Piaranthus. | ASCLEPIADE (Brown). 1017 
Corolla-lobes about 43~5 lin. long : 
Corolla very pale yellowish or Srey dotted with 
purple or crimson ats --- (2) cornutus. 
Corolla bright clear Srostitahsiyeltine. with small 
rounded dark purple-brown spots... ... (8) pulcher, 
Corolla-lobes 2—2% lin. Tong, ae oe without 
markings ie .- (10) parvulus, 
Corona-lobes shorter to tries si the anthers iia 
closely incumbent upon them, crossing or very 
slightly upeurved at the tips: 
Corolla-lobes 5-9 lin. long: 
Corolla pale yellow or dull , Scent gaat without 
markings ues (4) Pillansii. 
Corolla yellow, ochreous or he tisiahs yellow: dated, 
spotted or transversely marked all over with 
blood-red or purple : 
Crest of corona-lobes entire or subdenticulate at 
the dorsal margin, not tuberculate or — 
on the top... (8) geminatus. 
Crest of corona-lobes ‘eteenake or + Scdiak at the 
dorsal margin, tuberculate or with isesits on 
the top ; (4) Pillansii, var. £. 
Corolla yellow or side ecatiaw dotted with 
dark purple-brown; crest of corona-lobes 
toothed at the rather acute-edged dorsal 
margin, with slight ridges on the top ... (5) decorus. 
‘Corolla dark crimson? or purple with greenish- 
yellow transverse lines and markings on the 
basal part ae a ony 3 ... (4) Pillansii, var. +. 
Corolla-lobes 34-44 lin. long : 
Corolla pale pinkish-purple, finely saad with 
pale yellow transverse lines ; corona eae 
without markings ee as as (6) disparilis. 
Corolla yellow and marked all over with etépliahs- 
crimson spots or transverse lines, or pale or 
dark purplish-crimson with yellow or creamy- 
white transverse lines on the basal part ; 
corona um od fe tt with tae en abs 
markings a ..- (7) fotidus and vars, 
Corolla-lobes 23-34 lin. bine whitish h sped with 
dark purple-brown sod (9) comptus. 
See also Stapelia fasciculata, Thunb., which may belong to this genus. 
‘1. P. punctatus (R. Br. in Mem. Wern. Soe. i. 23) ; stems decum- 
bent or ascending, 1-2 in. long, $—} in. thick, oblong or somewhat 
clavate, very obtusely 4-angled, with 4—5 small tubercle-like teeth 
along each angle, glabrous, dull green ; flowers 2-4 together above 
the middle of the stems, erect ; pedicels 4-1 in. long, glabrous, 
purplish ; sepals lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; corolla with a distinct 
shortly campanulate tube 14-2 lin. long ; lobes about 4 lin. long, 
1} lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, spreading, papillate (puberulous ?) 
on the inner face, whitish (faintly tinged with pink according to 
the figure), dotted | with blood-red. cas Hort. Brit, ed. 1, 2785 
