No, 191. 
STAPELIA ee 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA . DIGYNIA. 
This belongs to dat ei SE the Stapelia 
fam ily t gata , picta, bu- 
fonis, and some other approximating species. 
Itisa native of the desarts of South Africa; 
as are re Beaty all of this = How rr 
such Bi and herre regions! A drought 
which would destroy any woody plant, does 
not at all affect them. And if they do yield 
to it, so far as to shrivel and wither, the least 
sprinkling of moisture re again i 
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