Stapelia. | ASCLEPIADEZ (Brown). 933 
Stems glabrous, with spreading teeth ; corolla 
dark violet-purple with transverse yellow 
markings .. oi. i ... (58) maculosoides. 
Disk of the corolla with 5 rows of hairs 1-1} 
lin. long radiating from the centre to the 
sinuses and shortly pubescent around the 
corona only; lobes apparently without 
yellow markings ; stems glabrous ... ..- (19) Peglera. 
Disk of the corolla thickly or densely covered 
with fine long hairs : 
Stems glabrous or nearly so: 
Pedicels 1-2 in. long; corolla-lobes 1-1} 
in. long, reddish-purple, without mark- 
ings ; disk somewhat ochreous with the 
hairs more or less adpressed ... ..- (20) glabricaulis. 
Pedicels 3-1 in. long; corolla-lobes 1-1} in, 
long, dull smoky brown, with or with- 
out a few greenish or dirty yellowish 
transverse lines ; disk not ochreous .,. (21) tsomoensis. 
Stems velvety-puberulous ; corolla-lobes about 
1} in. long: 
Stems 4-7 in. high ; pedicels 4-1 in. long: 
Corolla dark brownish-purple without 
markings; dorsal wing of inner 
corona-lobes adnate to the inner 
horn ... i. ee ... (22) multiflora. 
Corolla dark purple-brown with a few 
transverse yellowish lines; dorsal 
wing of inner corona-lobes free ... (17) virens. 
Stems 1 ft. high ; pedicels more than 1 in. 
long; corolla purple, with yellowish 
transverse lines; inner horn of the 
inner corona-lobes hooked at the apex (4) dejecta. 
II. Corolla with a distinct raised ring (annulus) or cushion 
on the disk around the corona or around the mouth 
of the small cup-like cavity containing it, sometimes 
obliterated in dried flowers ; stems with conical acute 
spreading teeth 1-3 lin. Jong, without erect rudi- 
mentary leaves, and together with the pedicels and 
sepals quite glabrous except in 61, S. Barklyi in 
which they are glabrous to the eye, but very 
minutely puberulous when viewed with a lens: 
Inner corona-lobes sometimes slightly humped at the 
base or connected to the outer corona, but not 
produced into a distinct dorsal horn (see also 
64, S. pulchella in which the outer horn is some- 
times not more than ¢ lin. long) : 
Corolla-lobes 1-14 in. long, with or without a 
minute ciliation ; annulus large, nearly circular 
in transverse section, from its acute margin being 
rolled back so as to nearly touch the disk —_—... (67) namaquensis. 
Corolla-lobes 8-10 lin. long, not ciliate; disk 
shallowly basin-like ; annulus about $ lin. high, 
obtuse eS ae an ca eae .-- (63) verrucosa, 
Corolla-lobes 44-5 lin. long, not ciliate ; disk nearly 
flat or very shallowly saucer-shaped ; annulus 
about $ lin. high, obtuse wie un’ one eee (50) fucosa. 
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