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MR. N. E. BKOWN : NEW AND OLD 



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Described from a living plant kindly sent to mo by Di\ R. Marloth. This 

 species is one o£ the most distinct of the whole group, being easily recognized 

 by its young growths being thickly covered all over with 

 tubercle-like dots. When received, every growth was completely covered by 

 the brown withered skin of a previous growth, through the orifice of which 

 the calyx was partly or entirely exserted. The flowers were all withered, 

 but the calyx is not at all membranous, and the petals I am informed are 



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M. VAC.vjF.y N. E. B)\ Corpuscula numerosa, dense CDGSpitosaj 8-10 mm. 

 alta, G-10 mm. lata et 5-9 mm, crassa, obconicaj apice leviter convexa vel 

 subplana fissura ceutrali 2-4 mm. longa, glabra, pulchre viridia cum fissura 

 et lateribus purpureis abscpe punctis vel lineis. Calyx 5-lobus; tubus 

 2^-3 nnn. longus ; lobi 1-1^ mm. longi, ovati, obtusi, rubescentes. Corolla 

 8-12 mm. diametroj odorata ; tubus 5 mm. longus, albidus ; petala circa 24, 

 subbiseriata, 4-6 nnn. longa, linearia, obtusa^ lutea ad apicem rubro-tincta. 

 Stamina 2-3-seriataj superiora l)revitcr cxserta ; anther^e lutete. Stigmata 



4-6, filitbrmia, 2 mm. longa. 



LiTTLR Namaqualand, Near Garies, Bnrke I 



Partly described from a living plant khidly sent to me by Prof. 11. H. 

 Compton, and partly from an excellent drawing of the plant in flower by 

 Miss Mary M. Page, after whom I have much pleasure in naming this pretty 

 speciesj as a slight acknowledgment of the great help she in conjunction 

 'with Mrs. L. Bolus has afforded me by sending and allowing me to makc^ 

 nse of u considerable number of admirable coloured drawings of these plants 

 as they grow in South Africa. 



M. Pageic is one of the prettiest and most distinct species of this group 

 with which I am acquainted, for when the growths are in a fresh state the 

 bright apple-green top and rich purple orifice and sides make an exceedingly 

 eflective and charming contrast. I have not yet seen its flowers* 



M, PALLIDUM, N. K Br. Corpuscula 17-35 mm. alta, 12-22 ram. lata et 

 9-20 mm. crassa, obcordato-obovoidea, apice breviter biloba, lobis obtuse 

 rotundatis, fissura centrali 4-10 mm. longa^ glabra, pallide calcareo-viridia, 

 lobis lineis subcruciformibus et punctis subinconspicuis hebetato-viridibus 

 notata. Calyx 3-5-lobus ; tubus 4-6 mm. longus, inclusus vel plus minusve 

 exsertus : lobi circa 3 mm. longi, oblouglj obtusi, pallide virides, rubro-tincti. 

 Corolla 2i-3 cm. diametroj tubus 7-9 mm, longus, albus ; petala 45-55, 

 laxa, 2^3-serIata, 12-15 mm. longa, ^-1 mm. lata, anguste linearia, Integra 

 acuta, basi alba, superne rosea. Stamina circa 30, superiora brevissime 

 exserta ; anthera? albida?. Stylus 1-^-2-^- mm. longus; stigmata 4, plumoso- 

 subulata, 2-3 mm. longa, pallidissime virescentia. 



Worcester Div. On a mountain near Worcester, Cooi^er I 



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