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S. aracbnoideum. Cobweb or spiderweb house leek. Very small 
rosette entirely overlaid with small, white hairs. Flowers 
bright red. 
var. laggeri. Similar, but rosettes much larger. Flowers 
bright rose. 
S. calcaratum. Large. Purple colored. Iridescent. Very fine. ... 50c 
S. calcareum. Very greenish with decided red tips. A very good 
one .!.L;..15c 
S. royanum. Yellowish green with red tips. A startling variety. .35c 
S. silverine. 6 in. Light green to silvery grey.25c 
STAPELIAE AND ALLIED AESCLEPIADS 
CARALLUMA 
C. lutea .- v . 10c to 2 5c 
C. melanantha (leendertziae) .10c to 25c 
C. nebroivni. Dark red to black brown. Entirely bare. .10c to 25c 
C. pseudo-nebrownii .10c to 25c 
C. ramosa .$1.00 
CEROPEGIA 
C. barkleyi. A lovely little vine with pointed, mottled leaves 
.15c to 25c 
C. cojfrorum. Larger than C. woodi. Much less common.25c 
C. debilis. A weak, trailing affair getting everywhere and go¬ 
ing nowhere.25c 
C. stapeliaformis. S. Afr.50c 
C. u’oodi. The Rosary Vine. Natal.15c to 25c 
ECHIDNOPSIS 
E. cereifomits . S. Arabia and adjacent Africa. 
var. brunnea. Yellow-brown fls.35c 
var. obscura. Red-brown fls.35c 
HOYA 
H. carnosa. S. China to Australia. "The Wax Plant.’’ Beau¬ 
tiful pink clusters of blossoms of the texture of plush, like 
edelweis, on a dark green, thick leaved vine. Very good 
house plant.50c to $2.00 
HUERNIA 
Huernias are little brothers of the Stapelias and very interesting. 
H. hystrix. The porcupine. Yellow bloom with red spots; 
spinelike, red tipped papillae.2 5c 
H. longjtuba. Bloom cream colored, flecked with red.25c 
H. penzigi. Bloom outside dirty white and red inside.25c 
H. scabra var. immaculata. Flowers a pale brown color.25c 
H. schneideriana. Deep purple cup.25c 
Piaranthus foetidus. Flowers dull yellow with red markings. 
Smell to Heaven.15c 
STAPELIA 
Eight varieties, my choice, postpaid, $1.00. 
S. angulata. An attractive Orbea hybrid with red, variegated 
petals and yellow, variegated center.10c 
S. arnotti. Clear red, wine tips, blackish long hairs. . . .25c to 50c 
S. bella. Two inch purplish red flowers.35c 
S. bicolor. Dark brown with few bright yellow spots. Stems 
two colored.10c 
S. carolli-schmidti. Variegata variety.10c 
S. deflexa. Dark red with center corona, self colored hairs. . . .25c 
S. desmetiana. Long white haired edges, greenish or reddish 
ground.15c to 35c 
S. flavirostris. Dark red with yellow beaked center.35c 
S. gettleffi. Similar to hirsuta but blooms larger.25c 
S. gigantea. Dull green, pale purple, hairy, marked with trans¬ 
verse crimson lines. Blossoms 14 in. across.25c to 50c 
S. grandiflora . 50c 
S. hirsuta. Ground red, margin white, petals hairy, white to- 
metose . . . ..10c to 35c 
S. incomparabilis. Smooth, dark red, hairless flower. "The 
Bald Stapelia.” . 10c 
S. lanata ( nigricans ) .15c 
S. leendertzi . r .50c 
S. Iucilia . .. 35c 
S. maculosoides (mermelis ). Has a very pronounced pattern. . . 10c 
S. mermilis .25c 
