PuaTE 1915. 
STAPELIA ARNOTI, N. E. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACER. Tribe STAPELIER. 
- Arnoti, N. H. Br. (n. sp.) ; S. grandiflore affinis sed minor, 
corolle disco et parte inferiore loboruam non rugoso louge hirsuto ; 
canaliculatis ; corone interioris segmentis inequaliter bifidis, sub- 
patulis, aleformibus, antice triquetris acutis. 
Has. Griqualand West, Mr. Arnot, Barkly (No. 70). 
lanceolate, acute, pubescent. Buds very broadly ovate, obtuse, with a 
_ flattish-obconical base. Qorolla 35-4 in. in diameter, with ovate, acute, 
 flattish, revolute lobes, ciliate with long purple and white hairs ; the 
_ back pubescent; the face with the disk and basal half of the lobes 
covered with long, erect, purple hairs, and in this part smooth, not 
rugose, bright vinous-purple, the apical part of the lobes glabrous, 
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Allied to 8. grandiflora, Mass., but the stems are not so stout, the 
flowers are smaller, and are smooth on the disk and basal half of the 
lobes of the corolla, not deeply rugose as in that species. The cymes 
appear to be 2-3-flowered with several abortive buds, but whether 
more flowers are produced from the same cyme at another time I do 
not know, as I have not seen the plant alive.—N. E. Brown. 
Fig. 1. Portion of stem to show pubescence. 2. Corona. 3 and 4. oe . 
outer corona, front and side views. 5. Segment of inner corona, with anther. 
Olunia, Al] enlarged, 
