STAPELIA. 



each tipped with a fharp point, of a different colour from 

 its diilt. 



S. divaricala. Straddling Stapelia. Mafl'on Stap. 17. 

 t. 2Z. WillJ. n. 10. Ait. n. 9. Curt. Mag. t. 1007.^ — 

 Branches bluntly quadrangular, tapering, fpreading. Co- 

 rolla very even ; its fegments lanceolate, pointed ; revolute 

 and diftantly fringed at the margin. — Sent by Mr. Maffon, 

 from the Cape, in 1793. The habit is flender, lax, and 

 fpreading. Flowers fmaller than any of the foregoing, 

 being but two inches wide, of a deep flefh-colour, polifhed, 

 peculiarly fmooth ; their fegments narrow, and fo much re- 

 flexed, that the hairs on their edges may eafily efcape 

 notice. 



S. parviflora. Small-flowered Stapelia. Maflbn Stap. 

 22. t. 35. Willd. n. 17. Ait. n. 16. — Branches acutely 

 quadrangular, with recurved teeth ; flowering in the upper 

 part. Segments of the corolla lanceolate, fringed, ftiorter 

 than the flower-ftalk. — Native of bufhy parts of Namaqua 

 land. The branched^cnij- are ereft and llout, bright green, 

 with large, compreiled, hooked teeth. Flowers not half an 

 inch broad, yellow, hairy, on deflexed ^vtr'^lejlalks, fcarcely 

 an inch in length. 



S. glandultflora. Glandular-flowered Stapelia. Maffon 

 Stap. 16. t. 19. Ait. n. 18. Sm. Exot. Bot. v. 2. 23. 

 t. 71. (S. glandulifera ; Willd. n. 20.) — Branches quadran- 

 gular, with upright teeth. Segments of the corolla ovate, 

 acute, covered with club-fhaped glands, and fhorter than the 

 flower-ftalk. — Found in the deferts about Nord Olifanl's 

 river, by Mr. Maffon, vi'ho fent it to Kew in 1795. ^' 

 flowers there late m autumn. The Jlems are green, ereft, 

 fomewhat downy at the edges. Flowers above an inch 

 broad, tawny or yellowifh, clothed with ereft club-fhapcd 

 glands, of a rery Angular appearance. Crown of thejtfa- 

 tnens orange and black. 



Seftion 2. Corollajlmply Jive-cleft, fmooth-edged. Twenty- 

 two fpecies, to which fome are added in Hort. Kew. and 

 Curt. Mag. 



S. pedunculata. Long-ftalked Stapelia. MafTon Stap. 

 17. t. 21. Willd. n. 2 1. Ait. n. 19. Curt. Mag. t. 793. 

 • — Branches bluntly angular, toothed at the top. Segments 

 of the corolla lanceolate, acute, with tufts of pendulous 

 glands at the bafe. Flower-ltalks twice as long as the 

 branches. — Native of dry places at Cam'xes berg. Majfon. 

 The branches are glaucous, tumid, with blunt, often obli- 

 terated angles, rather notched tiian toothed, except at the 

 end. Floiuer-Jlalks five or fix inches long. Floixiers an 

 inch and halt, or two inches, wide, with narrow convex 

 fegments, of a more or lefs deep or variegated brown, ac- 

 companied at the bafe by pendulous tufts of trembhng black 

 glands. The centre of lhi:Jlo<wer is alfo black. 



S. Gordoni. Gordon's Stapelia. Maffon Stap. 24. t.40. 

 Willd. n. 23. — Corolla orbicular, very flightly five-cleft. 

 Stem branched, round, with copious fpinous tubercles. — 

 Gathered in Groot Namaqua Land, near Orange river, by 

 Mr. Gordon, from whom Mr. Maflon received a drawing 

 of this very fingular fpecies, it bemg the only one of the 

 genus he had not himfclf fcen and examined. The Jlem is 

 reprefcnted ereft, branched, a foot high, green, very thick 

 and obtufe, bclet all over with blunt tubercles, each bearing 

 a prominent thorn. Floiuers above two inches wide, of a 

 pale nearly even brown, very fmooth, convex, with five very 

 (hallow acute lobes, and a little blackifli crown in the 

 middle. 'Vhe Jlalk is hardly an inch long. 



S. pili/era. Hairy-tubercled Stapelia. Linn, Suppl. 171. 

 Willd. n. 24. Ait. n. 21. Maffon Stap. 17. t. 23. — 

 Branches eredt, round, tumid, with copious tubercles, each 

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tipped with a briflle. Segments of the corolla ovate, 

 pointed, fmooth. Flowers felfile, fcattered. — Native of very 

 dry hills, in the deferts at the Cape of Good Hope. The 

 Hottentots are faid to eat it, knowing it by the name of 

 Guaap. The habit of the plant is very like the lall, only 

 the tubercles are fmaller in proportion, and bear briflles 

 niltcad of thorns. ThL-Jloivers are fmall, half an inch broad, 

 fmooth, of a dark purplifh-brown, with a black and 

 yellow crown, furrounded by a red circle. This fpecie* 

 confirms the genus of the lall, if there could be any doubt 

 on that fubjeCt. 



S. arliculala. Jointed Stapelia. Maffon Stap. 20. t. 30. 

 Willd. n. 26. Ait. n. 22 — Branches fpreading, round, 

 teffellated with pointed tubercles. Flowers nearly feflile ; 

 their legments triangular, papillary. — Native of the country 

 of Roggeveldt, at the Cape of Good Hope. The Hotten- 

 tots eat it raw ; the Dutch Icttlers pickle it with vinegar. 

 This is of a glaucous, often reddifh, hue, and Angularly tef- 

 fellated, growing in a proliferous ilragghng form ; its 

 ftrufture akin to the two lafl. Flowers very fmall ; their 

 parts not clearly inteUigible frcnn Maflon's figure, nor have 

 we feen a recent fpecimen. They are fcattered about the 

 toothed fummits of the branches. 



S. mammillaris. Prickly Stapelia. Linn. Mant. 2. 216. 

 Willd. n. 27. Ait. n. 23. (S. aphyllos, ad nodos mam- 

 millaris, llolculo rubello, liiiquis pendulis ; Burm. Afric. 27. 

 t. II.) — Branches ereft, roundifh, with copious fpinout 

 tubercles. Flowers llalked ; their fegments lanceolate, 

 fmooth. — Native of the Cape, from whence it was fent to 

 Kew, by Mr. Maffon, and haying flowered there, prove* 

 very diltinft from the laft, to which he fufpefts, in his work, 

 it might belong. The tubercles are prominent, and their 

 /pines very flout, even more fo than in S. Gordoni, which thii 

 fpecies nearly equals in ftature. The Jlowers however arc 

 much fmaller, and totally different in the form of their 

 fegments. 



S. pulla. Black-flowered Stapelia. Maffon Stap. 21. 

 t. 31. Willd. n. 30. Ait. n. 26. — Branches imperfeftljr 

 hexagonal, ereft, with fpreading fpinous teeth. Segments 

 of the corolla lanceolate, revolute, fmooth. — Native of 

 the hot fandy deferts called Karroo, at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Brought to Kew by Mr. Maffon, in 1774. This 

 is fomewhat related to the laft, being, though lefs tuber- 

 culated, and more angular, furnifhed with fimilar fpines. 

 Tiie Jlowers alfo feem fimilarly formed. They grow, 

 feveral together, on fhort aggregate flalks, and are pale 

 externally, but almofl black on the upper furface of their 

 narrow, taper, almofl ereft, fegments. 



S. adfcendens. Fall Indian Stapelia. Roxb. Corom. 

 V. I. 28. t. 30. Willd. n. 31. (Caralluma ; Brown Tr. 

 of the Wern. Soc. v. 1. 25.) — Branches quadrangular, af- 

 cendiiig, toothed, flowering about the fummit. Segments 

 of the corolla ovato-lanceolate, pointed, revolute, fmooth.— 

 Found among bufhes, on high dry barren ground in the 

 Eaft Indies, flowering in the wet feafon. The Telingas, 

 according to Dr. Roxburgh, call it Car-allum, and cat the 

 young tender branches raw, though they arc bitter and fait 

 to the tafle. Thcjlems are perennial, flender, a foot or two 

 high, branched, tlieir angles befet with afcending teetli. 

 Flowers near an inch in diameter, Icattered, on fliort 

 llalks, towards the ends of the branches. Segments of the 

 corolla green in the lower half ; dark purple in the other 

 part ; pale beneath. We can form no idea of the ilrufture 

 of the crown, or neighbouring parts, from the figure, nor 

 has Dr. Roxburgh ventured to explain them. Mr. Browu 

 defcribes the crQiun ae of ten leaflets, in a fimple feriea ; 

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