Stapelia.| ASCLEPIADE# (Brown). 
ttt Corolla-lobes 5-10 lin. long, very distinctly ciliate 
with simple hairs only, not vibratile ; teeth 
of stems prominent or absent, but always 
with erect rudimentary leaves 3-1 lin. 
long : 
Stems glabrous; pedicels 8-10 lin. long; 
corolla-lobes smooth, pale flesh-colour to 
dull purple ; inner corona-lobes not longer 
than the anthers ... vee ai ee 
Stems puberulous ; pedicels 2-4 lin. long; 
corolla-lobes rugose on the inner face : 
Stem-angles broadly rounded, not toothed, 
but with an impressed line at the base 
of the rudimentary leaves; corolla 
pale to dark olive-green with brown 
rugosities or entirely dull reddish- 
brown ee ae ioe 
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Stem-angles compressed, toothed ; corolla 
purple-brown with transverse yellow 
lines ep ma ioe 
tttt Corolla-lobes not ciliate or in 54, S. engleriana, 
sometimes with a minute ciliation: 
Inner corona-lobes incumbent upon the 
anthers, with or without very short up- 
curved tips, scarcely or slightly humped 
(not horned) at the base behind ; stems 
glabrous ; pedicels spreading : 
Stem-teeth 4-1 in. long, stoutly subulate, 
ascending ; corolla spotted .., as 
Stem-teeth small, with minute erect rudi- 
mentary leaves; corolla purple, not 
spotted ... nee ne 3 . 
Inner corona-lobes entirely wing-like, notched 
at the apex ; corolla pale yellowish, with 
transverse purple lines... cee ‘ 
Inner corona-lobes 2-horned; inner horn 
slender, much longer than the anthers, 
ascending-recurved, outer slender or 
compressed ; corolla-lobes 43-8 lin. 
long: 
Stems glabrous, with subulate spreading 
leaves 2-5 lin. long at the tubercle- 
like teeth; pedicels erect; corolla 
greenish-yellow, deeply rugose ‘os 
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Stems velvety-puberulous; corolla not 
deeply rugose : 
Stems 5-6 lin. square, with erect rudi- 
mentary leaves at the small teeth ; 
pedicels erect ; corolla-lobes 44 lin. 
long, 2 lin. broad, spreading? _..... 
_ Stems 7-9 lin. square, with small spread- 
ing teeth; pedicels not erect ; 
corolla-lobes 5-8 lin. long, 5-6 lin, 
broad, recurved upon the back of the 
. wee wee 
(24) divaricata, 
(33) olivacea, 
... (34) acuminata. 
(45) longidens. 
.. (25) stricta. 
(29) Macowani. 
(40) virescens. 
(41) surrecta. 
(54) engleriana 
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