dromus, 8 (1844). describes 89 species, and makes 

 references to several more. The Stai"lias are usually 

 grown with greenliiMis.- suriMihiji^, ln.ili fur the great 

 odditT of their turm- :nhl f..r ili. Mii-ular and often 

 large! showy flowtr-. 'I'Im plani- ;ir. I. ariess. The 



follicles,.-: 



5. gigantea are a foot across. 



The Stapelias are easy of 



species demand the treatment 



Fropagai.Ml ,--!!- 



The Sta^,. ■ - : 

 tanic gaiM, i 

 5 names m,. . .r 

 of these belongs 

 Several other spe 

 ciers' collections. 



likely 



Echid- 



A. Corona formed only of the cohering i 



cylindrica, Hort. This is properly Echldndpsis cerei- 

 firmis. Hook, f., omitted from Vol. II. but known in the 

 trade as a Stapelia: stems cylindrb-al, fnftH.b 1-2 ft. 

 long, becoming recurved or iM-taiulnii^ ,,i i !ir , m! - .in. 



or less thick, nearly or (|iiir, ~iin| h - <■! u.-l 



marked by shallow transvci-i il, |,f, ,i ~ 



ing from furrows in the si.-m, -mali .ii.iiii ', m. 



habitat 'unknown. B.M. 5930. 



AA. Corona iciih scahs. 

 B. Fls. pale yellow, abont 1 ft. across. 

 gigantfea, N.E. Br. The largest and finest species yet 

 known, and one of the largest and oddest of fiowers: 

 branches many, usually less than 1 ft, long, obtusely 4- 

 angled: as described bv W. Wats,,,,, -il,,. flowers are a 

 foot in diameter, 1,-aili. i\ likr in i 

 wrinkled and the .-.iImi- nal.^ \,1|, 



sh ha 



he surface 

 red-brown 

 silky pur- 



moist stove from Ap 

 matures and the flo' 

 hung up or placed u; 

 sunny dry position ii 

 BB. Fls. y, 



"r. wiien tne growl 

 It should then 1 

 ■ the roof-glass in 



llou 





variegfi,ta, Linn. (S. Curtisii, Schult.). About 1 ft. 

 tall, with 4-angled sharply toothed stems; fls. solitary. 

 sulfur-yellow, the 'lobes ovate-acute and transversely 

 spotted with blood-red. B.M. 26. R.H. 1857, p. 43.-An 

 old garden plant, still seen in collections, often under 

 the name 6\ Curtisii. 



BB. FU 



grandiflora. :Ma 



pubescent, tlir l.r: 



segments, strijied or marked with wliiie, hairy. R.H. 

 1858, p. 154. -An old garden plant. 



glabrifdlia, N. E. Br. tS. grandifldra, var. m^nor, 

 Hort.). Fls. somewhat small and not hairy, the seg- 



H. B. 



■1^ 



2392, Stapelia gr. 



STAPHYLfiA ( 



flowers in spring. Tlu-y are 

 beries, but all except S. Bun 

 bare and unsightly at the bas 



Prop, by s. 



tings from 



Eight spi 



•:::^ 



t^-:--: 

 "^^ 



E5B Not. Orna- 

 , stipulate odd- 

 flowers in ter- 

 'd bv capsular 

 inlial.itants of 

 liiiiuahla and 

 h-liii-ii is hardy 

 'intderi and S. 

 ) be in cultiva- 

 ile shrubs with 

 lid pretty white 



vood 



ns of the north - 

 1 striped bark: 

 lerous in termi- 

 about the same 

 usually connate 

 :anous capsule, 



