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StapdtCt bufoilia. Natural Order: Asclcftiadacece—Milkweed Family. 
OHN BODlEUS STAPEL, a renowned physician of Amsterdam, 
has the posthumous honor of being remembered in this plant. 
The Stapelia has the appearance of a species of cactus, although 
it belongs to another family of plants. It is fleshy and branching, 
without foliage, and the flowers are among the most curious. 
Before bursting, the bud is somewhat similar in appearance to a 
large button with five sides, and is attached to a short stem. It 
is of a bronzed or reddish green hue, but when fully open the 
calyx spreads out its five points in the shape of a star about two 
inches broad, and forms part of the flower, having the appearance 
of being lined with a dappled maroon and velvety surface full of 
tine wrinkles. In the center stands the corolla, like a ring, short 
and fleshy, and of the same color. It has a rather unpleasant 
odor, which is not perceptible unless inhaled intentionally. The several varieties 
are natives of South Africa; and bufonia, from the Latin Inifo , a toad, distin¬ 
guishes this variety, because of its resemblance to that reptile. 
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ALL’ S not offense that indiscretion finds, 
1 V And dotage terms SO. —Shakespeare. 
T F my offense be of such mortal kind, 
*■ That neither service past, nor present sorrows, 
Nor purpos’d merit in futurity, 
Can ransom me into his love again, 
But to know so must be my benefit; 
So shall I clothe me in a forced content, 
And shut myself up in some other course 
To fortune’s alms. —Shakespeare. 
T WISH I could say, “ Dear friend, 
Tell me, what have I done? 
Forgive me, let it be now at an end.” 
w HAT is my offense? 
Where is the evidence that doth accuse me? 
What lawful quest have given their verdict up 
L Unto the frowning judge? 
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— Shakespeare. 
— Wm. W. Story. 
TTE not too ready to condemn 
The wrongs thy brothers may have done; 
Ere ye too harshly censure them 
For human faults, ask, “Have I none?” 
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