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dated '^Nov, 21, 1823/^ From this drawing; und Havvorth's description the 

 above is compiled, which T o-ive here because a miieli siualhu* allied plant, 

 entirely different in appearance, has been described hy Berger as bein 

 M. cavinans* See M. (jntiudatum^ N. E. Br. 



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Bt\ Fhmta acaulis vel subacaulis, basi crespitoso- 

 ramosa, absque floribus 3-4^ cm. alta. Folia cruciatim opposita, oonforta, 

 '2-5^ cm. longii, basi 5-7 mm. lata et 3-5 nnn, crassa, attemiato-subulata, 

 acuta, supra plana, subtus basi convexa superne carinata, carina sa^pe prope 

 apicem dilatata, glabra, dense minute grauulato-tubercidata, hebetato-viridiii, 

 vix ii'laucescentia, tuberculis atro-viridil)us vel fusco-viridibus, Peduuculus 

 unifloruSj 4-5 cm. longusj basi bibracteatus, Bractea^ 7 mm. longie, erectte, 

 acu{x\ Calyx 5-lobus ; lobi subsequales, revoluti, 5-7 nnn. longi, 4-4| mm. 

 latij oblongo-ovati^ obtusi. Corolla circa 2^ cm, diametro; petala nnme- 

 rosa, 7-10 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, linearia, acuta, hitea. Stamina nnmerosu, 

 3-5 mm. longa. Stigmata 5, staminibus longiora, circa 11 mm. longa, 

 filiformia. 



.Plant stemless or neai'ly so, branching at the base and forming a clump 

 3-4i (or including the flowers about 7-8) cm, high. Leaves {)-8 to a 



growth, crucliitely opposite, crowded, connate, the outer widely spreading, 

 the inner incurved-ascending, 2-3^ cm. long, 5-7 mm. broad and 3-4 mm. 

 thick at the base, flat above, with obtuse side angles, rounded on the back at 

 tlie base and obtusely keeled (often obliquely) at the apic^al part, gradually 

 tapering from the base to an acute apex when viewed from above, and in side 

 view most of them of about the same thickness for three-fonrtlis of their 

 length, then tapering to an acute point, others witli the keel at the apical 

 third dilated so that the leaf is tliere about 5-5^ mm, thick, acute; surface 

 glabrous, rough^ from being densely covered witli minute tubercles all over, 







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tubercles dark green. Perhaps when exposed to the sun in the open air the 

 leaves may be more or less purple-tinted. Peduncle terminab 1-3-flowered, 

 4-5 cm. long and about 2 mm. tliick, with a pair of bracts 5-7 mm. above 

 its base. Braces about 7 mm, long, erect, resembling reduced leaves, acute, 

 ;Calyx 5-lobed, green or reddish, tuberciilate-dotted like the leaves; lobes 



subequal, revolute at the tips, 5-7 mm. long and 4-4^ mm. broad^ oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse, oiie of them narrowl^^ membrane-margined at the apex. Corolla 

 about 2^ cm. in diameter, but only seen when faded; petals nnmerons, 



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12 mm. long, 1 jnm. broad, linear. 



Stamens numerous, .'J-5 mm. 



acnte, light yellow, not gland-dotted when dry. 



long. Stigmas 5 in the flower examined, free to the base, much exceeding 



the stamens, about 11 mm. long, filiform. 



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p. 245 (1908), not of Haworth. 



South Africa. Locality and collector unknown. 



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