1030 ASCLEPIADEZ (Brown). | Duwalia. 
and Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. 286; Jacq. Stap. t. 11; Pers. Syn. Pi. i 
278; Poir. Encycl. Meth. vii. 381, and in Dict. Se. Nat. 1. 391; Ait. 
Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 88 ; Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 44 ; Link, Enum. Pl. 
Hort. Berol. i. 257 ; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 837; Dietr. Syn. Pl. 884 ; 
Decne in DC. Prodr. viii. 662. 
Sourm Arica: Karoo region, Masson, cultivated specimens dated 1806, 1812, 
1813 (probably from plants introduced by Masson), in Herb. Haworth | and Herb. 
Kew. ! 
The flowers as figured by Jacquin appear to be too large. This species has not 
been refound since Masson introduced it, and appears not to exist in cultivation. 
8. D. reclinata (Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 44); stems }-3 in. (up to 
4 in., Masson, and sometimes up to 1 ft., Jacquin) long, 5-6 lin. 
thick, with 4-5 obtuse tuberculate-toothed angles, dull green ; 
flowers 1-3 together near the base or middle of the young stems ; 
pedicels 4-1 in. long ; sepals 14-2} lin. long, lanceolate-attenuate ; 
corolla 7-11 in. in diam., dark chocolate or with the rim of the 
annulus around the corona greenish, rather shining ; lobes 4-54 lin. 
long, very spreading, replicate to the base into vertical plates 
14-2 lin. deep, fringed on the basal half with vibratile clavate 
purple hairs 1-1} lin. long, otherwise glabrous ; annulus 34-4 lin. 
in diam. and about 1} lin. high, obtusely pentagonal, glabrous, pube- 
rulous or very shortly pubescent on the rim; outer corona obtusely 
pentagonal, orange-brown or dull brownish-red ; inner corona-lobes 
dull orange or brownish-orange. G@. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 121; 
N. E. Br. in Hook. Ic. Pl. under t. 1925; Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 
1898, 476. D. propinqua, Berger in Monatsschr. Kakt. 1904, 24. 
Stapelia reclinata, Masson, Stap. 19, t. 28; Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 1282, 
and Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. 285; Pers. Syn. Pl. i. 278; Pow. 
Encycl. Meth. vii. 380; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 88; Jacq. Stap. 
t. 14; Schultes, Syst. Veg. vi. 43; Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. 
i. 257; Spreng. Syst. i. 837 ; Dietr. Syn. Pl. ii. 884; Decne in DC. 
Prodr. viii. 662 ; Loud. Encycl. Pl. 200, fig. 3333. S. radiata, Link, 
Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. i. 257, not of Sims nor Jacq. 
Var. B, bifida (N. E. Br.) ; annulus very shortly pubescent with purple hairs 
oc the rim ; inner corona-lobes often bifid at the inner apex ; otherwise as 10 the 
ype. ; 
Var. y, angulata (N. E. Br.); corolla-lobes about 4 in. long, replicate into 
vertical plates 1} lin. deep; annulus 1 lin. high, obtusely 5-angled, of a lighter 
purple-brown than the lobes, with 5 small straw-coloured patches around the outer 
corona (Pillans), minutely pubescent all over the rim; outer corona wl 
10 distinct angles and 10 flat sides between them, ‘‘straw-colour tinted with 
purple; inner corona rich cream colour” (Pillans); ciliation and all other 
characters as in the type. : 
Soutn Arrica:. without locality, cultivated specimens ! 7 : 
- cone Reoion; Var. y: Ladismith Div. ; without precise locality, Pillans, 
_ Centra Recon: Somerset Div. ; Karoo, Barkly, 51! 67 ! around Somerset 
East, MacOwan, 2232! Barkly, 53! Graaff Reinet Div. ; hills near Graaff Reinet, — 
2600 ft., Bolus, 54! Aberdeen Div. ; near Aberdeen Road, Pillans, 37! Var. B* 
Somerset Div. ; Glen Avon Estate near Somerset East, Pillans, 27! 0 
