No. 242, 
STAPELIA HAMATA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
This is one of the many species which 
were sent to Vienna by Scholl, from the 
«South African desarts, before the year 1799. 
We have had it in cultivation for several 
years; but it never flowered with us till 
December last. It grows freely, and is a 
rather hardy kind, easily eultivated, and in- 
creased by cuttings. It should be kept in 
allowance of water in the summer, but 
none in the winter. The soil most proper 
for it is a poor sandy loam. , 
