Stapelia. | ASCLEPIADEA (Brown). 1015 
erect, acute, thickest at the middle, brownish-purple. Thunb. Fl. 
Cap. ed. 2, ii. 170, and ed. Schultes, 241; Poir. Encyel. vii. 385 ; 
N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 168; Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 
1898, 480. Piaranthus? fasciculata, Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 10 ; 
G. a Gen. Syst. iv. 113. P. ? fasciculatus, Decne in DC. Prodr. 
viii. 650, 
Centra Ruaron : Calvinia Div. ; Hantam Hills, near Calvinia, Thunberg ! 
There is no specimen in Thunberg’s Herbarium named S. fasciculata, but one 
sheet, without a name, contains 2 pieces of stem of a Stapelia which so exactly 
agree with his description of S. fasciculata that I think there can be no doubt 
they form the type of his description of that plant. One of the stems bears 
2 follicles 4 in. long on an erect pedicel 14 in. long. As there are no flowers it is 
impossible to determine the genus to which it belongs ; however, I think it is 
almost certainly not a species of Stapelia, but probably either a Huernia, Duvalia 
or Piaranthus, 
102. 8. flavicomata (Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ. 8); stems numerous, 
4-angled, slender, with equal angles, pubescent ; leaf-bearing teeth 
very tumid and contiguous; flowers not seen. G. Don, Gen. Syst. 
iv. 116; Deene in DC. Prodr, viii. 663.; Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 
1898, 480. 
Sourn Arrica : in cultivation before 1810 ex Haworth ! 
Stated to be near S. glandulifera, Haw. (i.e. S. glanduliflora, Masson), but with 
more numerous shorter and thicker stems, with larger and more contiguous teeth. 
- 103. 8. papillosa (DC. Pl. Grass. ex Desf. Tabl. ed. 2, 92; 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 49; G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 117 ; Schlechter 
in Journ, Bot. 1898, 482); name only, without description. The 
name has not been found in published copies of De Candolle, Pl. 
Grasses, 
104, §. plicata (Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 267) ; name only, but 
placed in the same group as S. variegata and allics. 
105. S. trifolia (Breit. Hort. Breit. 505); name only, without 
description. 
106. 8. verticillata (Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 49, and G. Don, 
Gen. Syst. iv. 117); name only, without description. 
107. 8S. virgata (Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 49, and G. Don, Gen. 
Syst. iv. 117); name only, without description. 
LI. PIARANTHUS, R. Br. 
Calyx 5-partite. Corolla usually deeply 5-lobed and rotate when 
fully expanded, rarely with a campanulate or cup-shaped tube, 
_ velvety or pubescent (rarely glabrous) on the inner surface. Corona 
