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fleshy roots. Leaves narrow-linear, glabrous or pubescent. Flowers small, 
in many-flowered, interpetiolar umbels.—2 (or perhaps 4) species, natives 
of the Eastern frontier and Natal. 
42. PIARANTHUS, R. Br. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-fid, fleshy. Gyno- 
stege included. Corona simple, 5-parted; folioles dorsally 
toothed. Anthers nude at tip. FPollinia erect, pellucid at one 
side. Stigma pointless.—DC. Prod. viii. p. 650; Mass. Stap. 
t. 24, 31, 35, 23, 24; Bot. Mag. t. 1648. 
Leafless succulents, with the habit of Stapelia ; differing in the corona. 
—6 species, natives of dry plains, and on the Northern frontier. 
43. HUERNTA, R. Br. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla bell-shaped, the limb 10-cleft, the 
alternate lobes small, tooth-like. Gynostege included. Co- 
rona double; the outer 5-parted, with 2-fid lobes ; inner of 5 
broad-based, awl-shaped folioles, alternating with the outer 
segments. Other characters as in Piaranthus.—DC. Prod. 
vill. p. 650; Mass. Stap. t. 2, 6, 3, 4, 7; Bot. Mag. t. 1662, 
1227, 2401, ete. 
Leafless succulents, as the last genus.—11 species, from Karroo plains, 
etc. 
44, STAPELIA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, 5-fid, fleshy. Gynostege 
often exserted. Corona double ; the outer folioles or segments 
entire or parted ; the inner horn-like, simple or 2-fid. Anthers 
nude at tip. Pollinia erect, pellucid on one side. Stigma 
depressed. Follicles smooth, erect.— DC. Prod. viii. t. 652 ; 
Mass. Stap.t. 11, et passim. 
Fleshy, branching, leafless plants, the stems and branches very generally 
4-angled, with toothed ridges. Flowers mostly handsome (but detestably 
scented), purple or greenish or spotted; sometimes delicately fringed. 
About 90 species, natives of dry plains, etc. 
45. HOODIA, Sw. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla rotate, the tube very short ; limb 
very large, dilated, concave, membranous, nerved, obsoletely 
5-lobed, lobes tipped with a sharp point. Gynostege included. 
Corona double ; outer 5-fid, the lobes rounded, erect, incurved, 
obtuse, 2-fid, with an intermediate inflexed tooth; inner of 
broad-based, oblong, obtuse folioles, alternating with those of 
the outer row. Other characters of Stapelia—DC. Prod. viii. 
: Sa Mass. Stap. t. 40. Seytanthus Gordoni, Hook. Lc. Pl. 
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