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STAPELIA HIRSUTA: 
Large hairy Stapelia. | 
PENTANDRIA'DIGYNIA—Nar. Onp. ASCLEPIADEA, Br. 
GEN. Cuar.—Cor. rotata, 5-fida, carnosa. Columna fructificationis exserta. 
Corona staminea duplex, interior quandoque obsoleta. Anther@ apice 
simplices. Masse pollinis basi affixe, altero margine cartilagineo-pel- 
lucido. Stigma 3 muticum. Folliculs 
mosa. —Br. | 3 
Biippclie hirsuta ; corollee laciniis Ovatis rugosis ciliatis, corone exteriore 
_ligulatis, interiore rostro subulato alis subeeque longe intus dentatis. 
Stapelia hirsuta, Linn. Sp. Pl. v.i. p. 316.—Witp. Sp. Pl. v. i. p. 1278.— 
Arron, Hort. Ken. ed. 2. v. ii. p. 85. —Jace. Mise. v.i. p. 28. t. 3.— 
Haw. Succ. Pl. p. 19.—J. ACQ. ‘Stap. cum Ic. 
Stems from 6-8 inches high, tetragonous, slightly downy, [oe green, 
the sides somewhat depecsee or araret. the angles toothed, the teeth 
erect. 
~ Peduneles. from the base of the stems 3-8 inches long, rounded, single - 
flowered. — Calyx 5-partite, the segments lanceolate. Corolla of 5 ovate — 
Z ; _ segments or rays, spreading horizontally, the margins reflexed and hairy 
s, as is the upper surface to a less degree, which 
is moreover transversely wrinkled, yellow, with numerous transverse, 
a lines of deep brownish-purple colour, and the same colour at 
nd extremities of the segments. The whole centre, around 
of | fructification, i is occupied by a cushion-like mass of fine 
sh hairs. Stamineous crown double; the exterior of 5 ligulate, 
acute leaflets, standing out horizontally ; the inner of as many 
with purple long 
below into a broad wing, nearly as long as the beak, — above. 
Anther of 2 cells. Pollen-masses deep yellow. | 
This handsome species of Stapelia i is said to be figured in 
old BRaDLEY’s work on Succulent Plants ; but it does not i 
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: beylindracei, leves. Seminaco- 
1, nearly erect plates, formed above into a subulate rostrum, and 
