Stapelia. | ASCLEPIADE (Brown). 953 
S. Asterias, Masson, S. stellaris, Jacq. ex R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soc. i. 24 (1811), 
and Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 17 (1820) name only, probably refers to the plant 
Haworth described, that being the only one R. Brown would be likely to be 
acquainted with. But the S. stellaris, Jacg. Stap. t. 48, which seems not to have 
been published until 1813, seems rather to belong to var. lucida, since Jacquin 
describes the corolla as dark purple, without mention of any transverse whitish or 
yellow lines upon it. The numerous transverse whitish lines on the lobes in 
Jacquin’s figure, I recognise as the very shining transverse rugosities, which 
produce that effect on the living flower of var. lucida. Although the corolla-lobes 
of the type and var. lucida frequently have very revolute margins, as represented 
in Jacquin’s figure of S, Asterias, they are sometimes much less so, or nearly flat 
at the base, as represented in Jacquin’s figure of S. stellaris; I have seen both 
forms upon the selfsame plant. The inner horns of the inner corona-lobes of var. 
lucida vary from very slender and twice as long as the dorsal wing and exactly as 
figured by Jacquin on his plate of S, stellaris to rather stout and scarcely longer 
than the dorsal wing, almost as in S, Asterias. 
19. 8. Peglere (N. E. Br.) ; stems erect, 5-6 (or more ?) in. high, 
probably about } in. square, with scarcely prominent teeth and 
rudimentary erect leaves about } lin. long, quite glabrous ; flowers 
(unattached) 3-4 together, successively developed ; pedicels about 
14 in. long, minutely and thinly puberulous ; sepals 3 lin. long, 
lanceolate, very acutely acuminate, glabrous or nearly so, with a 
few very minute hairs on the margins; corolla 24 in. (or more?) in 
diam., with lanceolate acute lobes 1 in. (or more ?) long, apparently 
transversely rugose and dark purple-brown on the inner face, 
glabrous on both sides, ciliate to the tips with long simple purple 
hairs, half of them directed inwards ; disk with 5 rows of long 
simple hairs radiating to the sinuses between the lobes, and thinly 
or shortly pubescent with erect soft hairs around the corona only ; 
outer corona-lobes 2}—2} lin. long, linear, acuminate, dark purple- 
brown ; inner corona-lobes with the outer horn or dorsal wing free 
to the base, ascending-spreading, about 24 lin. long, } lin. broad at 
the base, tapering to the acute apex, entire, dark purple-brown ; 
inner horn recurved-spreading from close to the base over the dorsal 
wing, 3 lin. long, triquetrous-subulate, acute, dark purple-brown at 
the base, paler or becoming yellowish at the apex. ~ 
Eastern Recron : Tembuland ; Mqanduli, in dry rocky ground, rare, 1000 ft., 
Miss Pegler, 760! 
20. S. glabricaulis (N. E. Br. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1917) ; stems 
rather loosely branching, decumbent at the base, 4-8 in. high, 
3-2 in. square, with the angles much compressed, quite glabrous, 
green; teeth with erect rudimentary leaves 1—1} lin. long ; flowers 
2-5 together, towards the base of the young stems, successively 
developed or sometimes 2 expanded at the same time; pedicels 1—2 
in. long, 1} lin. thick, glabrous or with very few minute scattered 
hairs only noticeable under a lens ; sepals 4—6 lin. long, lanceolate, 
acuminate, with a slight protuberance at the base, glabrous on the 
back, usually with a few hairs on the inner surface and sometimes 
on the margins ; corolla subglobose in bud, with 5 depressions just 
below the obtusely pointed apex, when expanded 24-34 in. in diam., 
