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STAPELIA HiRsuTA. 
Large hairy Stapelia. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA— Nat. Oed. ASCLEFIADEJE, Bu 
Gen. Char.-— Cor. rotata, 5-fida, carnosa. Columna fructificatimis exserta. 
Corona staminea duplex, interior quandoque obsoleta. Anthera; apice 
simplices. Massce pollinis basi affixae, altero margine cartilagineo-pel- 
lucido. Stigma muticum. Folliculi subcylindracei, laeves. Semina co- 
mosa. — Br. 
Stapelia hirsuta ; corollas laciniis ovatis rugosis ciliatis, corone exter'wre 
ligulatis, interiore rostro subulato alis subaeque longe intus dentatis. 
Stapelia hirsuta, Linn. Sp. PI. v. i. p. 316.--Willd. Sp. PL v. i. p. 1278.— 
AiTON, Hort. Kew, ed. 2. v. ii. p. 85.— Jacq. Misc. v. i. p. 28. t. 3.— 
Haw. Succ. Pl.jp. 19-— Jacq. Stap. cum Ic. 
Stems from 6-8 inches high, tetragonous, slightly downy, glaucous green, 
the sides somewhat depressed or grooved, the angles toothed, the teeth 
erect. 
Peduncles from the base of the stems 2-3 inches long, rounded, single 
flowered. Calyx 5-partite, the segments lanceolate. Corolla of 5 ovate 
segments or rays, spreading horizontally, the margins reflexed and hairy 
with purple long hairs, as is the upper surface to a less degree, which 
is moreover transversely wrinkled, yellow, with numerous transverse, 
waved lines, of a deep brownish-purple colour, and the same colour at 
the base and extremities of the segments. The whole centre, around 
the organs of fructification, is occupied by a cushion-like mass of fine 
purplish hairs. Stamineous crown double ; the exterior of 5 ligulate, 
rather acute leaflets, standing out horizontally ; the inner of as many 
vertical, nearly erect plates, formed above into a subulate rostrum, and 
below into a broad wing, nearly as long as the beak, denticulate above. 
Anther of 2 cells. Pollen-masses deep yellow. 
This handsome species of Stapelia is said to be figured in 
old Bradley's work on Succulent Plants ; but it does not ap-» 
pear to have obtained a place in any of the more modern works 
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