2 
of the annulus in words, wee cng gta by the eye: the | 
best indication I can give of it is that e living flower it has a — 
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inner corona are erect, not horizontal as in this —N. E. Bro 
Fig. 1. Section through the centre of the flower. 2. Segment of the outer corona, — 
upper side. 3, Segment of the inner corona. 4, Pollinia, Figures 2 to 4 enlarged, — 
§. variegata, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. 1, vol. 1, p. 217 (1753). = 
variegata, Haw. Synop. Plant. Succ. p. 40 (1812 ji 
Has. Lion Mountain, near Cape Town, Barkly (No. 3). 
According to Sir i Rs this is the only Stapelia found in the : 
vicinity of Cape Tow 
Var ae nia, N. HE. Br. sey bufonia, Jacq. Stap. t. 35 & 64, © 
5 (180 6?); nat of Bot. Mag. t. 1676. Orbea bufonia, Haw. Synop. 
pk bus: p. 40 (1812). 
Has.? Barkly (Nos. 45, 60, & 61). 
This appears to me only distinguishable from typical S. variegata 
by the darker colour of the flowers, the spots being larger and more 
crowded towards the centre ; and by the segments of the outer corone 4 
having the lobes at their apex parallel, not spreading, and a little © 
differently coloured. The plant figured by Jacquin on t. 36, a 
. bufonice varietas, is no doubt only another form of this plant, but it 
is also, I believe, the same plant which was named S. bdisulca by 
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Var. pallida, N. HZ. Br.; floribus pallidioribus, maculis minoribus. : ' 
Has. Eastern Province. Barkly (No. 2). | 
Flowers paler, and the spots smaller than in typical 8. oariagalil 1 
the lobes of the outer corona are sometimes simply bifid, sometimes — 
e. 
of the Table mauauen 8. varie ata. I have seen specimens of the 
latter nearly as light in colour,’ mi sh 
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This plant has been cultivated in England for many years. 
