fo in this inftance he has expe&ed to diftinguifh 

 the fpecies by the laciniae of the flowers being three-nerved, 

 which in our fpecimen were obfcurely five-nerved. 



It has great affinity with Stapelia gemmifiora of Masson, 

 but the corolla is not ciliated as in that. Communicated by 

 Mr. Loddiges. Requires the fame treatment as the reft of 

 the genus. 



