No, 811. 
STAPELIA ORBICULARIS. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
We received this curious vegetable in the 
year 1799, from the Cape of Good Hope : 
it is found in a wild state, growing in the 
. arid deserts to the north of that colony. 
With us ít is of dwarfish size, with numer- 
ous branches, flowering in the autumnal 
months: the blossoms are beautifully 
marked, but very fætid. 
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