JStapelia.] Lxxxv. ASCLEPiADEiE (brown). 501 



1. S, gigantea, j^. E. Br. in Gard. Chron. 1877, vii. GK4 and r,0:^>, 

 Jig. 112. Stems 4-8 in. high, \-\\ in. thick, erect, shortly decumbent 

 at the base and there branching, somewhat clavate, 4-angled, 

 pubescent, green; angles compressed, toothed. Lenves T-lJ lin, long, 

 erect, acute, pubescent. Cymes near the base of the young stems, few- 

 flowered ; pedicels 1-2 m. long, stout, becoming h in. thick when in 

 fruit, pubescent. Sepals r>-fl lin. long, lineo.r-lanceolate, acute or 

 acuminate. Corolla pentagonal and very acuminate in bud, 9-1 2 in. in 

 diam.. when expanded, rotate, nearly flat on the disk, r)-)obed to ^ the 

 way down, pubescent on the back, rugose on the face, pale yellow, 

 suffused with reddish-purple around the corona, everywhere marked 

 with irregular pale reddish-purple transverse lines, and covered with 

 erect fine pale purple hairs ; lobes 4-5i in. long, 1|-2|- in. broad, 

 ovate-lanceolate, very acuminate, widely spreading, with recurved 

 margins. Outer coronal-lobes spreading, 2 J-^> lin. long, broadly linear- 

 oblong, slightly widened upwards, subtruncate, with a short middle 

 tooth or obscurely 8-toothed, dark purple-brown, glabrous ; inner 

 coronal-lobes 2-h.orned, dark purple-brown, glabrous ; outer horn wing- 

 like, 2|- lin. long, 1^ lin. broad, suberect, deltoid-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 entire ; inner horn 2|- lin. long, triquetrous-subulate, erect. Follicles 

 about 6 in. long, J in. thick, erect, very slightly diverging, subcylin- 

 dric, obtusely pointed, pubescent. — Gard. Chron. ]888, iv, 728, fig. 

 101 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7068; Journ. Hort. 1800, xxi. ;U9 and 850, fig. 41 ; 

 Gard- & For. viii. 515 ; Cactus Journ. i. 23. 



ZiOwer Guinea. Daraaralnnd : Walfisli Bay, cultivated specimens, l/l^cOet-aw 

 ^ Bolus Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 921 ! 



IMCozamb. ZSist. British Central Africa : X.yasaland; Xainasi, Cameron, 1 ! 

 Also in Soi7t)i Africa.- 



2. S, vaga, X. E. Br. hi Keiu BuUetin, 1805, 265. Stems not seen. 

 Pedicels lj-2in. long, glabrous, moderately stout. Sepals 3J lin. long, 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous. Corolla star-like, 2 J in. in diam. 

 or more ? apparently dark purple-brown ; lobes about 1 in. long in the 

 dried state, about 5 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, 

 rugulose on the face, ciliate with long clavate vibratile purple hairs, 

 otherwise glabrous. Outer coronal-lobes IJ-lJ lin. long, oblong, 4- 

 toothed at the apex ; two outer teeth a little lower down than the 

 inner two ; inner coronaA-lobes two-horned ; inner horn \h lin. long, 

 erect, subulate, recurving at the apex ; outer horn similar, but much 

 shorter. 



Xiower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Ainboland; Oluknnda, Srhinz\ 



3. S. kwebexisis, N. E. Br. Plant about 6 in. high, branching at 

 the base. Stems about h in. thick, 4-angled, puberulous ; angles 

 shortly toothed. Leaves 1-^-2 i- lin. long, § lin. broad, subulate- 

 lanceolate, acute, erect, puberuloiis. Cymes from near tlie base of the 

 younger stems, subsessile, few-fiowered ; bracts U lin. long, lanceolate, 

 acute, puberulous; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long, shortly pubescent. Sepals 

 2^ lin. long, |-1 lin. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, shortly pubescent. 



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