Stapelia. | ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). 973 
44. 8. furcata (N. E. Br.) ; stems unknown ; pedicels #—1 in. long, 
stout, glabrous ; sepals 3-4 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
glabrous ; corolla of dried flowers 13-1} in. in diam., with a small 
cup-like cavity containing the corona and the united part apparently 
broadly and shortly funnel-shaped; lobes ovate, acute, 4—6 lin. 
long and 3-5 lin. broad, probably larger when alive, smooth and 
glabrous on the back, rugose and covered with rather stiff very 
acute and somewhat spine-like erect hairs 4-4 lin. long on the inner 
face, ciliate on the lobes with long vibratile clavate purple hairs, 
apparently dark purple-brown, with the hairs probably purple ; 
outer corona-lobes shortly connate at the base, spreading or 
ascending-spreading, about 11 lin. long and as much in breadth, 
3-toothed, with the lateral teeth widely spreading and smaller than 
the middle tooth ; inner corona-lobes 14-1} lin. long, closely incum- 
bent upon the backs of the anthers and shortly exceeding them, 
linear, deeply bifid at the apex, with one tooth directed forwards 
and the other to one side of it, dorsally connected with the outer 
corona at the base and there deeply notched or produced into 
2 short teeth between the outer corona-lobes. 
Kabanari REGION: Transvaal, Todd ! 
This very remarkable species is evidently allied to S. Woodii, N. E. Br., but at 
the same time resembles Caralluma intermedia, N. E. Br., in its coronal structure. 
The short spine-like hairs on the corolla distinguish it from every known species. 
45. 8. longidens (N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1895, xviii. 324, and 
1898, xxiv. 7, fig. 3); stems erect or ascending from a decumbent 
base, 23-6 in. long, 4-5 lin. thick excluding the teeth, obtusely 
4-angled, with long stout teeth $1 in. long and about 4 in. thick 
at the base, teretely tapering to a fine soft point, glabrous, green, 
mottled with purple ; flowers 3 to several together at the base of 
the stems, successively developed ; pedicels ? in. long, 1 lin. thick, 
becoming up to 1} in. long and } in. thick in fruit, glabrous ; sepals 
4 lin, long, 1} lin. broad, lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla 13-2 in. in 
diam., deeply lobed, quite glabrous and not ciliate on the lobes nor _ 
rugose on the pale greenish-yellow inner surface, spotted all over 
with dark purple-brown (cream-colour, spotted with crimson, Mrs. 
Monteiro), spots very small within the tube, increasing in size and 
more or less confluent towards the tips of the lobes ; tube campanu- 
late or cup-like, 2} lin. deep, with the bottom raised up to form a 
convex cushion supporting the corona ; lobes 7-10 lin. long, 41-6 
lin. broad, ovate-lanceolate, acute, flat ; outer corona-lobes detlexed 
upon the basal cushion of the corolla, about } lin. long and broad, 
quadrate, emarginate, purple-brown with yellowish margins ; inner 
corona-lobes simple, closely incumbent upon the backs of the anthers, 
shortly exceeding them and meeting or crossing but not erect or very 
slightly. so at the tips, lanceolate, acute, scarcely or but slightly 
_ gibbous behind, dull yellowish dusted with purple-brown ; follicles 
