Piate 1909. 
STAPELIA BARKLYI, N. L£. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACEZ. Tribe STAPELIEA. 
8. Barklyi, N. H. Brown (n. sp.) ; ramis pluribus, crassis, puberulis, 
tetragonis, angulis valide dentatis; pedicellis 3-4 poll. longis, validis, 
minutissime puberulis; corolla ma na, 5-6 poll. diam., lobis ovatis 
acutis, glabris, leviter rugosis, longe ciliatis, fusco-purpureis rugis 
transversalibus luteis, apice toto fascopurpureo, disco et annulo solido 
villoso, annulo pallide fascopurpureo luteo lineato ; corone exterioris 
segmentis lineari-oblongis, acuminatis, canaliculatis ; corons interioris 
segmentis bipartitis, parte interiore subulata apice poser parte 
exteriore aleeformi deltoideo-acuminata, integra vel dentat 
Has. Ookeep, Little Namaqualand, Barkly (No. 31). 
Stems numerous, 3-4 in. high, branching at the base, stout, about _ 
# inch in diameter, ae 4-angled, the angles with stout spread- — 
ing te eeth. Flowers 1 to 2 together from the basal part of the stems : 
pedicels stout, 3-4 in. lon ie  aabeons to the eye, but with a very 
minute and rather sparse pubescence as seen underalens. Calyz-lobes 
nate ae acute, 3 inch —- Corolla ee inches in ge eee Aggie 
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colour with yellowish lines. Segments of the outer corona linear-oblong, 
“mera channelled down the face, yellow, dotted with purple- 
rown. Segments of the inner corona two-parted, purple-brown, inner — 
part subulate, recurving from about the middle, outer part compressed, - 
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—— @, narrow deltoid-acuminate, entire or toothed behind oratthe 
apex 
This fine gare completely connects the sections to which 8. varie- 
gaia and §. grandiflora respectively belong, having the annulus of the 
former grou i a peer st with the colour, ciliation, and coronal structure 
of the latter group; the stems are also intermediate between those two 
groups, having the stouter teeth of the S. variegata group combined. 
