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are quite erect, and from 1£ to 2 feet high, of a bright green colour, the 
upper part being beautifully variegated with red, green, and white. 
S. Drummond i alba .—Another handsome form, differing very little 
from the typical species, except in the colouring at the top of the 
S.Jlava and vars. ornata and picta .—These are all attractive forms, 
especially S. flava ornata, which produces pitchers of an enormous size, 
and remarkable for its bold and clear venation, which is of a dark 
puiplish red. The flowers are large and handsome. 
Fig. 41.—STAPELIA GIGANTEA. (See page 349 ). 
pitchers^ instead of being variegated, as in the last-named, it is nearly 
pure white. ' . - 
S. Drummondi rubra. — This i3 very handsome, the pitchers being 
beautifully variegated with crimson. 
S. atrosanguinca .—A strikingly beautiful variety. The pitchers are 
long and narrow, and of a greenish colour ; the lid is heart-shaped, the 
lower part green, and upper part blood red with a satiny hue.-' 
S. purpurea .—A good old species, quite hardy, and producing cup- 
