arc very fhort, nearly rounded, with tubercles more or Iefs 

 obiblete, armed with a minute mucro. 



Although thefe plants for the raoft part grow in the hot 

 fandy foil of the fouth of Africa, yet they will often flower 

 better when fupplied largely with water, provided the heat of 

 the ftove be fufficient. Mr. Bale had kept the pans of both 

 the above-mentioned fpecies conftantly fupplied with water 

 and the love very hot, to which he attributed their flowering 

 better than they had ever done with him before. Stapelia 

 geminata had grown fo luxuriantly, that the branches hung 

 over the edge of the pot and threw out roots into the water 

 in the pan. 



