Puate 1913. 
STAPELIA FUSCOPURPURBEA, N. £. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACER. Tribe STApELIEs. 
_ puberulis, tetraquetris; pedicellis 2-1 poll. longis, pubernlis; corolla 
35-4 poll. diam., concolori, fuscopurpurea, lobis ovato-lanceolatis longe 
_ Ciliatis, disco longe villoso; coron exterioris segmentis angaste lineari- 
_ oblongis, canaliculatis, apice recurvo, obtuso, minute apiculato ; corons 
_ interioris segmentis erecto-patentibus, parte dorsali tota adnata, late 
_ aleformi truncata, apice denticulato, parte interiori longiori triquetra 
_ apice recurvo. 
Has. ? Barkly (No. 55). 
__ Stems erect, an inch in diameter, downy, 4-angled, the angles com- 
pressed, dentate. Pedicels short, 3-1 inch long, stout, pubescent. 
inches in diameter, 
_ Villous with long, soft, dark purple hairs on the disk, glabrous and 
the dorsal or outer part broad and wing-like, truncate and denticulate 
oe the apex, and entirely adnate to, and about one-third shorter than, ~ 
_ the inner triquetrous recurved tip, dark purple- brown. 
_ _ This is more nearly allied to S. grandiflora than to any of the other 
_ described species, but the flowers are very much smaller and the 
Fig. 1. Corona. 2 and 3, Segments of outer corona. 4. Pollinia. All enlarged. 
