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gated with black and white, and from all the rest in the bottom 

 part of the corolla being verv dark brown. 



Painted-ftoifered Orbea. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1799. Sh. | ft. 



19 O. \VOODI ORDIA'NA (Haw. syn. p. 42.). fc . S. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia Woodfordiana, Hort. 

 Haworth has not seen the flowers of this species ; but the plant 

 is very like O. angutnea and O. picta. 



Ji'oodford'sOrben. Clt. 1810. Shrub | foot. 



20 O. LE'PIDA (Haw. suppl. pi. succ. p. 13.) corolla glabrous; 

 orb tumid ; ligulae obtuse, emarginate or retuse. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia lepida, Jaeq. stap. U 

 15. Willd. enum. p. 280. Podanthes ? lepida, Haw. syn. p. 34. 

 no. 5. Very like O. variegala, but the branches are green, not 

 g'aucescent. Pedicels usually twin. Corolla greenish yellow, 

 with purple spots ; ligulae green, spotted with red. Outer branch 

 of inner corona subulate, acute ; inner one obtuse. 



Pretty Orbea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? Shrub i foot. 



21 O. MUTA'BILIS ; corolla fringed, spotted; teeth of branches 

 spreading ; ligulae tridentate ; inner branch of inner corona cla- 

 vate. ^ . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia 

 mutabilis, Jacq. t. 59-60. Spreng. syst. 1 . p. 838. Stap. rufa, 

 Mass. ? Corolla greenish yellow, with numerous transverse 

 purple stripes, ciliated with red, clavate, tremulous hairs. This 

 *pecie> seems to be intermediate between O'rbea and Tromotriche. 



C!iangeabU-fio\*eTed Orbea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub J foot. 



22 6. INODORA (Haw. suppl. pi. succ. p. 12.) corolla sul- 

 phur-coloured, spotted with dark brown, scentless ; leaflets of 

 outer corona emarginate, shorter than the large orb, depressed, 

 rather flexuous. Jj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Inner branches of inner corona incurved, a little attenuated at 

 die top : outer one longer and incurved. 



Scentless Orbea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1 788. Shrub | ft. 

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



X. OBESIA (obesut, fat; flowers). Haw. syn. p. 42. 

 Stapelia species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. All as in Stapelia; but 

 the exterior corona is 5-lobed, therefore there are no ligulae ; 

 the orb or ring is also wanting. Leaflets of inner corona bi- 

 partite, vellow, small, thick, and truncate, thickest at the apex ; 

 outer branch spreading ; inner branch semicylindrical, closely 

 incurved above the table of the style. Glaucescent plants with 

 the habit of Stapelia. Joints of branches short, almost oblong, 

 very thick, obsoletely tetragonal, radicant : with small, hori- 

 zontal teeth. Flowers small, usually twin. 



1 O. GEMISA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 42.) joints of branches pro- 

 liferous, creeping, suboval, obscurely tetragonal, floriferous at 

 top : flowers usually twin ; outer corona 5-lobed ; margins of 

 segments of corolla revolute. T; . S. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Stapelia geminata, Mass. stap. p. 18. t. 25. 

 Sims, bot. mag. 1326. Lodd. bot. cab. p. 300. Jacq. stap. t. 8. 

 Corolla orange yellow, dotted with blood colour ; segments lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, rather hairy inside, when examined by a lens, 

 ex Mass. Lobes of outer corona tridentate. 



TVin-flowered Obesia. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1795. Sh. cr. 



2 O. DECORA (Haw. syn. p. 43.) joints of branches oblong, 

 obsoletely tetragonal, floriferous at base ; flowers twin ; outer 

 corona 5-lobed ; segments of corolla scabrous from dots above, 

 lanceolate, acuminated, with revolute edges. Ij . S. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia decora, Mass. stap. p. 19. 

 t. 26. Corolla yellow, beset with dark purple, elevated dots. 

 It differs from O. geminata in the joints of the branches being 

 smaller, in the teeth being stronger, and in the flowers being 

 rather larger, and scabrous from dots. 



Graceful Obesia. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1795. PI. tufted. 

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



VOL. IV. 



XI. DUV A'LIA (named after H. A. Duval, of Paris ; author 

 of Enumeratio Plantarum Succulentarum in Horto Alenconio). 

 Haw. syn. p. 14. Stapelia species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Digynia. All as in Stapelia ; but 

 the segments of the corolla are more or less bent to one side ; 

 the orb is elevated ; the lobes of the outer corona are entire, 

 bi6d, or emarginate at apex ; the segments of the inner corona 

 are minute, hollow, resembling a bird's head, and incurvedly ad- 

 pressed to the angles of the style ; the table of the style is round, 

 a little repand, with 5 angular depressions. Habit of Stapelia. 

 Branches short, proliferous, almost as in Piardntkus, often shorter 

 and more glomerate, and throwing out numerous roots, usually 

 glaucescent. 



* Corollas ciliated. 



1 D. RECLIXA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 44.) corolla with lanceo- 

 late, ciliated, replicate segments ; an elevated, convex orb ; 

 branches tetragonal, floriferous in the middle ; segments of ex- 

 terior corona bifid ; leaflets of the inner one galeately hooked. 

 +2 . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia reclinata, 

 Mass. stap. p. 19. t. 28. Jacq. stap. p. 4. Sims, bot. mag. 

 139. Cilia of corolla clavate. Pedicels solitary or aggregate. 

 Corolla small, dark purple. 



Reclinate-Bowered Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub cr* 



2 D. E'LEGANS (Haw. syn. p. 44.) corolla with deltoid, 

 acuminated, ciliated segments, which are clothed with long 

 purple hairs inside, and a small, elevated orb ; segments of the 

 outer corona purplish ; branches tetragonal, floriferous in the 

 middle. Jj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia 

 elegans, Mass. 19. t. 27. Sims, bot. mag. 1184. Pedicels 

 twin or tern. Corolla hispid, fringed, smaller than those of O. 

 reclinata, dark purple, with a rufescent, pentagonal bottom. 



Elegant Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1795. Shrub cr. 



3 D. C.ESPITOSA (Haw. syn. p. 45.) corolla with lanceolate, 

 acute, replicate, ciliated segments, an elevated orb ; segments 

 of outer corona bifid ; leaflets of the inner depressedly hooked ; 

 joints of branches crowded, tetragonal, floriferous above the 

 base. fj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Karro, 

 under bushes. Stapelia caespitosa, Mass. stap. p. 20. t. 29. 

 Redout, liliac. t. 148. Jacq. stap. t. 2. Corollas size of those 

 of D. elegans, dark purple ; having the orb and corona green. 

 Segments of the corolla ciliated from the base to above the 

 middle ; the apex naked. 



Tufted Duvalia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. Shrub proc. 



4 D. JACOUINIA'KA ; corolla with lanceolate segments, having 

 their edges reflexed and ciliated, and an elevated orb ; segments 

 of outer corona bifid ; leaflets of the inner falcately hooked ; 

 joints of branches oblong. J? . S. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Stapelia radiata, Jacq. stap. t. 37. Stap. 

 Jacquiniana, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 45. Flowers deep 

 purple. 



Jacquin's Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1802. Sh. proc. 



5 D. ? DEFLE'XA ; corolla wrinkled, ciliated, downy in the 

 centre ; segments with revolute edges, the whole straight and 

 deflexed ; segments of the outer corona beaked, acute, gibbose 

 at the base, erect ; leaflets of the inner corona subrotate. fj . S. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia deflexa, Jacq. 

 stap. diar. lips. 1814. p. 268. Branches ascending a foot high 

 and more. Pedicels aggregate at the base and in the middle of 

 the branches. Corolla yellow inside, livid green outside, with 

 rufescent stripes. 



Deflexed Duvalia. Shrub. 



6 D. TUBERCCLA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 46. suppl. pi. succ. p. 13.) 

 branches oblong, tetragonal ; teeth large, recurved ; orb hairy : 

 segments of corolla ciliately pubescent, dark brown. *j . S. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia tuberculata, 



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