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ASCLEPIADE^E. Vl. PODANTHES. VII. TIUDENTEA. 



dark brown. Bottom of corolla dark brown, girded by a few 

 glandular liairs. 



Far. ft, verrucosa : branches longer and thicker. 17 . S. 

 Stapelia verrucosa, Sims, bot. mag. 1 786, but not of Mass. 

 Stapelia pulchella, Hort. but not of Mass. Corolla pale yellow, 

 with dark purple marks. Segments of the outer corona emar- 

 ginate ; the inner one of ovate yellow corpuscles. 



Fair Podanthes. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub cr. 



2 P. IRRORA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 33.) branches numerous, 

 erectish, decumbent ; pedicels usually solitary : corolla more 

 semi-quinquefid than the last, wrinkled and bedewed : with lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated segments. Vi . S. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Stapelia irrorata, Mass. stap. p. 12. t. 9. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 127. Corolla sulphur-coloured, and spotted with blood 

 colour ; having the bottom blood-coloured, and the segments 

 tipped with purple. This species differs from P. verrucosa, in 

 the flowers not being warted, and in the want of the pentagonal 

 circle, and colour, ex Willd. spec. 1. p. 1452. 



Bedewed Podanthes. Fl. July. Sept. Clt. 1795. Shrub dec. 



3 P. VERRUCOSA (Haw. syn. p. 33.) branches numerous, as- 

 cending, tetragonal ; pedicels solitary or twin; corolla quinquefid, 

 warted ; segments ovate, acuminated ; orbicle in the bottom of 

 the corolla scabrous, pentagonal. (7 . S. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Stapelia verrucosa, Mass. stap. 2. no. 8. t. 8. 

 but not of Sims, Jacq. stap. t. 26. Corolla yellowish, spotted 

 with blood-colour ; but with the tops of the segments, and about 

 the bottom brownish. Segments of the outer corona lunutely 

 2-lobed; leaflets of the inner uncinate, obtuse, and retuse. 



Warted-fiowered Podanthes. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub | foot. 



4 P. RORIFLUA ; corolla 5-cleft, dotted, with an equal bottom ; 

 segments of the outer corona emarginate ; leaflets of the inner 

 corona incurved, 2-lobed. lj . S. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Stapelia roriflua, Jacq. stap. t. 30. Willd. enum. p. 285. 

 Orbicle none. Beaks gibbous, lying upon the stigma, ex Jacq. 

 Corolla yellow, dotted with red. 



Dew-jlotving-Rowered Podanthes. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1802. 

 Shrub proc. 



5 P. PULCHE'LLA (Haw. syn. 33.) branches numerous, tetra- 

 gonal, reclinate ; pedicels fasciculate ; corolla 5-cleft, wrinkled : 

 with ovate, acute segments ; orbicle circular. Jj . S. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia pulchella, Mass. stap. p. 

 22. t. 26. Corolla yellow, dotted with blood-colour. Tips of 

 segments and bottom fuscescent. 



Neat Podanthes. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1795. Shrub dec. 



6 P. CILIA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 34.) branches numerous, tetra- 

 gonal, procumbent, radicant ; pedicels solitary ; corolla 5-cleft, 

 papillose above, and ciliated on the margins : with ovate, acute, 

 flat segments. J? . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in 

 Karro. Stapelia ciliata, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 46. fl. cap. 2. p. 

 168. Mass. stap. p. 9. t. 1. Corolla yellowish, ex Willd., 

 purplish green, greyish inside, with rufescent papilla, ex Thunb. 

 Cilia clavate, white, ex Thunb. Orbicle beset with papillae, 

 which are tipped with purple. 



Ciliated Podanthus. Fl. Oct. Dec. Clt. 1795. Shrub cr. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Stapelia, p. 117. 



VII. TRIDE'NTEA (from tridens, a trident ; in reference to 

 the segments of the outer corona being tridentate.) Haw. syn. 

 p. 34. Stapelia species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. All as in Stapelia, 

 except the ligulae or segments of the outer corona, which are 

 tridentiform ; and those of the inner corona are unequally bipar- 

 tite The species have almost the habit of those of Podanthes ; 

 but the branches are naked, and more erect ; and the teeth are 

 smaller, and terminated by a very manifest green leaf. 



1 T. CEMMIFLORA (Haw. syn. p. 34.) branches numerous, 

 erect, tetragonal ; pedicels solitary or twin ; corolla corrugated ; 

 segments ovate, acute, ciliated with white hairs, 5-nerved above. 



J;. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in arid places, among 

 bushes, beyond Platte Kloof. Stapelia gemmiflora, Mass. stap. 

 p. 14. t. 15. Jacq. stap. t. 9. Corolla almost black, ciliated 

 with dark hairs. Orbicle none, ex Haw. Ligulae deep purple, 

 with paler tips. Outer branches of inner corona dark purple ; 

 inner ones tipped with white. 



Var. ft; corolla marked with golden yellow dots, Mass. 



Var. 7 ; corolla wholly black, Haw. 



Gem-flowered Tridentia. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1795. Shrub 

 i foot. 



2 T. STY'GIA (Haw. syn. p. 34.) corollas wrinkled, black, 

 ciliated with red hairs; branches thick, short, yellowish green. 

 Jj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia Stygia, 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 561. The branches of this spe- 

 cies are very different from the preceding, being shorter, 

 thicker, and paler. 



Stygian Tridentea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1810. Shrub foot. 



3 T. MOSCHA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 25. suppl. pi. succ. p. 10.) 

 corolla ciliated, wrinkled from tubercles above, and dotted 

 beneath ; leaflets of inner corona subulate, diverging ; appen- 

 dages lanceolate. Jj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Stapelia hircosa, Jacq. stap. t. 43. Willd. enum. p. 281. Co- 

 rolla brownish purple, spotted with yellow. Leaflets of outer 

 corona tripartite ; the middle segments much the longest. 



Musky Tridentea. Shrub. 



4 T. ? VE'TULA (Haw. syn. p. 34.) branches numerous, erect, 

 tetragonal : pedicels twin or tern ; corolla glabrous, with lanceo- 

 late, bluntly acuminated segments, which are 3-nerved above, and 

 wrinkled. 1? . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the moun- 

 tains, at Hex river. Stapelia v6tula, Mass. stap. p. 15. t. 16. Jacq. 

 stap. t. 27. Allg. gart. mag. 1818. p. 17. t. 2. Corolla dark, 

 violaceous, with a dark purple bottom. Segments of corolla 

 ovate, acuminated, 3-nerved above, ex Willd. Ligulae oblong, 

 acute : inner branches of inner corona subulate, diverging ; 

 outer ones ovate, somewhat tridentate, ex Willd. Perhaps a true 

 species of Stapelia. 



Stale Tridentea. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1793. Shrub i to i 

 foot. 



5 T. SIMSII ; branches tetragonal, erect : with thick teeth ; 

 segments of corolla 5-nerved, ovate, acuminated ; ligulae retusely 

 tricuspidate ; branches of inner corona subulate. H , S. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia vetula, Sims, bot. mag. t. 

 1234, exclusive of the synonyms. Stapelia Simsii. Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 6. p. 33. Trid. vetula, Haw. syn. p. 36. Co- 

 rolla dark. Ligulae yellow. 



Sims's Tridentea. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1 800. Shrub i to i 

 foot. 



6 T. DEPRE'SSA ; segments of corolla ciliated, wrinkled ; 

 ligulae tridentate ; branches of inner corona a little toothed, subu- 

 late, spreading. T; . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Stapelia depressa, Jacq. diar. lips. 1814. p. 268. 



Depressed Tridentea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? Shrub 5 to 5 

 foot. 



7 T. RUGOSA ; branches tetragonal, procumbent, but afterwards 

 erect ; pedicels solitary ; corolla wrinkled, glabrous; inner branch 

 of inner corona clavate, outer one terete, obtuse. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia rui>6sa, Jacq. stap. t. 21. 

 Willd. enum. p. 284. Corolla 3 inches broad, pale green beneath, 

 but marked above with dark purple and blood-coloured dots. 

 Bottom of corolla orbicular, tumid, ex Willd. Orbicle spu- 

 rious, depressed, surrounded by 5 crenatures, ex Jacq. 1. c. 



Wrinkled-flowered Tridentea. Shrub dec. 



8 T. PANICULATA (Haw.) corollas flat, transversely papillose, 



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