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ASCLEPIADEJE. XI. DUVALIA. XII. CARUNCULARIA. XIII. PECTINARIA. XIV. CARALLUMA. 



Hort. Plant smaller than D. radiata. Ligulse angular, entire, 

 pale rufous. Segments of inner corona pale red. 



Tubercled Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1808. Sh. proc. 



7 D. HIRTE'LLA ; segments of corolla replicate, lanceolate, 

 ciliated on the edges ; orb elevated, hairy ; segments of outer co- 

 rona obtuse; segments of inner corona falcately hooked; branches 

 columnar, not oblong, as in D. ctespitbsa ; pedicels usually soli- 

 tary. Pj.S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia hirtella, 

 Jacq. stap. t. 14. Willd. enum. p. 285. Haw. syn. p. 26. suppl. 

 pi. succ. p. 10. Corolla livid green outside, deep purple inside. 



//ai>2/-flowered Duvalia. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1800. Sh. proc. 



8 D. MASTODES ; segments of corolla replicate, ciliated at 

 the base ; orb elevated, glabrous ; branches hexagonal ; tuber- 

 cles of branches flattish, mammillary. T? . S. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia mastodes, Jacq. stap. t. 56-57. 

 Corolla brownish purple. Pedicels in fascicles, near the tops of 

 the branches. 



Teat-toothed Duvalia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.? Shrub proc. 

 * * Segments of corolla naked, not ciliated. 



9 D. RADIA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 45.) corolla with narrow, dis- 

 tant, replicate, naked segments, and an elevated orb ; segments 

 of the outer corona obtuse, entire ; joints of branches short, 

 tetragonal ; pedicels twin. T? . S. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Stapelia radiata, Sims, bot. mag. 619. Lodd. Tjot. cab. 

 831. Inner corona of 5 tongue-shaped, concave bodies, dis- 

 posed in a stellate manner, bending back upon the centre of the 

 corolla, at the apex. Corolla dark purple. In Jacq. stap. t. 

 29, the corolla is ciliated. 



/farfza/e-nectaried Duvalia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1795. Sh. 

 proc. 



10 D. REPLICA'TA (Haw. 1. c.) corolla with lanceolate, repli- 

 cate, naked segments, and an elevated orb ; segments of the 

 exterior corona obtuse ; leaflets of the interior corona falcately 

 uncinate. t; . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Sta- 

 pelia replicata, Jacq. stap. Willd. enum. p. 286. Branches 

 ascending. Pedicels usually solitary. Corolla livid green out- 

 side, blackish purple inside. Perhaps the same as D. radiata. 



Rejjlicate-Rowered Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1812. 

 Shrub proc. 



11 D. L^EVIGA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 46. suppl. pi. succ. p. 14.) 

 orb large ; segments of corolla horizontal, tj . S. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia laevigata, Hort. Very 

 nearly allied to D. radiata. Orb larger and petals more hori- 

 zontal than in any other species. 



Smooth Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1800. Shrub proc. 



12 D. GLOMERA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 46.) flowers usually 4 

 together ; segments of corolla connivent, except at the tops ; 

 orb rather downy ; branches prostrate or dependent, glomerate, 

 rooting at bottom. Tj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Stapelia glomerata, Hort. Segments of inner corona length of 

 ligulae. Corolla thick, dark brown. Orb very blunt, subrepand, 

 with a pale base. Very like D. compdcta, but larger. 



Glomerate-branched Duvalia. Clt. 1804. Shrub proc. 



13 D. COMPA'CTA (Haw. syn. p. 46.) flowers usually twin; 

 segments of corolla dark purple, retrofracted and connivent ; 

 table of style and stamens brown ; joints of branches densely 

 glomerate, an inch long. Jj . S. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Stapelia compacts, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 6. p. 46. 

 Segments of inner corona like a bird's head, a little paler than 

 the table of the style ; the rest as in the other species. Branches 

 prostrate, rooting at bottom. Smaller and more compact than 

 D. glomerata. 



Compact Duvalia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1800. Sh. tufted. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Stapelia, p. 1 17. 



XII. CARUNCULA'RIA (from caruncula, a fleshy protu- 



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berance ; tops of inner corona carunculate). Haw. syn. p. 334. 

 Stapelia species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Digynia. All as in Stapelia, except 

 the segments of the outer corona or ligulae, which are short and 

 emarginate ; segments of inner corona bipartite, recurved, com- 

 pressed, attenuated downwards, globose at top, and granulately 

 carunculate ; granules of very different forms. Much-branched 

 plants, with the habit of Stapelia. Branches tetragonal. 



1 C. PEDUNCULA'TA (Haw. syn. p. 334.) segments of corolla 

 lanceolate, with revolute edges, and fringed angles ; branches 

 numerous, divaricate, tetragonal ; peduncles very long. Tj . S. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Stapelia pedunculata, Mass, 

 stap. p. 17. t. 21. Haw. syn. p. 23. Allg. teutsch. gard. mag. 

 1811. p. 309. t. 30. Sims, bot. mag. t. 793. Jacq. stap. t 50- 

 51-52-53. Segments of corolla lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated 

 with pedicellate glands on the margins at the base. Branches 

 somewhat dentate, floriferous in the middle (ex Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 1284.). There are brownish-purple and yellowish-flowered va- 

 rieties of this species. Branches glaucous. Pedicels very long, 

 4-5 together. Corolla green outside. 



Pedunculate Caruncularia. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1 790. Sh. 



2 C. ? SERRULA'TA ; corolla strigose ; segments revolute on 

 the edges ; segments of outer corona oblong, truncate, serrated 

 at apex ; leaflets of the interior corona hooked and 2-lobed ; 

 outer lobe serrated ; pedicels twin, fj . S. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Stapelia serrulata, Jacq. stap. t. 41. diar. lips. 

 1814. p. 269. Willd. enum. p. 286. Corolla brownish-yellow, 

 campanulate ; corona yellow. 



Serrulated Caruncularia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1805. Sh. 

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



XIII. PECTINA'RIA (from pectin, a comb ; in reference 

 to the inner corona of the flowers being ciliately multifid). 

 Haw. suppl. pi. succ. 14. Stapelia articulata, Mass. 



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

 the corolla is tuberculate, and the branches of the plant warted ; 

 and the outer corona of the corolla lacerately multifid. A 

 small tufted plant, with the habit of Stapelia; joints of branches 

 oblong-terete, reticulately and obsoletely warted ; each wart 

 furnished with a small spine. Corolla beset with mucronate 

 papilla or warts above ; with triangular segments. Stapelia 

 mammillaris, Lin. probably belongs also to this genus, and is 

 perhaps only the same as P. arliculata. 



1 P. ARiicuLA v TA(Haw. 1. c.). f? . S. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, in the regions of Roggeweld. Stapelia articu- 

 Jata, Mass. stap. p. 20. t. 30. Branches floriferous at the apex. 

 Flowers solitary. Corolla small, blackish purple. Tubercles 

 on the branches greenish purple. The plant is eaten with vine- 

 gar by the Dutch at the Cape, and raw by the Hottentots. 



Jointed Pectinaria. Fl. July. Clt. 1800. Shrub. 



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



XIV. CARALLITMA (the C. adscendens is called Car- 

 allum by the Telingas). R. Br. in wern. soc. mem. 1. p. 25. 

 Stapelia species, Roxb. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Digynia. Corolla rotate (f. 15. b.), 

 deeply 5 -cleft (f. 15. &.). Column of fructification exserted. 

 Stamineous corona in a simple series, 10-leaved, 5 of the leaflets 

 are undivided, and opposite the anthers, the rest bipartite (f. 

 15. c.), and ligulate. Anthers simple at top : pollen masses 

 erect, tetragonal (f. 15. rf.), fixed by the base, pellucid on one 

 side on the margin. Stigma mutic. Follicles slender, smooth. 

 Seeds comose. Habit almost of Stapelia. Inhabitants of the 

 East Indies. Stems tetragonal, toothed along the angles. Pe- 

 duncles solitary, 1 -flowered, rising from the axils of the teeth. 

 The crown in this genus, as in Ceropegia, consists of 5 3-lobed 



