755 
STAPELIA normalis. 
- Regularly spotted Stapelia. 
I 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. AscLEPIADEE. Brown in Wern. trans. 1. 12. Sect. £. 
Pollinis massz cereacez leves. 
STAPELIA. Corolla rotata 5-fida carnosa. Col. fructif. exserta. 
Corona staminea duplex, utraque in variis varia, interior quandoque obsoleta. 
Anthere apice simplices. Masse pollinis basi affixe, altero margine carti- 
lagineo-pellucide. Stigma muticum. Folliculé subeylindracei levis. Se- 
mina COmoOsa. 
Plante carnose, aphylle, angulate, sepe tuberculato. Flores ut plu- 
rimum speciosi, odore nauseoso stercorario. Brown I. c. AF 
eee 
Sect. IL. Corona exterior 5-partita, laciniis bifidis. Brown. 
S. normalis, corollis 5-fidis 4-fidisve, orbiculo spurio, rostris alisque tereti- 
bus, ligulis bifidis trifidisve, maculis corolla normalibus. Jacq. stap.. 
cult. t. 41. Rom. et Schult. sp. pl. 6.39. Link enum. ber. 1. 256. 
Rami plurimi, ramosi, declinati, v. ascendentes, virides, a 4. ad 10 un- 
cias longi, adulti vix digitum minimum crassi, tetragont, angulis dentatis, 
dentibus patentissimis.. Pedunculi ex inferiore parte ramorum juniorum, ple- 
rumque ad divisiones, solitarii, uniflort, teretes, glabri, patentissimt,  ses- 
quiunciales, pennam columbinam crassi. Calycis folia ovata, acuta, gla- 
bra, pallide virentia, patentissima. Corolla fotida diametra biuncialis et 
ultra, subplana, patentissima, % divisa; foris ex sulphureo pallens, lineata, 
glabra, intus tota flava, transversim striata, maculisque adspersa atrosangut- 
neis, et per series longitudinales, parallelas, normaliter ordinatis. Tubus 
vir ullus. Lacinie 4 v.5, ovate, acute, plane. Orbiculus spurius, tuber- 
culatus, similiter coloratus. — ii saccus brevis, albidus, basi cireulo, 
et superne maculis 2 v. 3:san, US» 
ctar 
i pus 1 Rostra teretia, obtusa, erecta, 
superné recurvata, virentia 
, sanguinea punctata. Ligule oblonge, obtuse, 
apice bifide, sepe cum intermedio denticulo minimo, patentissime, viridule,; 
atrinque punctis atropurpureis adsperse, ad basin sanguinee. Folliculi gla- 
bri, digitum crassi, fere uncias 4 longi, erectiusculi, Jacq. l.c. 
This species is principally distinguished from S. varie- 
gata by the regular disposition of the spots upon the flower. 
The only figure of it which has been previously published 
is in the fine work of the younger Jacquin upon the culti- 
vated species of SrapEn1a. Our drawing was made at Mr. 
Colvill’s Nursery. 
The genus Orbea of Mr. Haworth, which is founded on 
the sectional characters of Mr. Brown, cited at the com- 
mencement of our article, does not appear to depend upon 
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