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 publishing
at the expence of the Honourable East India Company, one new
species is given.
As so many species of this genus have been found in the
southern parts of Africa, in Arabia Felix, and in India, presumptive
proof may be drawn that many remain yet undiscovered
; I am 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 descriptions
are given, and some useful hints annexed to the description
of each species.
STAPELIJE.
i . STAPELIA denticulis ramorum patentibus pedunculatis; corollis supra Ciliata.
papillosis margine ciliatis: laciniis ovatis acutis planis. Thunberg.
Rami procumbentes, radicantes, ramosi, palmares; Hamuli quadranguläres,
erecti, glabri, pollicares, sulcati; anguli dentieulati tuber-
culati; denticuli patentes, acuti.
F lores in ramulis laterales, pedunculati, erecti, magni. solitarii.
Pedunculus teres, erectus, glaber, unguicularis, uniflorus.
Ca l yx pentaphyllus: Foliola lanceolata, acuta, glabra.
C orolla monopetala, rotata, extus Itevis, viridi-purpurascens; intus
cinerea, papillqsa, scabra, papillis apice rufescentibus, profunde'
quinquepartita.
Lacinia ovatte, acutse, subpollicares, margine ciliata:, ciliis subclavatis,
patentibus, niveis.
Corollas magnitudo ut in S. variegata.
Habitat in Africte Australis locis siccissimis infra Boekland Berg.
Floret Novembri et Decembri. In loco natali delineata 1774,.
s STAPELIA ramis pentagonis denticulatis; dentibus patentibus. Co- Reticulata.
rolla decemangulata: tubo intus barbato ampliato in orbiculum
elevatum.
R ami plures, conferti, suberecti, nebulis purpuräscentibus adspersi,
quinquanguläres ; angulis acutis dentatis ; dentibus acutis, paten-
tissimis vel recurvatis.
Pedunculi duo, vel tres, ex inferiore parte ramulorum provenientes,
teretes, glabri, uniflori. Bracteai tres vel quatuor ad basin pedun-
culorum.
C alyx quinquepartitus, laciniis linearibus acutis.
C orolla decemangulata: anguli quinque breviores, quinqtre longiores,
subpatentes, acuti.
Tubus campanulatus, intus barbatus, sensim ampliatus in orbiculum
elevatum.
Color : Corolla atro-purpurascens, lineis albidis reticulata.
G enitalia in fundo.tubi posita.
Habitat in Africa: Australis cavernulis rupium versus N. Olifants rivier.
Floret Vere et Autumno.