Puate 1923. 
STAPELIA PARVIPUNCTA, N. #. Br. 
ASCLEPIADACER. Tribe STAPELIEZ. 
8. parvipuncta, NV. H. Br. fh sp.)} ramis erectis, 2-5, poll. longis, 
tetragonis, dentatis, glabris; cymis gradatim plurifloris ; pedicellis 
#-13 poll. longis, patulis vel deflexis ; corolla 1-1} poll. diam., sulphurea, 
fasco-purpurea punctata, plana, annulo obsoleto, lobis recurvis, mar- 
ginibus ciliatis, ciliis clavatis; corone exterioris segmentis oblongis, 
bifidis, recurvis ; coronw interioris segmentis ovatis, acutis vel subulato- - 
bus. 
acuminatis, incumbenti 
Has. Nieuwveld Mountains, Mr. Bain. 
rudimentary subulate leaves, glabrous, dull Cymes from about 
the middle of the young shoots, progressively many-flowered ; pedicels 
4-1} inches long, glabrous. Calyz-lobes lanceolate, acute or ac e 
bifid at the apex ‘with diverging lobes, dark purple-brown, shining. 
Inner coronal segments simple, ovate acute, or subulate-acumuinate, 
incumbent on the back of the anthers, purple-brown. 
__ This was received from Sir H. Barkly marked ‘Y. Bain’; living 
Plants were also sent, which flowered with me in 1878. I place it 
and §. tri in the section Podanthes on account of the coronal 
‘Structure bein 
: the same, though otherwise they bear little resemblance 
_to the species previously placed in this section. There is no distinct 
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