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STAPELIA PULLA- BLACK-FLOWERED 
STAPELIA,- . oe 
Cla/s and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MonocyNIA,. 
Generic Charaéder. 
Afclepiadea, Nedar. duplici ftellula tegente genitalia. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
STAPELIA pulla ; ramis obfolete angulatis torulofis aculeatis, 
floribus aggregatis feffilibus ; laciniis lanceolato-acuminatis 
replicatis ereétis. 
STAPELIA pulla; corollis 5-fidis: laciniis ere@is lanceolato- 
acuminatis margine revolutis ; pedunculis flore brevioribus, 
ramis ereétis fubhexagonis medio extra dentes floriferis. 
Willd, Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1288. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 92. 
STAPELIA pulla; fubhexagona ereéta, aculeis patentiffimis, 
floribus feflilibus aggregatis, corollarum laciniis lanceolatis, 
fupra holofericeis replicatis. Maffon Stap. p. 29. t. 31. Hort. 
Kew. ed. prior. 1. Pp. 310. 
The Srarexra pulla is among the rareft of the fpecies of this 
numerous family cultivated in our ftoves, and is ftill more 
feldom {een in flower. Our drawing was taken fome years ago 
at the colleétion of the late I. Warker, Efg. of Stockwell. 
The cultivation of thefe plants moft proper to bring them 
into flower does not feem to be generally known, they are 
ufually dire&ted to be kept in the dry ftove; but we have be- 
fore obferved, that the Rev. S. Bare had found that they 
flowered better by being plentifully fupplied with water in a_ 
well-heated bark {ftove. Being natives of fandy deferts, where 
they are expofed to very long droughts at one time, and at 
another to be deluged by rain, it is probable that they fhould 
be kept very dry, during the feafon that they are not difpofed 
to 
