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STAPELIA 



STAPELIA 



dull green, angles much compressed: fls. 1 or 2 together, 

 near the base or toward the middle of the sts.; corolla 

 11-16 in. diam., disk-like, center shallowly depressed, 

 inner surface transversely rugulose, pale-purple-hairy, 

 light ochre-yellow, everywhere marked with transverse 

 crimson lines, lobes 46J4 in. long. Trop. and S. Afr. 

 B.M. 7068. G.C. II. 7:693; 111.4:729. G.F. 8:515. 

 -"The requirements of S. gigantea," Watson writes, 

 "are somewhat exceptional. It thrives only when 

 grown in a hot, moist stove from April till September, 

 when the growth matures and the flower-buds show. It 

 should then be hung up or placed upon a shelf near the 

 roof-glass in a sunny dry position in the stove." 



4. nSbilis, N. E. Br. Sts. erect, decumbent and 

 branching at base, 3-5 in. high, sides concave, softly 

 pubescent, green: fls. 1-5 together, near the base or 

 middle of the young branches; corolla very large, with 

 a distinct campanulate tube about 1J^ in. deep, lobes 

 2%-4 in. long, light reddish purple on the back, inner 

 face transversely rugulose, light ochre-yellow every- 

 where marked with irregular transverse crimson lines. 

 S.Afr. B.M. 7771. 



5. tsomoensis, N. E. Br. Sts. 4-6 in. high, angles 

 compressed and somewhat repand-dentate, opaque 

 green: fls. 4-9 together, near the base of the young sts.; 

 corolla 2^-3 in. diam., outside glabrous, light green, 

 inside with a few raised transverse ridges on the upper 

 half of the lobes, entirely dull smoky purple, darker at 

 the tips of the lobes. S. Afr. 



6. Pillansii, N. E. Br. Sts. rather crowded, 4-7 in. 

 high, sides concave, angles not much compressed, vel- 

 vety-pubescent, green: fls. 2-5 together, near the base 

 of the sts., 4-5H in- diam., inner surface transversely 

 rugose and glabrous, purple-brown without markings, 

 shining, densely ciliate with soft light purple, simple 

 hairs. S.Afr. G.C. III. 35:242; 44:187. 



7. glabrifldra, N. E. Br. (S. glabrifolia, Bailey, 

 error. S. grandifldra var. minor, Hort.). Sts. erect, 4-9 

 in. high, puberulous, green, angles much compressed: 

 fls. 1-2 together at the middle or lower part of young 

 sts.; corolla 3-4J^ in. diam., velvety on the back, trans- 

 versely rugose and quite glabrous on the inner face, not 

 ciliate, dull reddish purple, darker at tips of lobes, 

 whole surface transversely marked with very narrow 

 linear, irregular yellowish white lines. S. Afr. G.C. II. 

 6: 809; III. 44:186. 



8. sinulis, N. E. Br. Sts. erect, 3-6 in. high, 4-6- 

 angled, minutely puberulent, dull purple or gray-green, 

 purple-spotted; angles somewhat denticulate: fls. 3-6, 

 borne at the base of the st. ; corolla rotate, less than 1 in. 

 across, outside minutely puberulent, inside transverse 

 rugose, glabrous, not ciliate, dark purple, lobes ovate, 

 acute. S. Afr. 



9. bella, Berger. Sts. erect, branching at or above 

 the base, 5-7 in. high, sides concave, minutely pubes- 

 cent, dull green: fls. 3-4 together at the base of the 

 young sts.; corolla l%-2 in. diam., glabrous inside 

 and out, inner face deep purplish red, browner toward 

 the tips of the lobes, paler at the center, the small 

 tube whitish, without markings, ciliate on the lobes. 

 A hybrid of European raising. G.C. III. 31:138; 44: 

 168. 



10. mutibilis, Jacq. Sts. 3-18 in. high, acutely 4- 

 angled, with rather stout conical, spreading teeth, 

 glabrous, green, sometimes tinged with purple, slightly 

 glaucous: fls. 1-3 together, from near the base of the 

 younger or higher up on the older sts. ; corolla with lobes 

 very much recurved and then about 1^ in. diam., gla- 

 brous on both surfaces, inner face slightly rugose to 

 nearly smooth, the upper third of the lobes light or 

 dark purple-brown, the remainder pale yellowish or 

 greenish yellow, covered with transversely elongate 

 spots or thick or narrow, irregular transverse purple- 

 brown lines. S. Afr. Var. discolor, N. E. Br. (S. dis- 



color, Tod.). Corolla dark purple-brown with incon- 

 spicuous yellowish transverse lines on parts of the disk; 

 annulus yellow with irregular purple lines. S. Afr. 



11. maculosoides, N. E. Br.; also erroneously spelled 

 masculosoides. Sts. erect, about 3 in. high, obtusely 

 4-angled, glabrous: corolla about 2% in. diam., gla- 

 brous outside, center dark violet-purple, lobes 12-13 

 lines long, slightly rugose, marked with dark violet- 

 purple transverse lines and spots on a light yellowish 

 ground on the central part and with dark violet-purple 

 margins and tips, ciliate. Probably a European hybrid. 



12. pulchella, Mass. Sts. 2-4 in. high, erect or decum- 

 bent at base, obtusely 4-angled, glabrous, green: fls. 

 usually 3 or more together, near the base of the sts. ; 

 corolla 1 M~2J4 in. diam., smooth on the back, minutely 

 tuberculate-rugulose and glabrous inside, not ciliate, 

 sulfur-yellow, covered with numerous purple-brown 

 dots, lobes sometimes narrowly edged with purple- 

 brown. S. Afr. 



13. namaquensis, N. E. Br. Sts. procumbent or 

 decumbent, 1^-3 J4 in. high, obtusely 4-angled, with 

 very stout, acute, conical spreading teeth, glabrous, 

 green, marked with irregular purple stripes: fls. 1-4 

 together, near the base or middle of the young sts.; 

 corolla 3-4 in. diam., back smooth and glabrous, inner 

 surface very rugose with transverse papillate ridges on 

 the lobes which are 1-1 M in. long; yellow, dotted with 

 purple-brown. S. Afr. Var. ciliolata, N. E. Br. (S. 

 ciliolata, Ruest, not Tod.). Corolla shortly ciliate, with 

 simple or subclavate white or white and dark purple 

 hairs mixed, spotting variable. 



14. variegata, Linn. (S. normalis, Jacq.). Plant 

 glabrous: sts. erect from a decumbent base, 2-6 in. 

 high, very obtusely 4-angled, green, often mottled all 

 over or tinted with purple at the tips: fls. 1-5 together, 

 at base of young sts. ; corolla 2-3 in. diam., lobes smooth 

 and green outside, inner surface rugose with crowded 

 irregular transverse ridges on the lobes, pale greenish 

 yellow, with dark purple-brown spots. S. Afr. B.M. 

 26. R.H. 1857, p. 43. Var. atrata, N. E. Br. (S. atrata, 

 Tod.). Corolla-lobes deltoid-acuminate, ground-color 

 dark purple-brown. Var. atropurpurea, N. E. Br. (S. atro- 

 purpurea, Salm-Dyck). Corolla-lobes ovate; ground- 

 color blackish purple. Var. clypeata, N. E. Br. (S. 

 Bufonis, Sims). Corolla 2^-3 in. diam. spotted all 

 over, with or without a few slender transverse lines at 

 the base of the lobes. B.M. 1676. Var. Curtisii, N. E. 

 Br. (S. Curtisii, Schult.). Outer lobes of crown very 

 slightly notched; ground-color of corolla light yellow or 

 rather bright sulfur-yellow. Var. mixta, N. E. Br. (S. 

 mixta, Mass.). Corolla 2)^-3% in. diam., light-colored; 

 lobes with numerous rounded spots, those of the basal 

 half connected by slender transverse purple-brown 

 lines. Var. trisulca, N. E. Br. (S. trisulca, Bonn.). 

 Corolla in mature bud flat-topped, without a point, 

 when expanded flat on the back of the disk. 



S. dlbicans, Sprenger. A hybrid with partly whitish sts. : corolla 

 2-2 Yi in. diam., dark purple-brown at the tips of the lobes, other- 

 wise yellow with purple-brown transverse lines. S. Asterias, Mass. 

 STARFISH FLOWER. Dwarf: sts. mostly curved: corolla 4-5 in. 

 diam., with spreading star-like segms., violet-purple with trans- 

 verse, yellowish bars. B.M. 536. L.B.C. 5:453. S. atrosanguinea, 

 N. E. Br., with intense blackish crimson fls. is in reality a Caralluma, 

 C. atrosanguinea, N. E. Br. S. cantabrigiensis, Berger (S. hybrida 

 cantabridgensis). Hybrid: corolla 6J^-8 lines across, broadly cam- 

 panulate, greenish, suffused with red outside, brown-red inside, 

 rather densely covered with red-brown hairs. S. Caroli-Schmidtii 

 is offered in the German trade. S. cyllndrica, Hort.=Echidnopsis 

 cereiformis. S. dinergens, N. E. Br. Hybrid: corolla about 2 in. 

 diam., inner surface slightly rugulose, light yellow, irregularly 

 marked with brownish crimson lines. S. Engleriana, Schlecht. 

 Fls. solitary; corolla dark brown, lobes triangular. S. Afr. S. 

 Fleckii, Berger & Schlecht., is offered in the German trade. S. E. 

 Afr. S. fdetida, Hqrt., is an American trade name which might 

 apply to any species in the genus. S. Hanburyana, Berger & 

 Ruest. Hybrid: corolla about 2J- in. diam., inner surface some- 

 what rugose, lobes pale greenish yellow, evenly marked all over 

 with small transverse, purple-brown spots or short lines, narrowly 

 edged with the same color. S. Leendertzix , N. E. Br. St. erect 

 from a decumbent base, 3-5 in. high: corolla large, campanulate, 

 tube 2-2 % in. long, 1 %-2 l / in. across, dull fuscous-purple. Trans- 



