STAPELI-A. 



five of them oppofite to the anthers, and undivided ; the 

 lad deeply divided, awl-fhaped. With much refpeft for 

 his opinion, we think the plant ought not to he feparated 

 from Stapelia, and therefore we need fay nothing- of his 

 generic name. 



S. incarnata. Flefli-coloured Stapelia. Linn. Suppl. 171. 

 Willd. n. 33. Ait. n. 27. Maffon Stap. 22. t. 34. 

 (Eiiphorbium ereftum, quadrangiilare, fpinofum, ramis la- 

 teralibus rotiindis foiiofis ; Burm. Afric. 15. t. 7. f. I.) — 

 Branches quadrangular, ereft, toothed, flowering about the 

 fummit. Segments of the corolla lanci-olate, flat, pointlefs, 

 fmooth. — Found by Thunberg and Maflbn, in dry fandy 

 fields at the Cape. About a foot high, glaucous, much 

 ftouter than the lalt. Flowers numerous, nearly feffile, 

 fcattered about the upper part of each branch, each half 

 an inch broad, pale pink or white. The Hottentots are 

 faid to eat the branches. 



S. punSata. Purple-dotted Stapelia. Mafibn Stap. 18. 

 t. 24. Willd. n. 34. Ait. n. 28. — Stem proliferous, de- 

 cumbent, with oblong, fomewhat quadrangular, toothed 

 joints. Corolla bell-fhaped, with lanceolate acute feifments ; 

 papillary on the upper furface. — Native of the Namaqua 

 lands, in Southern Africa. Sent to Kew in 1795, where 

 it flowers moft part of the autumn. This is one of a tribe, 

 of which Mr. Maflbn has deicribed feveral more fpecies, 

 whofe_y?^mj- are compofed of oblong or elliptical, proliferous 

 joints, or branches, and vthoieJJowers, fupported by longifli 

 Jlalks, have lanceolate acute legments, dotted or glandular 

 all over their upper furface. In the prefent inilance the 

 corolla, about an inch in diameter, has a bell-(haped tube, 

 externally of a blueifli-white. The upper fide is pink, with 

 purple dots. The^ower-Jlalis, Rear two inches long, grow 

 three or four together, and are of the fame pink hue as the 

 corolla 



S. geminata, Maflbn t. 25, and decora, t. 36, are, in habit 

 and general charafter, allied to the lafl. 



S. piSa. Painted Stapelia. Sims in Curt. Mag. t. 1 169. 

 Ait. n. 34. (S. variegata ; ,Iacq. Mifc. v. 1. 27. t. 4.)^ 

 Branches finiple, afcending, quadrangular, with fpreading 

 teeth. Segments of the corolla ovate, pointed, corrugated ; 

 the annular centre very rugged. Five leaflets of the crown 

 cloven. — Native of the Cape of Good Hope, from whence 

 MelTrs. Loddiges are faid to have introduced it into the 

 Englifli coUeftions. The ftrufture of the neftary however 

 induces us to believe, with Dr. Sims, it is what Jacquin has 

 figured as 5. variegata of Linnxus, hereafter mentioned. 

 This belongs, with the real variegata, to no lefs diftindl a 

 tribe of fpecies than the laft. Their Jlems, compofed of 

 numerous fimple ereft branches, have a tufted habit ; their 

 colour is lefs glaucous than in moft others ; the teeth of 

 their branches are numerous, and ttrongly marked, fpread- 

 ing in four rows. Flowers about two inches v/ide, on de- 

 flexed {oMtiTy Jlalks, yellow, either tranfverfely ftreaked or 

 dotted with a chocolate-brown ; their fegments broad, 

 rugged or warty. Crown of X.\\e Jiarnens various in the 

 different fpecies. The colouring of the prefent flower is 

 darker, and more blotched, than ufual. 



S. verruco/a. Warty-flowered Stapelia. Maflbn Stap. 11. 

 t. 8. Willd. n. 39. Ait. n. 3J. Curt. Mag. t. 786 ?— 

 Branches fimple, afcending, bluntly quadrangular, with 

 fpreading teeth. Segments of the corolla ovate, pointed, 

 warty ; the centre concave, with a rough pentagonal ele- 

 vation. — Found in dry ground at the Cape. Akin to the 

 laft, but the corolla is warty, or tuberculated, not tr.uif- 

 verfely corrugated. We cannot but have fome doubts 

 concerning the fynonym of the Botanicil Magazine, as the 



reprefentation there of the crown of the ^onver is not re- 

 concilcable to Mr. Mallbn's figure. One or the other 

 muft be incorredl^ In the branches we fee no important 

 difference. 



S. irrorala, Maflbn t. 9, is one of the fame tribe, and 

 perhaps nearer the plant ot the Botanical Magazine. 



S. variegata. Variegated Stapelia. Linn. Sp. PI. 316. 

 Willd. n. 42. Ait n. 37. Curt. Mag. t. 26. ( Fntil- 

 laria crafl"a, prom mtorii Bonse Spei ; Stapel. Tlieophr. 

 335.) — Stem branched upwards, quadrangular, with fpread- 

 ing teeth. Segments of the corolla ovate, pointed, cor- 

 rugated ; the annular centre concave, rugged. Leaflets of 

 the crown all undivided. — Native of the Cape, from 

 whence it was early brought to Europe. This is moft 

 akin to S. piSa ; but if the obfervations of our friend 

 Dr. Sims be, as ufual, correft, the leaflets of the crown, or 

 neSary, being all undivided in the true variegata, eflentially 

 diltinguifh it. 'V\\\i Jlower fmells like rotten chetfe. It 

 is prettily fpotted with brown on a yellow ground. We 

 dare not rely on all the old fynonyms, the crown not 

 being accurately exprefled ; efpecially as there are feveral 

 fpecies, fo eafily to be confounded with the prefent, which 

 may have been cultivated, without being well diltinguifhed. 



S. bufonis. Curt. Mag. t. 1676, is one of thefe uncertain 

 fpecies, nearly akin to the pi8a. They require to be all 

 compared m a living ftate, particularly with regard to the 

 ftrucf ure of the crown. 



Seftion 3. Corolla with Jive intermediate teeth. Six 

 fpecies, to which one is added in Hort. Kew. This ledioii 

 comprehends Mr. Brown's genus Huernia. See that 

 article. 



S. campanulata. Bell-fliaped Stapelia. Mafl'on Stap. 1 1. 

 t. 6. Willd. n. 43. Ait. n. 38. Curt. Mag. t. 1227, 

 and t. 1661 ! — Corolla bell-fliaped, with ten teeth, rough ; 

 its tube internally bearded. Branches with four comprcfled 

 toothed angles. — Native of dry ground at tlie Cape, from 

 whence feveral colleftors have received living plants. The 

 branches are thick, afcending, fomewhat tufted, with four, 

 or more, very prominent, comprefled angles, befet with 

 large, acute, comprefled, projeAing teeth. Flowers two 

 inches wide, with a perfectly bell-ftiaped tube, which is 

 lined, and almoft filled up, with converging, glandular, 

 purple hairs ; limb in five pointed (hallow lobes, with as 

 many very fmall intermediate ones, its inner furface cream- 

 coloured or buff^, dotted with purple. We cannot account 

 for this fpecies being given a fecoi.d time in the Botanical 

 Magazine without anv reference to the former figure, which 

 beft agrees with Mr. Maflfon's, and with the fpecimens we 

 have feen. 



S. reticulata. Netted Stapelia.- Mafl'on Stap. 9. t. 2. 

 Willd. n. 48. Ait. n. 43. Curt. Mag. t. 1662.— Corolla 

 with ten teeth ; its tube internally bearded, and furrounded 

 with a tumid ring. Branches with five comprefled angles, 

 befet with hooked teeth. — Found in hollows of rocks, 

 near north OliJanCs river, at the Cape. The numerous, 

 rather hooked teeth of the branches, diff^er fomewhat from 

 the laft. Maflbn's figure ot x\k Jiower is more flriking, 

 and more faithful, than that of the Magizine. The corolla, 

 beautifully variegated with crimfon and dark purple, is 

 marked with a kind of net-work. The ri. g round its 

 mouth, or tube, is Angularly tumid ; the latter is filled 

 with purple ha-rs, as in S. campanulata. 



S. lentigiiioja. Freckled Stapelia. Sims in Curt. Mag. 

 t. 506. Ait. n. 44.- Corolla with ten teeth; its tube 

 btU-fliaped, naked, furrounded with a tumid rin^. Slemi 

 branched in the upper part, five-angled, witti hooked teeth. 



Brought 



