rown; inside whitish, marked all over with small, dark purple- — 
own spots, and covered with a pubescence of white and purple 
hairs; the lobes are 3} lines long, lanceolate acuminate, very slightl 
This species seems to vary considerably in the size of its stems “7 
in the form of the corona, but a series of flowers show that the coron 
differences fade into one another. Two extreme forms are represeD 
sent by Sir H. Barkly, as No. 58, the rest of the plate being bie 
from his No. 71. Buta portion of the plant, No. 58, which Sir H. 
Barkly sent to Kew, has not produced stems under cultivation larger — 
‘than those of the smaller plant (No. 71), as represented on the plate. 
N, 
B.—P. comptvs. Figs. 4-7. Coronas from different plants, front and side views. . 
8. Pollinia, All enlarged. a 
P. decorus, N. EF. Br. ?—Stapelia decora, Masson ?, Stap. p. 19, ¢. 26 
(1796). Obesia decora, Haw.? Synop. Plant. Suce. p. 43 (1812). 
Has. Little Namaqualand, Barkly (No. 25); Victoria West, Barkly ; 
(No. 25 bis); Karoo, at Groote Fontein, Barkly (No. 73) ? 
I believe these are the same as Masson’s plant, but do not feel 
; quite certain about them. 
