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SPECIES OF MESEMnUVANTHEMUJL 



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Petala 40-d5, patula, 3-4 seriata, circa 



; filatnenta pallide uurantiaca ; 



1 cm. lonira, lutea. 



Stamina 



iiuinerosa 



antlier^ liitea.^ Stigmata 5-6, 



sta?innibus longiora^ snbulata, aurantiaoa. 



Little Namaqualand. Western tjlopf^s of a ridge between Daunabis and 



Bethany Drift, Pearson. 6058 ! 



Thi? species is allietl to At hilohnm, Marb, but is readily distinguished by 

 the conspicuous dots which cover the Avhole body of the plant. In colour it 

 is also of quite a different and niucli whiter 



green, an 



d the cells of the 



epidermis are altogether different, being developed so as to form an ahnost 

 puberulous surface, slightly velvet-y to tlie touch. 



M* QU^KSITUM, R. K, Bi\ Gorpuscula 10-15 mm. alta^ 0-13 mm. lata et 

 7-9 mm. crassa, late obovoidea^ apice subtruncata, brevissime biloba, \\\ 

 carinam subacutam compressa^ fissura ceiitrali 2-4: mm. longa, microseopice 

 subpuberula sed oculo nudo glabra, pallide viridia, distincte vel obscure 

 punctata vel oninino iJumaculata. Flores ignoti. 



Namaqualand. Upper south-western slopes of Jackals Mountains, near 

 Sendlings Drift, Pearson^ 6123 ! 



Described from living plants sent by Prof. Pearson to Ke\v in 1911, 

 which have not yet flowered. It is one of the most distinct species in the 



d is allied to M, nncifovme^ but is much smaller and lias a quite 



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different epidermal surface. Under cultivation this species varies according 

 to the moisture, light, and soil in which it is grown ; sometimes being short 

 and sometimes globosely obovoid, with the dots very conspicuous, at others 

 lono-er and more oblong-obovoid^ with the dots indistinct or not visible except 

 when held to the light. 



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§ CARINANTIA. 



CARINANS, ITaw. Stemless or nearly so^ tufted. Leaves more or less 

 incurved, the younger ascending, the older widely spreading, 4^-9 cm, long, 

 8-10 muK broad, and about 8 mm. thick at the base, flat above, rounded on 

 the back at the base and bluntly keeled at the upper part, acute, one leaf of 

 each pair having the keel dilated near the tips so that the leaf is 10-12 mm. 

 thick at that part, the other leaf tapering to an acute point without any 

 dilation of the keel, glabrous, glaucous-green, roughish from being covered 



with numerous slightly prominent dark green dots. Flow^ers unknown to 

 Haworth, but G» Don describes them thus: — ^'Flowers by threes, yellow, 

 expanding in the evening.'' — M, carinans^ Haw\ "Rev. p. 90 (1821) : DC. Prodr. 

 vol. iii, p* 423 : G, Don, Gen. Syst. vol. iii. p, 131 : Sunder in Fl. Cap. vol. ii, 



p, 400, not of Berger* 



South Africa. Locality and collector unknown. 



This plant Haworth states was sent to him by Salm-Dyck, and in the Kew 

 Herbarium there is an oi'iginal colouretl drawing of it, labelled '^ -l/^5e?n?^ 

 carnian^, Haw, Received from the Prince < 



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