Stapelia. | ASCLEPIADE& (Brown). ; 983 
Var. ¢, bicolor (Dammann ex Riist in Monatsschr. Kakt. vi. 37); ahybrid form 
with stems as in S. variegata and a corolla about 2} in. in diam. ; lobes minutely 
ciliate, dark purple-brown, with about 6 longitudinal rows of small yellowish spots ; 
annulus circular, brighter purple-brown with a few elongated yellow markings ; 
outer corona-lobes oblong-linear, narrowed at the minutely bifid apex, pale yellow, 
with a purple-brown spot at the base and dots on the upper half; outer horn of 
inner corona-lobes suberect. 
Var. ¢, Circe (Dammann ex Riist in Monatsschr. Kakt. vi. 37); a hybrid form 
with stout stems and a corolla resembling those of S. variegata, having a solid and 
broadly 5 crenate annulus, not recurved at the margin, lobes not ciliate, pale 
yellow, thickly covered with short transverse purple-brown lines and small 
transverse spots passing into dots at the apex ; annulus densely covered with dots 
or small rounded spots of purple-brown; outer corona-lobes linear-oblong, 
minutely 2-3-toothed at the apex, pale yellow, dotted with purple-brown at the 
apex and down the middle, with or without a spot at the base ; outer horn of the 
- inner corona-lobes erect. 
VaR. 7, Megara (Dammann ex Riist in Monatsschr. Kakt. vi. 39); like var. 
Circe, with the spots and transverse lines rather larger. 
Var. 6, Thetis (Dammann ex Riist in Monatsschr. Kakt. vi. 37); a hybrid 
form with stems resembling those of S. variegata, and a corolla about 2} in. in 
diam. ; lobes minutely ciliate, pale yellow, rather evenly spotted to the tips of 
the lobes with purple-brown, more darkly coloured on the disk around the annulus 
from the spots being confluent ; annulus with broad crenulations, purple-brown 
with a pale yellowish interrupted ring on its erect rim ; outer and inner corona as 
in S. variegata, var. bufonia. 
Origin: raised from seeds in the Imperial garden at Vienna, numerous 
cultivated specimens including Pillans, 87! Vars. B and y, cultivated specimens ! 
The type and vars. 8 and y described from living plants ; vars. 8, €, ¢ 7 and @ 
described from Dr. Riist’s drawings. This is almost certainly a hybrid raised 
from seeds of S. vevoluta, Masson, cross-fertilised by insect agency, since I had 
sent to me in 1877 two forms of it stated to have been raised from seeds of 
S. glauca (= S. revoluta). It has never been found wild in South Africa. There 
are several forms of it in cultivation, differing slightly in coloration and varying 
very much in the lobes of the outer corona, which in some forms rest upon the 
_ annulus and in others do not nearly touch it and are very variably toothed at the 
apex, The flowers remain expanded from 4-7 days. The varieties are doubtless 
only hybrid forms of it.] ‘ 
(57. 8. trifida (Tod. Hort. Panorm. i. 45, t. 12, fig. 1); habit and 
(glabrous) stems as in S. variegata; pedicels 3-1 in. long ; sepals 
2-3 lin. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous; corolla 
with the lobes extended about 3 in. in diam., flat, with recurving 
lobes and an annulus on the disk, smooth and glabrous on the back, 
inner surface slightly rugose, glabrous, pale yellow, thickly marked 
with purple-brown spots (less numerous on the annulus) and short 
thick irregular transverse lines, sometimes to the tips of the lobes 
or sometimes with that part entirely dark purple-brown ; annulus 
about 10 lin. in diam., subcircular or broadly 5-crenate, 2-24 lin. 
high, with the obtuse rim erect ; lobes 10-13 lin. long, 9-11 lin. 
broad, ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, flattish, recurved from the 
middle, ciliate nearly or quite to the tips with thick or slightly 
clavate dark purple-brown hairs }—3 lin. long ; outer corona-lobes 
a Z, 2-24 lin, long, 1 lin. broad, oblong or somewhat ovate- _ 
oblong, 2-3-toothed at the apex, with the lateral teeth parallel or _ 
