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STAPELIA BARBATA. BEARDED STAPELIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Asclepiadea. Nect. duplici stellula tegente genitalia. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Sect. I. Corollis decemdentatis ; alis nullis ; rostris gibbosis ; 
ligulis coalitis in scutum humile. (Hrurnue Brown). 
A. Fauce simplict. _ 
Stareuia barbata; corollis campanulatis intus punctatis, 
foris impunctatis, dentibus majoribus cuspidatis, ramis 
strictis tetragonis. Jacq. Stap. 
APELIA barbata ; corollis decemdentatis: laciniis majori- 
bus lanceolatis acuminatis scabris clavato-barbatis, 
pedunculis corolla brevioribus, ramis subtetragonis 
erectis basi floriferis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 1293. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 95. . 
Stapetia barbata ; ramis pluribus tetragonis pentagonisque 
confertis suberectis, dentibus ramorum acutis subpa- 
tentibus, corolla campanulata decemfida, laciniis acutis 
subpatentibus. Masson Stap. p. 11. t. 7. 
Hevrnia barbata ; corolla campanulata, fauce subclausa, 
: Setis clavatis rufis: ligulis oblongis rhombeis retusis, 
staminibus subulatis undatim subuncatis. Haworth 
Succul. p. 31. Schultes Syst. Veg. 6. p. 8. 
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We have before given four species of this division, which 
tank under the genus HeurniA of Brown; No. 506, lenti- - 
Sosa ; No. 1662, reticulata; No. 1227, campanulata ; and 
No, 1661, clavigera ; the last is erroneously given under 
the name of campanulata. 'The two last mentioned es 
our present one barbata are so very nearly re aie 
