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HUERNIA. [Stapcliae species, Linn. 



Juss. Masson. 



Char. Corolla campanulata/ limbo decemfido* 

 laciniis accessories nanis, dentiformibus, 



Columna fructificationis inclusa. 



Corona staminea duplex ; exterior quinquefida, 

 laciniis bifidis : interior 5phylla, foliolis e 

 basi gibbosa subulatis, indivisis, laciniis ex- 

 terioris alternantibus. 



Anthens apice simplices. 



Massa pollinis erectse, basi affixae, altero mar- 



gine cartilagineo-pellucido. 

 Stigma muticum. 



Folliculi subcylindracei, laeves. Semina comosa. 

 Habitus Stapeliae. 

 P atria. Africa Australis. 



Obs. The whole of the third section of Stapelia 

 in Willdenow f s edition of the " Species Planta- 

 rum," probably belongs to this genus ; but I have 

 only had an opportunity of examining S. cam- 

 panula a, venusta, and guttata, from which the 

 character is formed. I have named the genus 

 in memory of Justus Heurnius, one of the ear- 

 liest collectors of Cape plants, and from whose 

 drawings the first account of Stapelia was 

 Taken* 



