Decabelone
(from deka, ten, and belone, a needle; in reference to the ten filiform processes of the outer corona). ORD. Asclepiadeae. Very showy dwarf green-house succulent perennials. For culture, see Stapelia. D. Barklyi (Barkly's).* This interesting plant is closely allied to D. elegans, the flowers being very similar, but the branches have nearly twice the number of angles; and the two lateral setae of the spines are more slender, and deflexed instead of erect. It was discovered by Sir H. Barkly, about 1872, growing near the Orange River, Little Namaqualand. (B. M. 6203.) D. elegans (elegant). fl. large, solitary or twin, springing from the base of the young shoots; corolla yellowish-white, spotted with blood-red, funnel-shaped, 2in. long and 1 1/2in. in diameter at the mouth. Stems tufted, seven to nine-angled; on these are placed elevations bearing three-branched spines. h. 6in. Angola, 1873. (B. M. 6115.)