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8 S. JUVE'NCCLA (Jacq. stap. Poir. suppl. 5. p. 231.) bottom 

 of corolla campanulate ; segments of corolla wrinkled trans- 

 versely ; segments of exterior corona lanceolate, acuminated ; 

 those of the inner corona diverging ; appendages short, obtuse ; 

 branches floriferous in the middle. f; . S. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. This is very nearly allied to S. tetula ; but 

 differs, in the branches being more numerous, and not being 

 floriferous at the base : in the segments of the corolla being 

 more acute. Peduncles aggregate. Corollas brownish purple, 

 3-nerved. 



Girl Stapelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? Shrub 1 foot. 



.-Equilateralfs. Angles of items 4, fiat, equal, downy. 



9 S. MASSOKI (Hort. Haw. syn. p. 18.) branches large, of 4 

 equal angles. H . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. This 

 plant has never been rightly examined. 



Masson's Stapelia. Fl. ? Clt. ? Shrub 1 foot. 



10 S. ASTE'RIAS (Mass. stap. 14. t. 14.) teeth of branches 

 short, erect ; corolla large : with ovate-lanceolate, long-acumi- 

 nated segments, which are revolute, and ciliated on the edges ; 

 stamens unequally bifid. J- . S. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Curt. bot. mag. 536. Jacq. stap. t. 58. Branches 

 floriferous at the base, erect ; outer branch of the leaflets of the 

 inner corona bi-tridentate. Corolla of an obscure violet colour ; 

 the segments variegated with transverse, yellowish stripes ; the 

 bottom dark purple. 



Star-fah Stapelia. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1795. Sh. A foot. 



11 S. STELLA' RIS (Jacq. stap. t. 62. Haw. syn. p. 19.) 

 corolla wrinkled at the base; segments shining above, glabrous, 

 of a port wine colour, but with pale, transverse, anastomosing 

 veins, ciliated with rufous hairs ; leaflets of the outer corona 

 linear, obtuse, a little recurved, and rather erose at top ; inner 

 corona as in S. asterias, but the lower branch is paler, fj . S. 



ve of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Starry Stapelia. Fl. ? Clt. ?. Shrub \ to | foot. 



12 S. HIRSU'TA (Lin. spec. p. 816. Thunb. prod. 1. p. 46. 

 fl. cap. 2. p. 168.) corolla having the segments villously ciliated 

 with white hairs, and the bottom villous from rufous hairs ; the 

 rest wrinkled transversely, and glabrous ; segments of outer 

 corona acute, lanceolate ; leaflets of inner corona spreading ; ap- 

 pendages adnate, ovate-oblong, about equal in length to the 

 horns. ^ . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mill, 

 icon. t. 250. Jacq. misc. 1. p. 28. t. 3. stap. t. 13 and 38. 

 Lam. ill. t. 178. f. 2. Bradl. succ. pi. 3. p. 5. t. 23. Roes, 

 insect, t. 9. Branches floriferous at the base, hairy ; with 

 subulate, erect teeth. Corolla yellowish, with deep violet, trans- 

 verse stripes, a pale red bottom, and red nectaries, size of a 

 French rose. 



Var. p. atra (Jacq. diarr. lips. 1814. p. 296.) flowers deep 

 purple. Ker. bot. reg. t. 156. 



Hairy Stapelia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1710. Shrub | foot. 



13 S. HAMA'TA (Jacq. stap. t. 12. diarr. lips. 1814. p. 269.) 

 corollas flat, ciliated, wrinkled above, with a hairy centre ; seg- 

 ments of exterior corona emarginate ; inner leaflets of inner 

 corona lanceolate-subulate, hooked : outer ones parallel, with 

 the beaks erect, a little toothed at the apex. \j . S. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Lodd. bot. cab. 242. Branches 

 tufted, with mucronate straight teeth, floriferous at the base. 

 Corolla 3 inches broad, blood-coloured ; segments acuminated, 

 with transverse white stripes, ciliated with red hairs. Seg- 

 ments of corona subulate, bi6d, or hooked, rufescent. 



Hooked-crooned Stapelia, Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 i foot. 



14 S. COMA'TA (Jacq. stap. t- 4. diarr. lips. 1814. p. 269.) corollas 

 ciliated, with a flat, hairy disk ; the rest glabrous, and wrinkled 



transversely ; leaflets of inner corona acute, recurved ; segments 

 of corolla lanceolate, rather concave, at first deflexed, then spread- 

 ing ; appendages oblong, truncate, crenated. f; . S. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Branches sulcate ; with erect teeth ; 

 floriferous at the base. Peduncles usually solitary. Corolla 

 pale yellow ; having the segments ciliated with red Lairs, and 

 striped with yellow or blood-colour. 



Shaggy Stapelia. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1819. Shrub to 1 foot. 



15 S. MCLTIFLORA (D. C. cat. hort. raonsp. 1813. p. 149.) 

 corolla rotate, with a hairy bottom ; segments flat, reflexed, 

 ciliated ; horns subulate ; wings joined to the middle, nearly 

 entire ; branches floriferous in the middle, with erect teeth ; 

 pedicels aggregate. ^ . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Nearly allied to S. comaia, of which it is probably only a variety ; 

 from which it is distinguished, in the pedicels being aggregate, 

 not solitary ; in the flowers being wholly of a violaceous red 

 colour, not yellowish in the middle of the segments. Wings 

 few-toothed, not tridentate ; and the ligulae are sometimes 

 tridentate, not acute*; marginal hairs purple or white ; central 

 ones silky and purple. 



Many-flowered Stapelia. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1817. Shrub | to 

 1 foot. 



16 S. RU'FA (Mass. stap. p. 16. t. 20.) segments of corolla 

 triangular, acute (ex Mass.), lanceolate, acuminated, ex Haw., ci- 

 liated, and transversely wrinkled ; ligulae linear-lanceolate, waved ; 

 stamens dilated unequally, and emarginately bifid ; branches 

 floriferous at the base : with erect teeth ; pedicels twin or tern. 

 Jj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, beyond Platte Kloof. 



Lodd. bot. cab. 239. Corollas size of those of Periploca Graeca, 

 or a little larger, of an obscure violet colour, variegated with 

 deep purple, ex Willd., pale red, ex Haw., transverse stripes ; 

 having the bottom stellate, rufous, nd variegated. Corona or 

 nectarium variegated, ex Willd. Ligulae deep brown, ex Haw. 

 Hairs on the edges of the corolline segments, and those in the 

 bottom of the corolla port- wine-coloured, ex Haw. 



Rufous Stapelia. Fl. Ju. Nov. Clt. 1795. Shrub | to | 

 foot. 



1 7 S. PULVTNA'TA (Mass. stap. p. 1 3. 1. 1 3.) segments of corolla 

 roundish, wrinkled transversely, abruptly acuminated, ciliated ; 

 bottom of corolla elevated, villous ; branches floriferous at the 

 base ; pedicels solitary. f; . S. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, near Cannes. Sims, bot. mag. 1240. Allg. teutsch. 

 gart. mag. 1815. p. 110. t. 11. Branches reclinate or procum- 

 bent, floriferous ones ascending. Corolla large, with deep vio- 

 laceous segments, variegated with whitish, transverse wrinkles, 

 fuscous and concave at the apex, and with a rufous bottom. 

 Of all the species this is the most elegant. 



CiwAion-flowered Stapelia. Fl. Ju. Nov. Clt. 1795. Shrub 

 proc. 



1 8 S. LASIGERA (Haw. suppl. pi. succ. p. 8.) stems quadran- 

 gular ; angles equal, nearly flat, downy ; corolla very woolly, 

 dark brown, striped with yellow. lj . S. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Stapelia pulvinata, Donn. hort. cant, but not 

 others. Nearly allied to S. pulvinata and S. Jursuta. 



Wool-bearing Stapelia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub 

 foot. 



19 S. FISSIROSTRIS (Jacq. stap. t. 7. diar. lips. 1814. p. 268.) 

 segments of corolla lanceolate, cuspidate, or acuminated, with re- 

 volute, ciliated edges, wrinkled transversely ; segments of inner 

 corona subulate, bifid ; of the outer, ovate, bluntish ; branches 

 ascending ; pedicels aggregate. I? . S. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Corolla 2 inches ; segments green outside, and 

 yellowish green inside, variegated with fuscous, scabrous, trans- 

 verse stripes. 



Cleft-beaked Stapelia. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 

 feet, 

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