Puate 1910. 
A.—STAPELIA INTERMEDIA, N.E. Br. 
B—STAPELIA VIRESCENS, N. E. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACER. Tribe STAPELIER. 
i —S. intermedia, N. H. Br. (n. sp.); ramis erectis 5-6 poll. longis, 
tetragonis, ie grosse dentatis ; pedicelli is 1 poll. longis; corolla 
I poll. dia m., plana, lobis ovato-deltoideis acutis, pilis clavatis ciliatis ; 
_ Iajore, deltoideo, integro crenulato ve ctl corone interioris 
segmentis ovato-attenuatis, arcte incumbentibus 
Has. Olifants River, Clanwilliam district ; Barkly (No. 8). 
Stems erect, 5-6 inches high, 4-angled, the angles with stout spreading 
_ teeth. Flowers arising from along the grooves between the angles; 
_ pedicels about an inch long. Calyw-lobes broadly ovate-acuminate. 
_ Corolla an inch in diameter, nearly flat, withont a tube, but slightly 
_ Concave on the disk, the ovate-deltoi d lobes ciliate, with vibratile, 
_ clavate, purple hairs, * otherwise ge the face rugulose, og 
q spotted with purple-brown. Seg ts of the outer corona abou 
_ broad as long, three-toothed, the middle tooth deltoid, entire, lightly 
_ erenulate, or bifid, much longer and 3 to 4 uate as broad as the lin 
4 side teeth. Segments of the inner corona ovate-attenuate, »: eed tas in- 
_ cumbent on the back of the anthers, not srsihacid at the apex into 
erect points. 
This plant was sent to Sir Henry Barkly by Mr. Reynolds of 
amaqualand. I have only seen some d ried flowers and a wi f 
corona is that of the section Podant thes, + eidioeat éhe Bere deeply 
4 3-toothed outer coronal oe show some connection with t 
to the base, but Hire My though perhaps cago they are 
connate up “to the point of mee of t Shatsy forming an 
ar corona with 5 large t oY teeth alter- 
P iaicel been accidentally omitted in xg plate. They are rather short, | 
3 isa hare say all fallen off from the dried flow Rie ue 
