Puiate 1916. 
STAPELIA DESMETIANA, N. E. Br. 
Asciepiapaces. Tribe STapeLiee. 
_ §. Desmetiana, N. YZ. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. 6, p. 684. 
Has. Little Fish River, and Espag’s Drift, Great Fish River, 
Somerset East, MacOwan (Nos. 1923) and 2249) ; Shiloh, Oxkraal 
Mountains, Baur (No. 733). Barkly (No. 72). 
7 This species is readily distinguished from the other described forms 
with stout stems and large flowers, by the lobes and disk of the corolla 
of outer 
ditlerent 
4 Fig. 1. Portion of stem to show pubescence. 2, Corona. 3. Segment 
orona. 4, 5, and 6. Segments of inner corona, with anthers, 
_ §. grandiflora, Mass. var. lineata, N. B. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1877, 
Vol. 7, p. 558, f. 85. 
Has. Near Fish River, 2,000 ft. alt., Somerset East, MacOwan — 
(No. 1197, partly); Colesberg, Dr. Shaw ; Victoria West ; and Leribe, — 
Basutoland, Rev. J. Buchanan. Barkly (No. 21). ee 
§. ambigua, Masson, Stap. p. 13, t. 12 (1796); Jacq. Stap. t. 53and 54. 
_ Has. Neighbourhood of Victoria West, Barkly (No. 66). a 
_ Sir Henry Barkly’s plant is a variety with transverse yellow lines : 
on the token, bat the sae of the flower as represented in Lady 
Barkly’s drawing is darker, and more parple in the centre, than : My : 
he variety figured by Jacquin on t. 54 of his * Slapelia.’—N. 
ROWN, 
