No. 94: 
STAPELIA SORORIA. 
Class. | Order. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
The Stapelias form a numerous and very 
remarkable family; in many particulars dif- 
fering from other. plants. The far greater 
number of species, hitherto known, are 
natives of the desarts which are situated to 
the northward of the Cape of Good Hope. 
They are all of a very succulent nature, and 
seem to be provided with the power of re- 
taining, within themselves, a supply of water 
sufficient to support them during the great 
droughts which prevail there. They cannot 
be said to any leaves; the branches, 
however, ofthe different kinds are exceed- 
ingly various in their form and texture: the 
flowers also are most astonishingly diver- 
sified. Our present plant was brought from 
the Cape by our worthy friend George 
Scholl, of whom we have before had oc- 
casion to speak. It was first discovered by 
the indefatigable Masson, and published by 
him in his splendid monogram upon this 
interesting genus. It flowers with us in 
