934 ASCLEPIADEZ (Brown). [ Stapelia. 
Corolla-lobes 5-7 lin. long, ciliate with rather long 
vibratile clavate hairs; annulus solid, broadly 
cushion-like, sloping outwards, with a central 
depression ... as a ee ; .-. (47) Cooperi. 
Corolla-lobes 23 lin. long, not ciliate ; disk very small, 
raised into a narrow obtuse annulus about 4 lin. 
high ines aa nese i pce ... (51) miscella. 
Inner corona-lobes distinctly 2-horned, both horns 
filiform or subulate, or in 61, S. Barklyi the outer 
flattened and slightly wing-like, subequal or the 
outer horn shorter than the inner, in 57, S. trifida 
sometimes also with a tooth or short horn on each 
side of the base of the inner horn : 
Corolla 5-6 in. in diam. ; lobes 13-2 in. long, ciliate 
with long simple hairs; disk and the erect 
obtuse annulus villous with long soft purple 
hairs oe ioe ive 0ke oni ..» (61) Barklyi. 
Corolla 14-4 in. in diam. : 
Annulus ty lin. high, erect, very obtuse or 
rounded at the top, not cushion-like nor 
with a spreading or recurved margin : 
Corolla pale yellowish or light yellow with spots 
and transverse lines on the basal part of 
the lobes dark purple-brown to dull purple, 
and their tips often entirely purple-brown, 
or in 56, S. mutabilis var. discolor entirely 
dark purple-brown with inconspicuous 
transverse yellowish lines ; see also hybrids 
74 to 96: 
Corolla with minute scattered pubescence on 
and around the annulus ; lobes 1-1} in. . 
long, ciliate with simple hairs 14 lin. 
long vis’ C8 Siege cles zaee159) meaculoss. 
Corolla glabrous on the inner surface : : 
Corolla-lobes 10-13 lin. long, ciliate with 
a mixture of simple and slender] 
clavate hairs 3-2 lin. long ... _... (57) trifida. 
Corolla-lobes ciliate with vibratile clava 
hairs lin. long : 
Corolla-lobes 18-14 lin. long, nearly 
twice as long as broad ... (60) tridentata. 
Corolla-lobes 7-11 lin. long and nearly or at 
quite as broad fe Wee ... (56) mutabilis. 
Corolla pale yellow, sprinkled all over with dots 
or small spots of purple-brown ; lobes 5-10 
lin. long, not ciliate ; outer horn of inner 
corona-lobes 4-4 lin. long ... sei ... (64) pulchella. 
_ Annulus very prominent, somewhat cup-like, with 
an acute suberect (not at all or scarcely re- 
curved) edge, together with the inner surface 
of disk and lobes glabrous ; lobes ciliate with 
clavate hairs 4 lin. or less long : 
Corolla-lobes in. long, with the labyrinthic 
yellow lines not very numerous ; teeth of 
outer corona-lobes with parallel or slightly : 
diverging outer margins... ... +» (65) cupularis. 
Corolla-lobes 1 in. long, with very numerous | 
labyrinthic yellow lines; teeth of outer 
