932 ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). [Stapelia. 
Corolla uniformly dark purple-brown ; 
inner horn of the inner corona-lobes 
not very stout, recurved, somewhat 
hook-like ... fe vin .-- (11) fuscopurpurea. 
Corolla bright vinous purple with the 
tips of the lobes blackish or dark 
purple-brown ; inner horn of the 
inner corona-lobes very stout, nearly 
straight, acute ive er ... (12) Arnoti. 
Corolla not shining, dull purple or raw-beef 
colour ; disk and base of lobes covered 
(but not densely) with short erect 
purple hairs : 
Dorsal wing of the inner corona-lobes 
small, crest-like, 4-1 lin. long... (23) deflexa. 
Dorsal wing of the inner corona-lobes 
wing-like, 2-24 lin. long... ... (16) Massoni, var. B. 
Corolla very shining, vinous- purple to 
purple-brown, sometimes with greenish 
or greenish-ochreous margins or tips ; 
the entire inner surface scantily 
covered with short erect purple hairs 
or the lobes more or less glabrous’... (18) —— vars. B 
and ¥. 
Corolla with transverse whitish or yellow lines 
on the lobes, thickly or thinly, but not 
densely, covered with short erect purple 
hairs on the disk and basal part of the lobes 
or in 18, S, Asterias nearly or quite to their 
tips, besides the cilia : , 
Corolla-lobes very shining on the inner surface, 
purple to purple-brown, marked often 
nearly to the scarcely darker tips with 
transverse yellowish-white lines; inner 
horn of inner corona-lobes very obtuse 
viewed sideways ... ee ay: ... (18) Asterias. 
Corolla-lobes not shining on the inner surface, 
often darker at the tips : 
Corolla-lobes raw-beef colour or dull purple, 
with a few yellowish-white transverse 
lines on the middle of the lobes : 
Dorsal wing of the inner corona-lobes 
small, crest-like, 4-1 lin. long... (28) deflexa. 
Dorsal wing of the inner corona-lobes 
wing-like, 2-24 lin. long... ... (16) Massoni. 
Corolla-lobes purple-brown with transverse 
yellow lines on the basal part of the 
lobes... BN -»» (2) hirsuta, vars. 
+ttt Corolla with the lobes extended 2-3 in. in diam., 
with lobes 1-13 in. long : 
Disk of the corolla shortly and usually thinly 
ilose or pubescent with erect hairs $-1 lin. 
ong ; pedicels #-14 in. long: 
Stems velvety-puberulous, with erect rudi- 
mentary leaves at the teeth ; corolla 
entirely light to dark purple-red or with 
a transverse whitish or yellowish 
; lines a eee ee dpe fen cue (23) deflexa. 
