Stapelia. | ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). 961 
lobes connivent-erect, 2-2} lin. long, 14 lin. broad, entirely wing- 
like, broadly subobovate-oblong or subrectangular, entire, or slightly 
or distinctly notched at the more or less oblique apex, dark 
purple-brown ; follicles subparallel, about 5} in. long and 10 lin. 
thick, fusiform, acute, puberulous. Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 
1898, 481, 
Coast Recion: Albany Div.; Hell Poort and Bothas Berg, MacOwan, 909! 
Barkly, 49! 
CENTRAL RxGION: Jansenville Div. 3; Loots Kloof, MacOwan, 909! 
In my original description I stated that the pedicels were 3-2 in. long, from 
a drawing, but none of the specimens have them more than 5 lin. long, mostly 
less. 
_ (80. 8. incomparabilis (N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1901, xxx. 
405) ; stems erect, 3-6 in. high, 4—6 lin. thick, 4-angled, with stout 
horizontal teeth 1-14 lin. long, tipped with spreading or slightly 
ascending subulate rudimentary leaves 1-1} lin. long, which soon 
wither, glabrous to the eye, but very minutely and scantily puberu- 
lous under a strong lens; flowers 3—4 together near the base of 
the stems, successively developed; pedicels 3-1 lin. long, very 
minutely puberulous under a lens ; sepals 3-5 lin. long, 1 lin. 
broad, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, ciliate with white hairs ; 
corolla 3-3} in. in diam., smooth and glabrous on the back, 
transversely rugose on the inner surface, entirely purple or purple- 
red (not purple-brown), sometimes with narrow irregular transverse 
yellowish or whitish lines on the edges of the rugosities, pubescent 
with short dark purple hairs in the cavity containing the corona, 
otherwise glabrous, ciliate to the tips of the lobes with long clavate 
vibratile dark purple (sometimes mingled with white) hairs ; united 
part broadly cup-shaped 1-1} in. in diam. and about + in. deep, 
suddenly contracted at the bottom into a very short subpentagonal 
cavity containing the corona; lobes very spreading or reflexed, 
1-1} in. long, 9-10 lin. broad, ovate, acute or acuminate; outer 
corona-lobes ascending-spreading, 2 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, linear, 
subtruncate or rounded with a slightly projecting tooth or emarginate 
or bifid at the apex, dull purple or purple-red with paler margins ; 
inner corona-lobes 2-horned, purple-brown, more or less speckled 
with a paler colour at the tips; outer horns suberect, 1} lin. long, 
laterally compressed, subulate, acute ; inner horns connivent-erect 
below, slightly diverging at the tips, 4 lin. long, filiform, slightly 
clavate and acute at the apex. 
ORIGIN UNKNOWN : cultivated specimens ! 
Described from living plants first sent to me by Mr. Westcombe (an ardent 
cultivator of Stapeliew) in 1875. It may be a native of South Africa, but I 
suspect that itis more probably a hybrid raised in Europe. The colour is brighter 
than and the flower totally different from that of any other species I have seen.] 
31. 8. gemmiflora (Masson, Stap. 14, t. 15) ; stems 3-4 in. high, 
_ obtusely 4-angled, }—2 in. square, rather softly fleshy, glabrous, 
_ greyish- or subglaucous-green ; teeth ending in spreading subulate 
(oo ee seen pas. 3 Q 
