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STAPELIA (continued) 
S. asterias. Tips bare, center very tomentose, red_35c 
S. atropurpurea. (variegata). Ground color blackish- 
purple. Spotted _10c 
S. be'la. Two inch purplish red flowers_ 35c 
S. bicolor. Dark brown with few bright yellow spots. 
Stems two colored _ 10c 
S. bufonia. Variegata variety. 
S. caroLi-schmidti. Variegata variety_10c 
S. ciliata. White and dark purple hairs mixed. Spotting 
variable _35c 
S. clavicorona. Rare. The inner corona has two sets of 
horns _ 50c 
S. deflexa. Dark red with center corona, self colored 
hairs _ 25c 
S. desmetiana. Long white haired edges, greenish or red¬ 
dish ground ___15c to 35c 
S. flavirostris. Purple red ground with marginal white 
hairs _ 15c to 35c 
S. flecki. Unusual and unlike the others, sweet scented 35c 
S. flecki variety flavopurpurea. More yellow in the bloom 25c 
S. gettleffi. Similar to hirsuta but blooms larger-25c 
S. gigantea. Dull green, pale purple, hairy, marked with 
transverse crimson lines. Blossoms 14 in. across. 
_ 10c to 25c 
S. grandiflora. 6 inch, dark brown, hairy_25c 
S. hanburyana. Ground color yellowish, the ring lighter , 
covered with round dark red spots merging into lines_10c 
S. hirsuta. Ground red, margin white, petals hairy, white 
tomentose _10c to 35c 
S. hirsuta hybrid and var. patula_15c 
S. lunata. (nigricans) -15c 
S. maculosa. One of the beautiful hybrids believed to 
have been in cultivation since 1799-15c 
S. maculosoides. (mermalis). Has a very pronounced 
pattern _ 10c 
S. moth-brown. Unusual with many cilia on a tan-green 
background _ 25c 
S. multiflora _25c 
S. maculosa 
25c 
S. nobilis ___25c 
S. pachyrrhisa. Beautiful velvety black red with tiny 
flecks of gold. Rare_50c 
S. picta. Gold background streaked with red; very large 
blackish red spots running together _50c 
S. peglerae -10c to 25c 
S. puchella. The little beauty. Sulphurous yellow with 
brown spots _ 25c 
S. radiata. Gold with black spots_50c 
S. rufescens. Gold, with very dark brown spots_25c 
S. schinzi. Unusual in shape. Long pointed leaves, dark 
red -15c to 35c 
S. tomentosa. Covered with white hairs_25c 
S. uranus _ 25c 
S. variabilis _10c 
S. variegata. Commonest of all; yellow with small spots.—10c 
S. verrucosa. Very small yellow blooms with tiny brown 
dots. Very different from the above_10c to 25c 
TAVARESIA 
T. barklyi. Blooms 2 to 3 in long, pale yellow flecked 
with red_50c 
T. grandiflora. Similar to above but flowers attain 6 in. 
sometimes _50c 
The Stapelieae, by Alain White and Boyd Sloane. A 
scholarly, up to the minute, profusely illustrated book on the 
Aesclepiadaceae. $3.00 and worth twice as much. An in¬ 
valuable study of Les Dames aux Enfers of the botanical 
world. 
