PuiaTe 1914. 
STAPELIA PATULA, Willd. var. LONGIROSTRIS, N. EH. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACER. Tribe STAPELIEz. 
8. patula, Willd. Enum. Plant. Hort. Berol. p. 281 (1809).—S. sororia, 
Jacq. Stap. t. 56 and 57, not of Masson. 
Has. Mitchell’s Pass. Barkly (Nos. 36, 68, and 54 partly). Mac- 
Owan (No, 2244). 
Var. depressa, N. H. Br.—S. depressa, Jacq. Stap. t. 55. 
Hab.? Barkly (No. 54, partly). 
_ Var. longirostris, N. H. Br.; lobis calycinis corolle sinubus exten- 
sis; corone interioris segmentis bipartitis, parte interiore longissime 
valde arcuata. 
Hab.? Barkly (No. 54 partly, and No. 56). 
Calyz-lobes reaching nearly or quite to the sinuses of the corolla, 
often reflexed at their tips. Segments of the outer corona contracted 
at the apex into a rather long subulate point. Segments of the inner — 
corona bipartite, the inner part twice as long as the narrow, spreading, 
outer part, and very strongly recurving from the base. 
, vol. 8, p. 334, f. 54; S. comata, Jacq. Stap. — 
t. 49; and S. depressa, Jacq. Stap. t. 55; though whether they are — 
