938 ASCLEPIADEZ (Brown). [ Stapelia. 
brown lines; seeds not seen; otherwise as in the type. S. patula, Willd. 
Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. 281; Poir. Encycl. Suppl. v. 230; Schultes, Syst. Veg. 
vi. 15; Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. i. 254; G. Don, Gen, Syst. iv. 114; Decne 
in DC. Prodr. viii. 652; N E. Br. in Hook. Ic. Pl. under t.1914; Journ. Hort. 
ser. 8, xxviii. 95, fig. 15, S. hirsuta, Loisl. Deslongch. in Herb. Gen. L’ Amat. ii. 
t. 126 ; Drapiez, Herb. L’ Amat. de Fl. v. t. 821. 8. sororia and var., Jacq. Stap. 
t. 56, 57, and Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 886 (excl. syn. S. lucida, DC.), not of Masson 
nor of Willdenow. S. elongata, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 357. 8S. rufescens of 
gardens, not of Salm-Dyck, figured without a description im the thirteenth Report 
of Missouri Bot. Gard. 1902, 23. S. variegata, Gouas in Rev. Hort. 1857, 42, 
fig. 18,—Asclepias africana aizoides, &c., Commelin, Hort. Med. Amst. Pl. Rar. 19, 
t. 19; Bradley, Hist. Succ. Pl. Dec. iii. 5, t. 23, a poor figure. 
Var. ¢, comata (N. E. Br.) ; corolla and corona as in var. patula, but with the 
hairs on the disk of the corolla denser, more woolly and of a darker purple. 
S. comata, Jacq. Stap. t. 49; Hornem. Hort. Hafn. i. 248; Schultes, Syst. Veg. 
vi. 18; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 115; Decne in DC. Prodr. viii. 653. 
Var. ¢ grata (N. E. Br.); stems up to 1 ft. high, ‘‘rather more robust and 
squarer than in S. afinis and S. patula ” (Pillans) ; corolla 33-44 in. in diam., with 
lobes 4-14 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, ovate, acute, dark purple-brown at the apex, 
lighter with creamy-yellow transverse lines on the lower 3 of the lobes ; disk 
creamy with the hairs bright purple and rather longer and more dense than in 
var, patula, with which it agrees in corona. 
[Var. 7, unguipetala (N. E. Br.); corolla 34-44 in. in diam. ; disk with the 
centre and 5 bands radiating to the sinuses pale greenish-ochre ; lobes with the 
, margins of the apical half much revolute and the tips upcurved ; otherwise as in 
var. patula. 8. unguipetala, N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1877, vii. 834, fig. 54, and 
1908, xliv. 169, fig. 69.] 
Var. 0, depressa (N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1908, xliv. 169-170, fig. 70) 3 
corolla in bud subglobose, with 5 apical depressions ; inner corona-lobes widely 
spreading, with the inner horn suddenly recurved near its base and horizontally 
spreading almost to the sinuses of the corolla, recurved at the tip and 
about 4 longer than the narrowly attenuate spreading wing-like outer horn, 
which is free to the very base ; plant and flowers otherwise as in var. patula. 
S. depressa, Jacg. Stap. t. 55; Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 33; Spreng. Syst. 
Veg. i. 889; Kerner, Hort. Semp. t. 828; Dvetr. Syn. Pl. ii. 886; Decne m 
DC. Prodr. viii. 657. 8. sororia, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5963, not of Masson. 
S. patentirostris, N. E. Br., and S. Courcelli, Hort. ec N. E. Br. m Gard. 
Chron. 1877, vii. 140, fig. 21: Schlechter in Journ. Bot, 1898, 482. S. patula, 
var. depressa, N. E. Br. in Hook. Ic. Pl. under t. 1914. Tridentea depressa, 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 850; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 118. 
Var. 1, longirostris (N. E. Br.) ; differs from var. depressa only in having the 
inner horn of the inner corona-lobes about twice as long as the outer horn and 
arching over and much beyond it or curved nearly in a semicircle so that its tip is 
placed close to the tip of the outer horn or curves under it. S, patula, Willd., 
var. longirostris, N. £, Br. in Hook. Ic. t. 1914, 
Sour AFrRica: without locality ; Herb. Thunberg, partly ! cultivated specimens 
in the Herbaria of Kew and the British Museum! Var. 8: specimen cultivated 
in Cape Town Bot. Gard., Barkly, 16! and specimen cultivated in England! 
Var. 8; Herb. Linneus, Pillans, 53! 649! and cultivated specimens! Vars. €, 1, ® 
and 1, cultivated specimens ! 
Coast Reoton: Caledon Div. ; near Genadendal, Prior! Robertson Div. ; 
western aspect of Kogmans Kloof, Pillans, 648! Var. 8: Worcester Div. ; 
Sandhills Farm, on the southern slopes of Hex River Mountains, Ayres in Herb. 
Pillans, 80 ! Robertson Div. ; western aspect of Kogmans Kloof (a small flowered 
_ form), Pillans, 620! Var. y : Caledon Div. ; near the source of the Zondereinde 
River, Piers in Herb. Pillans, 618! Var. 3: Caledon Div. ; Vygeboom Farm, — 
Piers in Herb, Pillans, 616! Robertson Div.; Karoo near Robertson, Marloth, 
