SPECIES OF MESKMBUYANTHEMUM. 



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closely applied to one anotliiir or very narrowly separatoJ, wliilst the opaque 

 minutely granular .surface distinouislies it from botli of those si)ecies. 



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M. sociUM, N. K, Br. Planta circa 2^ cm. altii, basi rainosu ; ramuli 

 brevissinii, 2-1-roIiati. Folia 8-20 mm. lon^a, 7-9 mm. lata et 5-G mm. 



crassa, suberecta vel erecto-patula, semi-cylindrica, supra plana, dorso valdc 

 convexa, apice rotundata et obscure carinata, basi in corpus 8-10 mm. 

 longum connata, levigatu, glabra, glauco-viridia vel purpureo-tincta, im- 

 miiculat;). Flores iii'noti. 



Van RnYiN^SDOiir Div. Dry ridges south-\vosf of Baklmi.s, Fearson 5489 ! 

 Described from livin^r plants sent to Kew bj Prof. Pearson in 1911, which 

 have not yet flowered. 



M. feUBALBUM, N, E. Br. (PL 9, fig?. 38-39). Phmta parva, csespitosa, 

 brevissinie ramosa, 1^-2^ cm. alta. Hamuli bifoliuti. Folia 5-10 mm. 



longa, 8-10 mm. lata et 5-8 mm. crass^i, somiorbiculata vel breviter 



ovato- 



oblonga, apice obtuse rotundata, «npra leviter convexa, dorso valde convexa 

 et interdum ad apicem leviter 



cai'inata, s 



Plores ignotii 



nbalbida vel argenteo-viridia. 



Van UiiYNSDOEP Div. Near Baklniis, Lilians, 5 170 ! 



Allied to M. ditale and AL necoplnuni described ab 



ove, but diff 



w^ m 



having shorter and mucl 



I more obtuse leaves than either of tliose species, and 



they are entirely without a horny mai^gin 



§ SPH^ROIDEA. 



M. AGGiiEGATU-M, Haw. Corpuscula 10-i;5 mm. alta, 7-0 mm. diametro, 

 obconiea, apice subplano-truncata obscure angulato-circularo cum carinula 

 obscura et fissura centrali 1-2^ mm. longa, glabra, subcinereo-viridia vel 

 subglauco-viridia punctis in lineas confluentibus vel distinctis iuconspicue 

 notata. Calyx 4-lobus ; tubus plus minusve exsertus vel inclusus ; lobi 

 1^-2 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, oblongi, obtusi, rubri. Corolln 7-9 nnn. 

 diametro; tubus 2^ mm, lougus ; petala 12-16, laxo radiata, ;H-4^ nun. 

 longa, {-\ mm. lata, angustissime linearia, rubro-purpurca. Stamina 12-lC; 

 antherai exsertfc, paliide luteal. Srylus \ mm. longus ; stigmata 4, staminibus 

 breviora, rubra.—.!/. ag(jreg<itum. Haw. Obs. Mesemb. pp. 131 k 419. 



South Africa. Locality and collector unknown. 



Havvortl 



1 gives no description of this species ; all that he states concerning 



it is as follows :— On p. 131 under M. nuci/i 

 ''• some distant conjectures that this plant (i 



mentions that he has 



ifi 



may be the 



same as that a^WGAatjgregatnm,'" And on p. 419 he writes : " At Mr. Lee's 



called by the name of aggregatum, which I 



M 



remember very little more about than the name. It is a small plant and can 



