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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Stapelia continued. 



good supply of pieces of brick rubbish amongst the sandy 

 loam in which they are potted. During winter, they 

 should have but little water. A shelf near the glass, in 

 a light, sunny, airy place, is best adapted for them. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttings. Several plants formerly included 

 under Stapelia, will now be found under Duvalia, 

 Huernia, Piaranthus, and Podanthes (which .see). 



S. angulnea (snake-speckled), fl. glabrous; corolla yellow, 

 marked with numerous rufous spots ; orb large, marked with 

 large spots of two forms, dark brown-yellow on the sides near 

 the base ; gynostegium dotted with dark brown ; peduncles soli- 

 tary in the axils of the branchlets. June and July. Branches 

 erect, with sub-recurved teeth. A. 6in. 1812. (L. B. C. 828 ; 

 B. M. 1169, under name of S. picta.) 



S. Asterias (star-flsh).* Starfish Flower. fl. large ; corolla of an 

 obscure violet-colour, the segments variegated with transverse, 

 yellowish stripes, the bottom dark purple ; segments lanceolate, 

 oblique, with revolute margins, ciliated, wrinkled ; peduncles 

 often solitary. May to November. Branches many, erect, 

 toothed; teeth short and erect, or slightly incurved with an 

 acumen. A. 6in. 1795. One of the handsomest species. (B. M. 

 536 ; L. B. C. 453.) 



S. barbata (bearded). A synonym of Huernia barbata. 



S. Bayfieldii (Bayfleld's). A., corolla 2Jin. to 2Jin. in diameter, 

 with the lobes expanded ; back puberulous, green, tinged with 

 purple, the nerves darker ; face glabrous, purple-red, darker 

 towards the tips, the centre to half-way up the lobes marked with 

 . numerous pale yellow, transverse lines ; ligulae dull brownish-red 

 or dark purple-brown ; peduncles two lines long, three to five- 

 flowered ; pedicels eight to ten lines long. Stems erect, branch- 

 ing at base, 6in. to Sin. high, seven to nine lines thick, puberulous, 

 with concave sides, and stout, short, nearly horizontal, teeth. 

 Before 1877. (G. C. n. s., vii. p. 430.) 



S. bnfonls (toad-like). A synonym of S. normalis. 



S. campanulata (bell-shaped). A synonym of Huernia eam- 

 panulata. 



S. Corderoyi (Corderoy's). A synonym of Duvalia Corderoyi. 



S. Coureelli (Corn-cell's). A garden synonym of S. patenti- 

 rostris. 



S. Curtisii (Curtis's). fl., corolla much spreading, deeply five- 

 cleft ; segments sulphur-colour, with transverse, oblong spots of 

 dark blood-colour, ovate, acuminate, glabrous ; tube yellowish ; 

 peduncles one-flowered, reflexed. June to September. Branches 

 tetragonal, with acute, or slightly reflexed, teeth. A. 1ft. 1690. 

 (B. M. 26 and B. H. 1857, p. 43, under name of S. variepata.) 



S. dcflexa (deflexed). fl., corolla deeply five-cleft, about 2in. in 

 diameter ; segments lanceolate, acute, dingy greenish or pale 

 reddish, ciliated, revolute on the margins, wrinkled ; pedicels on 

 a short and thick peduncle, much spreading, one-flowered. 

 Summer. Branches ascending, erect, glabrous, tetragonal, with 

 erect teeth on the angles. 1815. A. 4in. to 6in. (B. M. 1890 ; 



S. divaricata (divaricate-branched), fl., corolla greenish-brown 

 outside, flesh-coloured within, tipped with green, glabrous, 

 shining; segments lanceolate, spreading, with revolute, ciliated 

 edges ; corona orange, the outer segments mucronate ; pedicels 

 twin or tern. June to November. Branches numerous, tetra- 

 glabrous, gradually attenuated, with small, erect teeth. 

 1793. (B M. 100?; L. B. C. 941.) 



S. eruclformia (caterpillar-like). A garden synonym of 

 S. olivaeea. 



S. gemmiflora (bud-flowered), fl., corolla large; segments 

 dark fuscous, spotted with yellow at the throat, transversely 

 and loosely wrinkled, ovate, acute; peduncles two or three. 

 October and November. Branches many, erect, tetragonal, with 

 sub-erect, acute teeth. A. 6in. 1795. (B. M. 1839.) 



S. gigantea (gigantic), fl. pale yellowish, covered with irregular, 

 brownish-red lines, and suffused with reddish around the corona 

 of an enormous size, 12in. to Win. in diameter, the surface 

 wrinkled, and sparsely covered with short, pale hairs; lobes 

 lanceolate, acuminate, the margins fringed with similar hairs ; 



S. Plantii. h. bin. 186 The finest plant of g the whole 

 genus. (G. C. n. s., vii. p. 693.) 



S. glabrlflora (glabrous-flowered). /., corolla deeply flve-lobed ; 

 lobes lanceolate, acuminate, at first spreading, and then 3in to 

 4in. in diameter, afterwards strongly reflexed, the face entirely 

 glabrous without a fringe, dull red-purple, with numerous trans- 

 verse, yellowish-white lines ; corona dark purple-brown, the 

 ligulas linear, concave, recurved at apex, obtuse, with a minute 

 tooth ; wings free to the base, divergent, oblong, obtuse ; pedicels 

 Jin. long, pubescent. Stems pubescent, erect quadrangular 

 A. 4in. tJSin. 1862. This is known in gardens as T gmndiflon 

 minor. (G. C. n. s., vi. p. 809.) 



S.grandlflora (large-flowered), fl. large, rather flat; corolla 

 dark purple at the bottom, but the ovate-lanceolate segments are 

 of a lighter purple, ciliated with grey hairs, and striped with 

 white; peduncles three-flowered. September to December 



Stapelia continued. 



Branches quadrangular, clavate, downy, with remote tubercles 

 or teeth. V 1ft. 1795. Plant grey from down. See Fig. 522 



(R. H. 1858, p. 152.) 



FIG. 522. STAPELIA GIUNDIFLORA. 

 S. g. lincata (lined). This only differs from the type in the 



corolla lobes being marked across the basal half with yellow 



lines. 1873. (G. C. n. s., vii. p. 559.) 

 S. g. minor (lesser). A garden synonym of S. plabriflora. 

 S. Gussoniana (Gussone's). A synonym of Boucerosia europcea. 



S hamata (hooked), fl., corolla blood-coloured, 3in. across, flat, 

 ciliated, wrinkled above, with a hairy centre ; segments trans 

 versely striped with white, acuminated, ciliated wth red hairs ; 



, 



uter coronal segments emarginate, the inner leaflets linear 

 subulate, hooked. July and August. Branches erect, tetra- 

 "onal shining green ; young ones sulcate ; adults flatter, with 

 short,' erect or^ncmWd, pale teeth, h. Sin. 1820. (L. B. C. 

 242.) 



S. liirsuta (hairy). /., corolla yellowish, with transverse, deep 

 violet stripes a pale red, villous bottom, and red nectaries, 

 wrinkled ; segments villously ciliated with white hairs : outer 

 coronal segments acute, lanceolate, the inner leaflets spreading. 

 July and August. Branches erect, slightly villous, dingy green, 

 sulcate-tetragonal, floriferous at the base, the angles having erect 

 teeth, h. bin. 1710. (H. E. F. 230.) The variety atra has deep 

 purple flowers. (B. B. 756.) 



S. Isevis (smooth). /. showy ; corolla segments lanceolate, acute, 

 green beneath, purple above, yellowish at apex, dotted with dark 

 red; peduncles long, one -flowered; inner coronal leaflets 

 carunculate. June to November. Branches stout, and, as well 

 as the branchlets, oblong, smooth, obscurely sulcate, not toothed. 

 h. Sin. 1790. (B. M. 793, under name of S. pedunculata.) SYN. 

 Caruncularia pedunculate 



S. maculosa (spotted). Jl. very foetid ; corolla smooth, ciliated ; 

 segments dirty yellow, red at the tips and edges, almost covered 

 by large, confluent, rufous spots, ovate, acute ; orb waved, 

 elevated, downy ; peduncles three or four, aggregated at the 

 bases of the younger branches. June to September. Branches 

 very numerous, erect, glabrous, green ; adults loosely pubescent, 

 tetragonal, with spreading teeth, h. 1ft. 1804. (B. M. 1833.) 



S. Massoni (Masson's). fl. 4in. to 4iin. in diameter ; corolla 

 brownish-purple, marked with a few, narrow, yellowish lines on 

 the glabrous lobes, and the disk thickly covered with fine, short, 



