926 ASCLEPIADE# (Brown). [ Stapelia. 
** Corolla with the cup-like united part and base of the 
lobes glabrous and the tips pubescent (unknown in 
36, S. jissirostris) on the rugose inner surface ; 
inner corona-lobes erect, about 2 lin. long, bifid 
or emarginate at the apex; stems velvety : 
Corolla entirely chocolate-red or with slender olive 
lines between the ridges ... ‘és iad ... (35) rufa, 
Corolla yellowish-green with purple-brown ridges ... (36) fissirostris. 
*** Corolla glabrous and rugose or smooth on the inner 
surface of the disk and lobes (in 52, S. Bayfieldii, 
54, S. engleriana, 30, S. incomparabilis and some- 
times in 28, S. conformis, the depression around 
the corona or the cup-like cavity containing it is 
minutely pubescent) : 
Pedicels 3-6 in. long; stems not or obscurely 
toothed, glabrous; corolla-lobes ciliate at the 
base with vibratile clavate hairs... es ... (43) pedunculata. 
Pedicels 4-2 in. long: 
+ Corolla with the lobes extended not more and 
usually less than 2 in.*in diam. (except 
perhaps sometimes in 53, S. bella); lobes 
3-10 lin. long: 
+ Corolla-lobes ciliate with vibratile clavate hairs, 
easily detached and almost always absent 
from specimens that have been in fluid ; 
stems glabrous, with spreading or ascending 
teeth, without erect rudimentary leaves : 
Corolla with a short distinct tube-like cavity 
enclosing the corona ; lobes 7-9 lin. long, 
much recurved, smooth ... o ... (55) revoluta. 
Corolla flattish, with the centre slightly 
depressed or very broadly and shallowly 
funnel-shaped, but without a distinct 
cavity enclosing the corona : 
Stems with ascending-spreading stout teeth 
4-6 lin. long; corolla-lobes 5-6 lin. 
long, very rugose and chocolate with 
a few yellow dots on the inner surface (46) Woodii. 
Stems with spreading teeth 1-14 lin. long ; 
corolla smooth or slightly rugose on 
the inner surface, spotted or dotted 
with purple-brown on a sulphur-white 
to pale greenish-yellow ground ; lobes 
3-5 lin. long: 
Pedicels }—-1 in. long ; outer corona-lobes 
tapering to an acute or minutely 
notched apex; inner corona-lobes 
erect, filiform, 3 times as long as 
the anthers ... oe iad ... (48) jucunda, 
Pedicels $—-2 in. long ; outer corona-lobes 
oblong, bifid, with diverging re- 
curved teeth; inner corona-lobes 
not erect and shorter to not much 
longer than the anthers... ... (49) parvipuncta. 
tt Corolla-lobes 7-8 lin. long, nearly smooth deep 
purplish-red, ciliate with long flattened 
bids, hairs mingled via po that are 
__ clavate ; stems microscopically puberulous, - 
glabrous to the eye, with spreading teeth... (53) bella. 
