STAPELLE NOVA: A COLLECTION NEW SPECIES OF THAT GENUS: INTERIOR PARTS OF AFRICA. BY FRANCIS MASSON. LONDON: PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. FOR GEORGE NICOL, BOOKSELLER TO HIS MAJESTY, : PALL-MALL. 1796-6 TO THE KING. SIRE, Comprxiep to leave the Cape of Good Hope, lest I should lose, in an expected invasion, the Collection of living Plants that I had made, during ten years residence there, I returned to England ; and was indulged, on my return, with your Majesty's gracious _ permission fo remain a year at home. Unwilling to waste so much time in idleness, I resolved to render this vacation somewhat pro- Jjitable to the science of Botany, by publishing observations made on that subject, in the interior deserts of Africa. Twenty-four years I have enjoyed the honour of being, by your Majesty's command, attached to the Royal Gardens at Kew, as a collector of exotic plants. I have had the satisfaction of seeing | several hundreds of those, ‘collected by me in various climates, flou- rishing there, more beautifully, ys some instances, than in ther native soils. And I have observed, with the exultation I hope of honest pride, ‘my name frequently repeated in the Hortus Kewensis, published by my deceased patron and friend William Aion. | Let these circumstances, Gracious Sire, plead some excuse for the ambetion that induced me to solicit the honour of laying my little work at your Majesty's feet. Penetrated with gratitude for the uniform protection I have un- ceasingly recewed from your Majesty's bounty—anxtous to recom DEDICATION. mence my employment as a collector, and still enjoying, though in the afternoon of life, a reasonable share of health and vigour, Tam now ready to proceed to any part of the globe, to which your Majesty's commands shall direct me. Many are the portions of it that have not yet been fully explored by Botamsts—all of them are equal to my choice.——T o extend the science of Botany, to enrich the Royal Gardens at Kew, and to obey your Majesty's gracious commands, are the only objects of ambition that actuate the breast of Your Mayjesty’s most humble, — dutiful, and most grateful Servant, FRANCIS MASSON. d PREFACE. ‘Tue tract of land, which forms the Cape of Good Hope, widens gradually as it recedes from the sea; the western coast consists of extensive sandy deserts, incapable of cultivation, and the interior part exhibits ridges of high mountains; between them are other deserts, the soil of which is a reddish earth, intermixed with rotten schistus, impregnated with salt. _ These deserts, called Karro, are furnished with great variety » of succulent plants, endowed by nature, as the camel 1s, with the power of retaining within them water, sufficient to enable them to survive the long periods of drought which prevail in those regions. The climate differs very much from that near the Cape, where the vegetable productions approach more to — the nature of Alpine plants. This tract of country has afforded more riches for the na- turalist than perhaps any other part of the globe. When the Europeans first settled there, the whole might have been com- pared to a great park, furnished with a wonderful variety of animals, such as the elephant, the rhinoceros, the hippopo- tamus, the camelopardalis, numerous species of the genus antelope, the lion, panther, hyzna, and many other ferocious animals; but since the country has been inhabited by Euro- -peans, most of these have been destroyed or driven away. The ornithology of the Cape is very interesting; incredible | numbers of strange sorts of birds, quite unknown to the in- habitants, often migrate from the interior country, and visit the European settlements. oe The vegetable kingdom seems almost inexhaustible, and most of the genera at the Cape are peculiar to the southern Vi | PREFACE. parts of Africa; the variety of climates and local situations afforded by the nature of the country, produce such a diver- - sity of species, that the age of man would scarce be sufhicient to complete a Flora of it, accompanied with exact figures and scientific descriptions. The Dutch, although celebrated as lovers ys Natural History a Botany, had possessed the Cape near 130 years before any considerable number of plants from thence were introduced into their European gardens, a few geraniums and succulent plants excepted. Even the zoology of this interesting spot seems to have been very little studied by them. The curious productions of the Cape had been too much neg- lected until the year 1771, when Captain Cook returned from his first voyage round the globe, and landed the Naturalists who accompanied him at the Cape Town; they were much gratified by the treasures they met with, and in consequence of the observations they then made, Sir Joseph Banks, on his return to England, suggested to his Majesty the idea of sending a_ person, professionally a gardener, to the Cape, to collect seeds and plants for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew: his Majesty — was graciously pleased to adopt the plan, though at that time so little approved by the public, that no one but myself chose to undertake the execution of it. I sailed for the Cape in the beginning of 1772, and remained there two years and a half; during which time I succeeded so well, that my mission has been the cause of several other botanical expeditions of the — same kind being undertaken, by order of the Emperor, of the late King of France, and of the King of Spain. In the year 1786 I was sent out a second time to the Cape, and remained there near ten years, in which time I had oppor: tunities more minutely to search that great tract of country; the various collections I have sent from thence to Kew Gardens ey PREFACE. Vili have been cultivated with so much success, that all praise of the cultivators is useless, for the garden itself sufficiently de- monstrates the care and skill with which Cape plants have been treated in that excellent school of horticulture. Some Cape genera consist of numerous species, viz. Gera- nium Erica and Mesembryanthemum: very elegant works have - been published giving account of the Gerania; but the history of the Mesembryanthema is yet deficient, and the deserts con- tain still many species unknown to Botanists. Two species only of Stapelia were heretofore described by Botanists; the genus now promises a numerous harvest of spe- cies. In my various journeys through the deserts I have col- lected about forty, and these I humbly present to the lovers of Botany. The figures were drawn in their native climate, and though they have little to boast in point of art, they possibly exhibit the natural appearance of the plants they represent, better than figures made from subjects growing in exotic houses can do. | The genus of Stapelia seems peculiar to deserts. All the new species I have seen inhabit the desert parts of the Cape countries. The particular places where they are found are an- _nexed to the specific descriptions of each. Several authors have written on this genus. Among the first are Hermannus, Bradley, kc. who wrote early in this century. Forskal, in his journey in Arabia Felix, discovered five new species, and has given good figures of two of them. Thunberg, in his Prodromus, mentions five species, three of them I cannot determine, viz. S. mammillaris, S. fasciculata, S. caudata, because his descriptions are so short ; probably in his Flora Capensis they will be more fully defined. I shall be glad to quote them as soon as it is in my power to ascertain them. Vill | PREFACE. Colonel Gordon and Captain Paterson discovered some very _ remarkable species; but these are very obscure, for want of complete figures and descriptions. In the splendid work on East India plants, now pubtahing at the expence of the Honourable East India esheets’ one new enecies is Civell. | = As so many species of this genus have been found in the southern parts of Africa, in Arabia Felix, and in India, pre- sumptive proof may be drawn that many remain yet undisco- vered; Iam certain that the Cape countries contain several that I have not had an opportunity of procuring. As no one but myself possesses the figures contained in this little work, I have thought it my duty to present them to the public, in hopes that they may prove acceptable, both to the - Botanist and cultivator of plants. Generic and specific descrip- tions are given, and some useful hints annexed to the descrip- tion of each species. _ hi Sy Sie hy IB akon Robs ue le a eee ee na ate Beatie Hits) Pid ate MER pan feet tibiae Se raeeres ota A eee a STAPELIZ. 1. STAPELIA denticulis ramorum patentibus pedunculatis; corollis supra Ciliata. papillosis margine ciliatis: laciniis ovatis acutis planis. Thunberg. RaMI procumbentes, radicantes, ramosi, palmares; Ramuli quadrangu- | lares, erecti, glabri, pollicares, sulcati; anguli denticulati tuber- culati; denticuli patentes, acuti. — FLoreEs in ramulis laterales, pedunculati, erecti, magni, solitaril. PEDUNCULUs teres, erectus, glaber, unguicularis, uniflorus. CaLyx pentaphyllus: Foliola lanceolata, acuta, glabra. CoroLLA monopetala, rotata, extus levis, viridi-purpurascens ; intus cinerea, papillosa, scabra, pep apice rufescentibus, profunde quinquepartita. Lacinie ovate, acute, subpollicares, margine ciliatae, ciliis eiiiclivatis, patentibus, niveis. Corolle magnitudo ut in S. variegata. ‘ HasitaT in. Africe Australis locis siccissimis infra Boekland Berg. Floret Novembri et Decembri. In loco natali delineata 1774, 2. STAPELIA ramis pentagonis denticulatis; dentibus patentibus. Co- Reticulata. rolla decemangulata: tubo intus. barbato ampliato in orbiculum elevatum. : oy Rami plures, conferti, suberecti, nebulis purpurascentibus adspersi, quinquangulares ; angulis acutis dentatis ; dentibus acutis, paten- tissimis vel recurvatis. : PEpuNcUuLI duo, vel tres, ex inferiore parte ramulorum. provenientes, — teretes, glabri, uniflori. Bractee tres vel quatuor ad basin pedun~ culorum. | | , CaALyx quinquepartitus, laciniis linearibus acutis. COROLLA decemangulata: anguli quinque breviores, quinque longiores, subpatentes, acuti. : Tubus campanulatus, intus barbatus, sensim » ampliatus j in orbiculum elevatum. : Color: Corolla atro-purpurascens, lineis albidis reticulata, GENITALIA in fundo tubi posita. HasiTat in Africz Australis cavernulis rupium versus N. Olifants rivier. Floret Vere et Autumno. 10 Venusta. 3. STAPELIA ramis tetragonis pentagonisque; ramulis patentissimis di- varicatis glabris, denticulis ramorum patentibus acutis. Corolla _decemfida: tubo glabro ampliato in orbiculum elevatum. Rami spithamei, glabri, quadrangulares, rarius quinquangulares; ra- muli divaricati; denticuli ramorum patentes, acuti. PEDUNCULI plerumque duo in axillis dentium, teretes, glabri, unciales, pendulli, uniflori. CaLyx quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis, acutis. CoRoLLa magna, decemfida: Laciniz quinque longiores, quinque bre- viores, subpatentes, acute. Yubus glaber, sensim ampliatus in or- biculum. : | eS GENITALIA in fundo tubi posita. | Color: Corolla sulphurea, punctis sanguineis adspersa. ° Hasitat in Africe Australis regionibus siccis: Karro. Guttata, 4. STAPELIA ramis pluribus tetragonis pentagonisque confertis subpa- tentibus; dentibus ramorum acutis patentibus. Corolla decemfida, _laciniis acutis; tubo campaniformi ampliato in orbiculum elevatum. RAMI plures, conferti, tetragoni, (juniores seepe pentagoni, ) subpatentes, _palmares, glabri ; denticuli ramorum acuti, patentes. PEDUNCULI tres vel quatuor ex inferiore parte ramulorum provenientes, uniflori, divaricati, ad basin bracteati. | CaLyYxX quinquepartitus: lacinize lineares, lanceolate, acute. Corotia decemfida: lacinize quinque longiores, quinque breviores, acute, patentes. -Tubus intus scaber, campanulatus, sensim ampliatus in orbiculum. +. Colors Corolla sulphurea, punctis sanguineis adspersa. ; | Hasitart in Africze Australis regionibus siccis. Humilis, 5. STAPELIA ramis pluribus 4 5-angulatis patentibus. Corolla orbicu- lata decemfida: laciniis quinque longioribus, quinque brevioribus _patentibus ; pedunculis solitariis. Rami plures, semipalmares, erectiusculi, 4- s-angulati ; ramuli patentes, dentes ramorum patentes, acuti. | PEDUNCULI solitarii, tres lineas longi, teretes, glabri, uniflori. CaLyx quinquepartitus : laciniz lineari-lanceolatee, acute. Coro.ia decemfida, circiter unciam lata: laciniz quinque longiores, quinque breviores, acute, patentes. Tubus campanulatus, ampliatus in orbiculum. I] Color: Corolle orbiculus atro-purpureus, maculis undulatis, albis | sparsus. Laciniz sulphurez punctis py Paes tinctee. GENITALIA in fundo tubi posita. Hazitar in Africe Australis regionibus siccis, 6. STAPELIA ramis pluribus simplicibus erectis tetragonis dentatis ; Campanulata. dentibus patentibus acutis. Corolla decemfida campanulata sca- bra, tubo barbato. Rami plures, erecti, tetragoni, (rarius pentagoni,) nebulis purpuras- centibus adspersi; dentes ramorum patentes, acuti. PEDUNCULI ex inferiore parte ramulorum provenientes, ramosi; rami 2 vel 3, uniflori. | Catyx ad basin quinquepartitus, laciniis lanceolatis, acutis. CoroLia campanulata, (absque orbiculo,) decemfida: lacinize quinque longiores, quinque breviores, ae Tubus intus barbatus, ci- liis clavatis. Color: Corolla sulphurea, tota superficie punctis scabrosis elevatis purpureis adspersa. | : GENITALIA in fundo tubi posita. Hasitat in Africze Australis regionibus siccis. 7. STAPELIA ramis pluribus tetragonis pentagonisque confertis sub- Barbata. erectis ; dentibus ramorum acutis subpatentibus. Corolla cam- panulata decemfida: laciniis acutis subpatentibus. Ram plures, conferti, suberecti, glabri, tetragoni pentagonique ; den-. ticuli ramorum subpatentes, acuti. PEDUNCULI plerumque tres, ex inferiori parte ramulorum provenientes, purpurei, tres lineas longi, uniflori. CALYX quinquepartitus : laciniz lineari-lanceolate, acutze. CoRoLLa campanulata, (absque orbiculo,) decemfida, intus scabra, barbata pilis clavatis; laciniz corolle quinque breviores acute, quinque longiores fere caudate, subpatentes. Color: Corolla albens, punctis scabris purpureis adspersa. GENITALIA in fundo corolle posita. Hasirar in Africa Australi. Florebat in hortulo meo Martio 1794. 8. STAPELIA ramis pluribus suberectis; dentibus ramorum acutis Verrucosa. decussatis. Corolla plana verrucosa, medio parum elevata in pentagonum, genitalia ambiens, scabrum. Trrorata. 12 Rami plures, palmares, conferti, suberecti, dentati; ramuli decum- bentes; denticuli ramorum decussati, acuti, subpatentes. PepuNcuLUvs unus vel duo ex inferiore parte ramulorum provenientes, unciales, teretes, glabri. CaLyx parvus, quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis, acutis. CorRo.Lua plana, verrucosa, quinquefida, medio parum elevata in pen- tagonum, genitalia ambiens scabrum: Laciniz subovate, acuta, patentes. 7 Color: Corolla pallide lutea, punctis sanguineis adspersa. Hasirat in Afric Australis locis siccis. Floret Septembri, Octobri. g. STAPELIA ramis pluribus suberectis denticulatis ; dentibus sub- patentibus acutis decussatis. Corolla plana rugosa: laciniis lan-_ ceolatis acutis. 3 , Rami plures, palmares, conferti, dentati, glabri, suberecti; ramuli _ decumbentes ; denticuli ramorum acuti, subpatentes, decussati. PEDUNCULI sepe solitarii, teretes, glabri, unciales. > CaLyYx parvus, quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis acutis. : CoroLLa magna, plana, rugosa, (absque orbiculo,) quinquefida: laciniz lato-lanceolate, acute, patentes. Color : Corolla pallide lutea, punctis sanguineis adspersa. HasitaT in Africe Australis locis siccis. Floret Septembri, Octobri. Revoluta. 10. STAPELIA ramis tetragonis erectis denticulatis; dentibus paten- tibus. -Corolla glabra: laciniis ciliatis acutis revolutis. Rami pedales, glauci, tetragoni, angulis acutis, dentatis; dentes pa- tentes, remoti, in junioribus acuti. PEDUNCULI solitarii? uniflori, e superiore parte rami provenientes, _teretes, glabri, tres lineas longi. - CaLYx quinquepartitus: laciniz ovate, acute, glabre.. CoROLLA monopétala, levis, ultra medium quinquefida: lacinize ovate, acute, revolute, margine ciliate; cilia tenuissima cla- vata. Tubus brevis. GENITALIA exserta. Hasitat in Africz Australis campis siccis sub fruticibus in Karro ultra Noord Olifants rivier. Floret Septembri, Octobri. 13 11. STAPELIA ramis quadrangularibus clavatis, angulis dentatis : Grandiflora:. _dentibus remotis incurvatis. Corolla magna, plana, villosa, quinquefida: laciniis lanceolatis acutis, margine ciliatis. PLANTA sesquipedali altitudine. Rami quadrangulares, clavati, pubescentes: anguli dentati, dentes remoti, incurvati, spinula mollissima terminati. | 3 PEDUNCULI sepe triflori, ex inferiore parte ramulorum. CALYX quinquepartitus : laciniz lanceolate, acute. CoroLLa magna, plana, villosa, quinquefida: laciniz lanceolate, : acute, versus extremitates glabra, cum ruga transversa, mar- gine ciliate, pilis longioribus distichis. : Color : Corolla atro-purpurea, villis griseis. pS HasitatT in Africe Australis locis calidis: Sondags Rivier. Fio- _-rebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. S. 1792. 12, STAPELIA ramis erectis, quadrangularibus clavatis: angulis Ambigua.. dentatis remotis incurvatis. Corolla magna, plana quinquefida : laciniis lanceolatis hispidis, margine ciliatis. PLANTA sesquipedalis vel ultra, ramosa, pubescens: Rami erecti, clavati, quadrangulares ; anguli dentati, dentibus incur- -_vatis. | | | PEDUNCULI 8 Vel 4-flori, ex inferiore parte ramorum. Bractea ad basin pedicelli. | | CaLYx quiquepartitus: laciniz lanceolate, acute. CoroLia magna, plana, hispida, quinquefida: lacinie lanceolate, quinquenerviee, margine ciliatze ciliis distichis. Color Corollze obscure ruber. HasiTAT in desertis aridis Africe Australis. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. S. Martio, 1794. | a4 3g. STAPELIA ramis ramulisque tetragonis, reclinatis, dentatis; Pulvinata. ; Corolla quinquefida, plana, medio villosa: laciniis patentissi- mis rugosis, acuminatis, margine ciliatis. PLANTA spithameea ; rami et ramuli plures, reclinati, radicantes, tetragoni, dentati, dentibus suberectis. PepuncuL1 plerumque solitarii, teretes, ex axilla ramorum prove- nientes, 3 Asterias. Gemmiflora. 14 CoroLLa magna, plana, quinquefida, medio villosissimo elevato : laciniz patentissime, oblongo-rotundate, acuminate, rugose, margine ciliate. Ante florescentiam, Corolla inflata quinque- nervia, versus apicem laciniarum concava. | Color : Corolla atro-purpurea, rugis albescentibus. HasitaT in Africa Australi: Camies Berg, inter frutices. Appel- latur ab incolis Arabisch Rose. Florebat in hortulo meo 1792. 14. STAPELIA ramis pluribus erectis, tetragonis dentatis ; denti- bus brevibus erectis. Corolla magna, quinquefida : _ laciniis lanceolatis, margine revolutis ciliatis. Rami plures, (Spithamei et ultra,) tetragoni, erecti, dentati : den- tibus parvis erectis, parum incurvatis cum acumine. : PEDUNCULI sepe solitarii, ex ramulis junioribus provenientes, teretes, pubescentes, bipollicares. CaLyx quinquepartitus, laciniis linearibus acutis. CoroLLa magna, profunde quinquefida, rugosa, patens: lacinie lanceolatz, oblique, margine revolute, ciliate. Zubus nullus. Color: Corolla purpurascens fasciis lutescentibus transversis. Hasitat in Africa Australi: Karro. Flor. in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spel, 1792. 15.STAPELIA ramis pluribus erectis, tetragonis dentatis ; dentibus suberectis, acutis. Corolla plana, scabra, quinquefida : laciniis ovato-lanceolatis margine ciliatis. , PLANTA spithamea ; rami plures, erecti, tetragoni, glabri, dentati : dentes suberecti spinula terminati. PEDUNCULI duo vel tres, ex axilla dentium provenientes, teretes, gla- bri, biunciales. CALYX quinquepartitus: laciniz lanceolate, acute. CoroLia magna, plana, tuberculata, scabrosa, quinquefida : laciniz ovato-lanceolate, acute, quinquenerviz, margine ciliate. | Color : Corolla obscura. Var. Corolla punctis aureis sparsis. Hasitat in Africa Australi in locis aridis inter frutices ultra Platte Kloof. Florebat in horto Kewensi Octobri, 1796. | 15 16. STAPELIA ramis pluribus erectis tetragonis glabris; angulis dentatis ; dentibus apice incurvatis. Corolla plana, glabra, -quinquefida : laciniis lanceolatis obtusis. Lae PLanTa palmaris, ramosissima, glabra: Rami et ramuli tetragoni, erecti, denticulati: dentes erecti, apice incurvati. PrepuNcuLt duo vel tres, ex inferiore parte ramorum ; juniores, te- retes, glabri. | CaLyx monophyllus, quinquepartitus : laciniz lanceolate, acute. CoroLLa monopetala, plana, profunde quinquefida, glabra: laciniz lanceolate, obtuse, trinerviz ; fasciz rugose, transverse. Tu- bus nullus. : Color : Corolla atro-purpurascens. Hasirat in Africee Australis montibus: Hex Rivier. 17. STAPELIA ramis pluribus suberectis tetragonis dentatis. Co- rolla quinquefida, plana, glabra, rugosa : laciniis caudatis, acu- minatis, margine ciliatis. i Pianta palmaris: rami plures, glabri, suberecti, tetragoni, dentati. Flores ex medio ramorum provenientes. Pedunculi 4, vel 5 breves, teretes, glabri. | CALYX quinquepartitus, laciniis ovatis, acutis. CoROLLA quinquefida, plana, glabra, rugosa : laciniz anguste, cau~ date, acuminate, margine ciliate. , Color : Corolla cinerea, versus apices laciniarum atro-purpurea. HasitatT in Africa Australi: Namaqualand. Florebat in hortulo meo 1791. 7 | | 18. STAPELIA ramis ramulisque erectis tetragonis, glaberrimis, angulis dentatis, dentibus erectis. Corolla quinquefida plana hispida. : : | PLANTA palmaris, glaberrima: Rami et ramuli tetragoni, dentati, dentibus erectis, acutis. | | PEDUNCULI plerumque duo, ex inferiore parte ramulorum prove- nientes, teretes, glabri, purpurei, pollicares. CALYX quinquepartitus : laciniz lineares, acute. CoRo..a plana, quinquefida : laciniz ovato-lanceolate, acute, ru- gose, hispidee. : Vetula. Acuminata. Concinna. AG Color : Corolla cinerea, setis albescentibus. Hasitat in Africe Australis locis siccis Karro. Florebat in hortulo meo 1794. In Cap. b. Spel. Glanduliflora. 19. STAPELIA ramis pluribus suberectis tetragonis, angulis Rufa.. -dentatis; dentibus erectis, acutis. Corolla plana, glandulis setaceis clavatis tecta: laciniis ovato-lanceolatis acutis paten- tibus. : PLANTA spithamea: rami plures, suberecti, tetragoni, dentati, acuti. PEDUNCULI duo vel tres, in axillis ramorum, biunciales, teretes, pur- purascentes. 3 CaLyx quinquepartitus : laciniz lineares, acute, hirte. CoroLua plana, quinquefida : lacinize ovato-lanceolate, patentes, punctis sanguineis adsperse, pilis clavatis hyalinis tecte. ' Color: Corolla sulphurea, pilis albis. HasiTat in Africa Australis desertis circa Nord Olifants Rivier. Florebat in horto Kewensi Octobri, 1796. 20. STAPELIA ramis ramulisque erectis tetragonis, anguste den-— tatis, dentibus erectis. Corolla quinquefida: laciniis triangu- _ laribus acutis rugosis, margine ciliaribus. : PLANTA palmaris, rufa : Rami et ramuli erecti tetragoni; anguli dentati, dentibus erectis, obtusis. PEDUNCULI plerumque duo vel tres, breves, teretes, purpurascentes. CALYX quinquepartitus ; laciniz lineares, acute. see CoROLLA quinquefida, glabra: laciniz triangulares, rugose, acute, margine ciliate. Color: Corolla rufa. Hasitat in Africa Australis locis calidis ultra Platte Kloof. Flo- rebat in hortulo meo 1793. 3 17 a 21. STAPELIA ramis pluribus divaricatis tetragonis subden- Pedunculata. tatis; Pedunculis longissimis; Corolla quinquefida: laciniis lanceolatis margine revolutis ; angulis fimbriatis, Pianta palmaris, glaberrima, glauca. Rami divaricati, tetra- goni, subdentati: dentes obtusissimi. | PEDUNCULI 4 Vel 5, in fasciculis ex inferiore parte ramulorum juniorum provenientes, teretes glabri, ramis duplo longiores. CaLYx quinquepartitus, acutus. | COROLLA quinquefida: lacinie lanceolate, obsolete rugosz ; anguli fimbriati, infra punctis griseis adsperse, margine revolute. | Color: Corolla brunneo-purpurascens variat colore lutescente. HasitaT in Africe Australis regionibus Camies Berg aridis. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spei, 1792. 22. STAPELIA ramis pluribus tetragonis divaricatis, glabris; Divaricata. dentatis: dentibus parvis suberectis. Corolla glaberrima -quinquefida : laciniis lanceolatis patentibus, margine revo- lutis ciliatis. Rami et ramuli spithamei, divaricati, glaberrimi, tetragoni, den- tati: dentes remoti, parvi, obtusi. PEDUNCULI 1-9 ex ramis junioribus provenientes, teretes, glabri, pollicares. | | CaLyx quinquepartitus: laciniz lineares, acute. Corotia glaberrima, lucida, quinquefida: laciniz lanceolate patentes, margine revolute, ciliate. Color: Corolla carnea. HazitaT in Africa Australi. Florebat in hortulo meo, 1792, in Cap. b. Spei. : 29. STAPELIA ramis pluribus teretibus sulcatis tuberculatis : Pilifera. tuberculis piliferis ; floribus sessilibus solitariis. STAPELIA pilifera: caule aphyllo tereti: mammillis ciliato-aris- tatis, flore sessili. Thunb. Prodr. pars 1. p. 46. | PLANTA spithamea, vel ultra, ramosa: Rami erecti, teretes, sulcati, tuberculati: tubercula setosa. Fiores solitarii, sessiles, inter tubercula, in superiore parte ramorum, — 3 CALYX quinquepartitus: lacinize lanceolate, acute. Punctata. Geminata. 18 CoroLL# 5-fida: laciniz ovate, acuminate, patentes; in medio circulus parvus, elevatus, genitalia cingens. Color: Corolla atro-purpurea, circulis rubris. Hazitat in Africe Australis desertis, collibus aridissimis, sub fruticibus ; in Carro infra Roggeveldt Bergen. Commeditur ab Hottentottis, quibus audit Guaap. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spei. | 2A, STAPELIA articulis ramorum oblongis subtetragonis den- tatis. Floribus fasciculatis ; corollarum laciniis lanceolatis acutis patentibus, supra papillosis. PLANTA procumbens: articuli oblongi glabri subtetragoni den- -tati: dentes acuti, basi incrassati. PEDUNCULI 9 Vel 4, ex axillis dentium, sesquipollicares, teretes, elabri, purpurascentes. CALYX quinquepartitus: lacinize lanceolate, acute, purpurez. CoroLLA quinquefida, subcampanulata: lacinie lanceolate, acute, patentes, supra papillosz, punctate. Color: Corolla albescens, punctis sanguineis adspersa. Hasitat in Africe Australis regionibus Namaqua Lands. Flo- rebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spei, 1790. 25. STAPELIA ramis oblongis AURA dentatis: dentibus parvis. Floribus geminatis; corollarum laciniis lanceolatis acutis, margine revolutis. 8 PianTA humilis: rami copiosissimi, procumbentes, terre ad- pressi, radiculas emittentes, oblongi, subtereegue glabri, dentati: dentes parvi, acuti. , PrepuNcuL! duo teretes glabri, in superiore parte ramulorum positi. — ; | CALYX quinquepartitus: lacinia lanceolate, acute. CoROLLA quinquefida: laciniz angustz, lanceolate patentes, glandulose, margine revolute. Color: Corolla aurantiaca, punctis sanguineis adspersa. HaBiTAT in Africe Australis regionibus calidis sub fruticibus. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spei, Februario 1794, 19 26. STAPELIA articulis ramorum oblongis subteretibus den- tatis. Floribus geminatis, corollarum laciniis lanceolatis acutis, supra scabrosis, margine revolutis. PLANTZ rami plures, procumbentes, glabri, articuli oblongi, sub- teretes, dentati: dentes parvi, acuti. PEepuNcULI duo teretes, glabri, purpurei. CALYX quinquepartitus : -laciniz lanceolate, acute. CorROLLA quinquefida, angustata, lanceolata, patens, supra sca- brosa, margine revoluta. 7 | Color Corolle luteus nigro mixtus. Forte varietas precedentis. Hasitar in Africa Australi. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spel, 1794, 27. STAPELIA ramis pluribus confertis oblongis dentatis: den- _ Decora. Elegans. tibus patentibus acutis. Corolla quinquefida : lacinilis trian- gularibus hispidis, margine fimbriatis. — Pianta humilis; rami copiosi conferti, oblongi glabri, terrae adpressi, radiculas emittentes, dentati, dentibus recurvatis aculis. .& Pepuncuti duo vel tres ex inferioribus ramulis provenientes semiunciales. _ CALYX quinquepartitus: laciniz triangulares, acute. CoroLLa pentagona, leviter recurvata, quinquefida: lacinie. triangulares, acute, hispidze, margine replicate fimbriate. Color : Corolla atro-purpurea. | | Hasitat in Africe Australis: Karrd. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spel. 28. STAPELIA ramis pluribus tetragonis reclinatis dentatis : dentibus acutis patentibus. Corolla quinquefida recurvata : laciniis patentibus replicatis fimbriatis. Pianta palmaris glabra: rami conferti, reclinati, tetragoni, den- tati: dentes patentes, acuti. — PepuNcuULI plerumque solitarii, rarius ramosi, teretes, glabri pollicares, ex ramulis junioribus provenientes. CaLyX quinquepartitus: laciniz lanceolate, acute. Reclinata. Cespitosa. Articulata. 20 CoROLLA quinquefida, medio recurvato: laciniz patentes, rotate, replicate, margine fimbriate. | Color: Corolla atro-purpurea. Hasitat in Africa Australi. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spel. 29. STAPELIA ramis confertis procumbentibus tetragonis den- tatis: dentibus acutis patentibus. Corolla quinquefida re- curvata : laciniis patentibus replicatis ciliatis. PLANTA nana; rami numerosi, conferti, humifusi, subtetragoni, glabri, dentati: dentes patentes acuti. PEDUNCULI 2 vel 3, ex inferiore parte ramulorum provenientes, teretes, glabri, purpurei, 3-lineas longi. CALYX quinquepartitus: laciniz lanceolate, acute. CoroLLA pentagona, medio recurvata, quinquefida: lacinize pa- tentes angustatee, acute, margine replicate, ciliate. | Color: Corolla atro-purpurea. HasitTat in Africe Australis regionibus Karro sub fruticibus. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap. b. Spei, 1793. go. STAPELIA articulis ramorum oblongis teretibus, reticulatim obsolete verrucosis: spinulis minutis, floribus subsessilibus, _ Corollis supra papillosis : laciniis triangularibus. zt. Hort. Kew, 1. p. 310. Stapelia mammillaris? Linn. Mant, 216. Pianta humilis, ferruginea; rami purpurascentes divaricati, oblongi, teretes, reticulati: reticula hexagona, convexa ; dentium spinulz minute. : F'LOREs in summitate ramorum. Pedunculi solitarii. Coro. lacinie triangulares, supra papillose. _ Color: Corolla atra: Hasirat in Africa Australis Roggeveldt. Articuli aceto conditi commeduntur a Novaccolis, ut etiam crudi ab Hottentottis. an 31. STAPELIA subhexagona erecta, aculeis patentissimis, floribus sessilibus aggregatis: corollarum laciniis lanceolatis, supra holosericeis replicatis. Hort. Kew. 1. p. 310. Pianta spithamea : rami erecti subhexagoni: anguli dentati, den tibus patentibus, aculeatis. Fores aggregati, 3 vel 4. Pedunculi brevissimi. CaLyx quinquepartitus: lacinie parve acute. Pulla, CoroLia profunde quinquefida: laciniz lanceolate, suberectz, acute, margine replicate. Color : Corolla atro-purpurea. -Hasitar in Africz Australis locis calidis arenosis Karrd. Florebat mense Martio sub itinere a Capite b. Spei ad St. Helenam. 32. STAPELIA ramis pluribus erectis tetragonis dentatis, den- tibus obtusissimis ; floribus aggregatis subsessilibus: corolla- rum laciniis lanceolatis acutis replicatis. _ ; PLANTA pedalis vel ultra, ramosissima, glaberrima: rami et ra- mali quadrangulares: anguli subdentati, dentibus obtusissimis. F'LoREs aggregati in superiore parte ramulorum. Pedunculi breves. CaLyYx quinquepartitus : laciniz parve, acute. CoROLLA quinquefida: laciniz lanceolatz, suberectz, acute, mar- gine replicate. } Color: Corolla atro-purpurea. HasiratT in Africe Australis regionibus Karro, ultra Platt Kloof, circa aquas thermales. Florebat in hortulo meo in Cap.-b. Spei Augusto 1792. 33- STAPELIA ramis pluribus erectis tetragonis dentatis: den- tibus patentibus acutis, floribus solitariis pedunculatis : corol- larum laciniis planis setaceis. | PLANTA palmaris: rami erecti, tetragoni, dentati, dentibus paten- tibus, acutis. et i PEDUNCULI in superiore parte ramorum provenientes, erecti, soli- tarii. | CALYX quinquepartitus: laciniz lanceolate, acute. CoRoLLA parva, quinquefida: Jacinie ovato-lanceolate, plane, punctate, versus apicem setaceze. Color: Corolla albo-lutescens, HasitatT in Africe Australis desertis siccis Kanna Land. 1792. Ramosa. Arida. Incarnata. Parviflora. Pulchella. oe 394. STAPELIA ramis erectis tetragonis dentatis: dentibus pa- ‘tentibus acutis. Floribus subsessilibus: corollarum laciniis lanceolatis planis. STAPELIA incarnata: caule aphyllo tetragono ; denticulis patenti- bus, flore sessili: laciniis corollz obtusis. Thunb. Prod.1. p. 46. Pianta pedalis vel ultra, glabra: rami erecti, quadrangulares : anguli dentati, dentibus patentibus, acutis, callosis. FLORES subsessiles, plerumque solitarii in extremitaubus ra- morum. 3 CALYX quinquepartitus : lacinie lanceolate, acute. Corotta plana, glabra, quinquefida: Jacinta lanceolate, acute. Color: Corolla incarnata, variat colore albo. Hasirat in Africe Australis campis siccis arenosis. 35, STAPELIA ramis pluribus tetragonis dentatis recurvatis. Corolla parva: laciniis angustatis planis patentibus, margine ciliatis. | | Pianta pedalis, glabra, erecta, ramosa: rami quadrangulares ; anguli dentati, dentibus recurvatis, PEDUNCULI in superiore parte ramorum enati, duo, rarlus tres, nutantes. a CALYX quinquepartitus: laciniz parve, acute. CoroLLta parva: Jlacinie lineari-lanceolate, rugose, plane, patentes, margine ciliate. Color plantz purpurascens, corollz luteo-virescens. | HasitaT in regionibus Namaqua Land sub fruticibus. Florebat in hortulo meo in Capite b. Spei. 36. STAPELIA ramis pluribus reclinatis dentatis: dentibus acu- tis; floribus fasciculatis ; corolla quinquefida ; laciniis trian- gularibus acutis, centro orbiculato. PLANTA ramosa, glabra: rami et ramuli reclinati, dentati: dentes acuti, subpatentes. | PEDUNCULI ex axillis ramulorum provenientes, multiflori, inc Calyx quinquepartitus, lanceolatus, acutus. CoROLLA quinquefida, diametro pollicari: lacinie triangulares, acute, punctate. Orbiculus parvus genitalia cingit. Color : Corolla pallida, punctis sanguineis adspersa. Hasirat in Africa Australi. Florebat in hortulo meo in Capite b, Spel 1793. 23 37. STAPELIA ramis pluribus divaricatis tetragonis dentatis: dentibus obtusissimis ; pedunculis longiusculis. Corolla quin- quefida plana: laciniis ovatis obtusis rugosis. PLANTA semipalmaris, glabra, glauca. Rami plures, divaricati, | dentati: dentibus obtusissimis. PEpDUNCULI solitaril? ramis duplo longiores. a COROLLA quinquefida, plana: Jacinie ovales, obtuse, rugose, 5-quinerviz, medio cinerez, punctate. Color: Corolla obscura, medio cinerea-punctata. HasitatT in Africe Australis Namaqua Land, prope Kok Fontein. 38. STAPELIA denticulis ramorum subrecurvis, floribus pedun- culatis nutantibus; corollis glabris centro orbiculo elevato - papilloso: laciniis ovatis acuminatis rugosis. PLant# rami plures, diffusi, reclinati, radiculas emittentes, tetragoni, dentati: dentes subrecurvati, acuti. | PepuNcuLI plerumque solitarii nutantes, tripollicares, purpuras- centes. | | CoroLLa magna, 5-fida, glabra: Jlacinie ovate, rugose, cum acumine obtusz, centro orbiculo elevato, papillosz. Color : Corolle laciniz purpurez, rugis transversis luteis. Or- biculus luteus, papillis purpurascentibus. Hasirtat in Africa Australi. Florebat in Horto Kewensi 1796. 39. STAPELIA ramis divaricatis quadrangularibus : angulis den- tatis, dentibus remotis acutis, incurvatis. Corolla unicolori quinquefida: laciniis lanceolatis planis, centro villoso, margine ciliatis. a | PLANTA pedalis, ramosa, purpurascens: rami et ramuli crassi, quadrangulares: anguli dentati, dentibus remotis, acutis, incurvatis. PepuncuLt plerumque solitarii ex ramulis junioribus provenientes, tripollicares, nutantes, brunnei, purpurascentes, CaLyx profunde quinquepartitus: Jacinie lineares, acute. CoroLLa unicolor, centro villoso, 5-fida: lacinie ovato-lanceolate, acute, rugose, margine ciliate. Color: Corolla purpurascens: ruge transversales, lutez. Aperta. Mista. Sororia. 24 -Differt a S. hirsuta toto habitu: | | 1°. Ramis divaricatis, profunde 5-angulatis subreclinatis. 2°. Floribus nutantibus. gtio. Corolla unicolori. Hasitat in Africa Australi. Florebat in hortulo meo in Capite b. Spei 1792, et in horto Kewensi Junio 1797. Gordoni, 40. STAPELIA ramis ramulisque teretibus tuberculatis: tuber- culis spinosis; pedunculis solitariis. Corolla magna decem- fida. | HasitaT in Africa Australi, in Groot Namaqua Land, versus Orange rivier. | Hanc unicam speciem Stapeliz nec vidi nec examinavi; exem- plar, ex quo delineatio concinnata est, acceptum refero favori D.ni Gordon. Locum in hac collectione ectypam merere reputavi, cum in ulteriores singularis hujus generis specierum investigationes ducat, quas numerosas sane existimo. Pruinosa. 41. 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