Duvalia.] ASCLEPIADEH (Brown). 1027 
about } (rarely up to 4) in. long; sepals 1-1} lin. long, ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; corolla in bud deeply and acutely 
5-lobed at the flat and rather thin basal part, abruptly acuminate 
into a very acute 5-grooved cone, when expanded 1-1} in. in diam., 
dark chocolate passing into light purple on the top of the annulus 
and fading into a narrow white ring around the corona; lobes 
ascending-spreading, with recurving tips, 4-5 lin. long and as much 
in breadth at the base, broadly deltoid-ovate with the sides but 
slightly folded back at the base, rather abruptly acuminate and 
replicate at the apical part, glabrous on both sides, ciliate on the 
basal half with fine simple purple hairs 1-1} lin. long ; annulus 
1-11} lin. high and 34—4 lin. in diam. at the top, with the sides 
much sloping outwards, obscurely pentagonal, glabrous ; outer 
corona about 2} lin. in diam., pentagonal, light canary-yellow as 
are also the inner corona-lobes. 
Var. B, albanica (N. E. Br.); corolla-lobes suberect ; annulus slightly raised 
above the margin of the outer corona. 
Coast Recion: Var. 8: Albany Div. ; vicinity of Grahamstown, Pillans, 19! 
and cultivated specimen ! 
Centra Recon : Aberdeen Div. ; near Aberdeen Road, Pillans, 42! 
Described from a living plant, and flowers preserved in fluid. 
3. D. Corderoyi (N. E. Br. in Bot. Mag. under t. 6245) ; stems 
4-1} in. long, about } in. thick, globose or oblong, with 6 very 
obtuse or somewhat obscure tuberculate-dentate angles, dull green, 
tinged with purple where exposed to the sun ; flowers 2-4 together 
at about the middle or near the base of the young stems ; pedicels 
4-1 in. long, 1 lin. thick ; sepals 2-2} lin. long, lanceolate, acute, 
glabrous ; corolla 14-2 in. in diam. ; lobes very spreading, }—} in. 
long, sometimes closely replicate for 3 of their length with the 
basal part expanded, sometimes closely replicate only at the tips 
and openly at the other part, glabrous, ciliate along the basal 3 
with long vibratile clavate purple hairs, light or dull olive-green, 
tinged towards the tips with darker, or dull reddish-brown, some- 
times with a faint green tint ; annulus 5-6 lin. in diam., obscurely 
5-angled, densely covered with long soft purple hairs ; outer corona 
3-3} lin. in diam., pentagonal, dull brick-red, paler at the angles ; 
inner corona-lobes ovoid, dorsally obtuse, with the inner apex 
narrowed into a short linear point, buff-coloured. N. E. Br. in 
Hook. Ic. Pl. under t. 1925; K. Schum. in Engl. und Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 277; Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1898, 477. 
Stapelia Corderoyi, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6082. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, cultivated specimens | 
_ Cenrrat Recion: Middelburg Div. ; near Conway, Pillans, 191! Aliwal North 
Diy. ; near the Orange River, Burke! 
Described from living plants. This is one of the finest species of the genus, it 
seems to vary considerably in the colour of the corolla-lobes, and I have seen both 
colours described above upon the same plant ; in the Botanical Magazine the 
colour is far too bright and the bud is a total misrepresentation. a 
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