Puate 1921. 
STAPELIA: ERECTIFLORA, N. £. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACES. Tribe STapeLier. 
§. erectiflora, N. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. 6, p- 650. 
Has. Karoo, 6 miles beyond the Cederberg Mountains, Clan- 
william District, Mr. Bain ; Barkly (No. 80) ; MacOwan (No. 2251). 
This is a remarkable species, very distinct from any other known to 
me. It flowers profusely all along the stems; and the long erect 
pedicels and small Turk’s-cap-like flowers at once distingnish it. 
corolla is purple, clothed with adpressed white hairs, so that it has a 
greyish-purple look ; the lobes are curved back so closely that their 
margins meet one another, and the back of the corolla and calyx is 
entirely concealed.—N. E. Brown. 
_ Fig. 1. Portion of stem, to show pubescence. 2 and 3. Back and oblique front 
‘Yiews of flower. 4. Segment of outer corona. 4. Segment of inner corona, with 
anther. 6. Pollinia. AU, except fig. 2, enlarged. 
8. glanduliflora, Masson, Stap. p. 16, t. 19 (1796); Jacg. Stap. 
t. 21.—S. glandulifera, Haw. Synop. Plant. Suce. p. 21 (1812). 
Has. Clanwilliam district. 
Only living specimens of this species were sent to Kew by Sir H. 
Barkly, which were collected in the Clanwilliam district by Mr. Bishop 
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