Stapelia. | ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). : 929 
Corolla-lobes 14-2 in. long, marked 
with transverse yellowish lines 
to their tips ... < ».» (27) glabriflora. 
Corolla-lobes 1-1} in. long, with 
their apical third entirely dark 
purple-brown a - (28) conformis, var. 8. 
Inner corona-lobes entirely wing-like 
and merely notched at the apex ; 
corolla pale yellowish, transversely 
marked to the tips of the 9-11 lin.- 
long lobes with slender purple or 
purple-brown lines ; pReens 2-5 
lin. long... -» (29) Macowani. 
***%*Corolla with hairs on the inner surface of the disk or 
disk and lobes besides the border of cilia, usually 
transversely rugose ; stem-teeth unknown in 44, 
S. furcata, spreading in 58, S. maculosoides, and 
with erect or incurved rudimentary leaves 3-2 lin. 
long in all the others : 
Corolla 44-16 lin. in diam. ; lobes not ciliate besides 
the white hairs which cover the inner surface ; 
stems velvety : 
Stems flowering nearly from the base to the top ; 
pedicels erect, 2-5 in. long ; corolla-lobes 23 . 
lin. long, rolled back to the E pbati with 
adpressed hairs... ae .. (42) erectiflora. 
Stems flowering near the base ; vdtonle not erect ; 
corolla-lobes 5-7 lin. long, with rather stiff 
erect hairs : 
Pedicels 13-3 in. long; hairs on the corolla 
clavate ; inner esperrertcn cass without a dorsal 
wing . s A 
Pedicels about $ in. . ; hairs on the corolla 
not clavate ; inner corona-lobes with a small 
dorsal wing ... eed oe ioe 
Corolla about 14 in. in diam., lobes ciliate with hee 
vibratile clavate hairs, and covered on the inner 
surface with short erect hairs resembling minute 
spines ; inner corona-lobes incumbent on the 
anthers, forked at their tips and behind ... (44) furcata. 
Corolla-lobes ciliate with long or short simple hairs 
and those on the inner surface not spine-like ; 
inner corona-lobes erect or recurving, very much 
longer than the anthers ; stems normally flower- 
ing near the base or below the middle ; pedicels 
not erect : 
+ Corolla with the lobes extended 8-14 in, in diam. ; 
lobes 23-54 in, long, thinly covered with erect 
purple , light ochreous-yellow with trans- 
verse crimson lines ; stems velvet 
Corolla with a flattish’ disk, shallowly am 
.. (87) glanduliffora. 
.. (88) concinna. 
at the centre . a . (14) gigantea. 
Corolla with a distinct cup-like centre about 
lin. deep ... sai sce - (15) nobilis. 
‘tt Corolla with the lobes extended is in. in 
diam. ; lobes 14-23 in. long ; scoala tack 
po Neh 1v.—secr. I.—PART VI, 30 
