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MR. N. E. BROWN : NEW AND OLD 



Great Namaqualand, Tn fissures o£ rocks near Angra Pequena, flower- 

 ing in May, Marloth, 4670, at Kew (4674 ex Marlolh) ! 



Described from dried material sent to Kew by Dr. Marloth. 



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Corpiiscula 13-15 mm. alta, 8-14 mm. lata et 



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7-13 mm. cnjssa^ obeonica, apice convexo-truncata vel leviter transvorsim 

 dcpressa, fi^sura centrali 2-5 mm. longa, ^laLra, cinereo-viridia, lineis 

 ramof?is purpureo-brunnois pnlchre notata. Calyx 4-Iobiis, membranaceus ; 

 tubus iiiclusus vel ])1us miiuisve oxsertus, 3-3^ mm. longus ; lobi 1^-2 mm. 

 lont;!, ovati vel oblongi, obtnsi, viridcs vel rubclll marginibus membrunaceis. 

 Corolla G-16 mm, diametro ; tubus 5-7 mm, loncrus ; petala 30-35, biseriata 

 vel triseriata, 5-8 mm, longa, ^-}, mm, lata, anguste linearia, acuta vel sub- 

 obtusa, lactea. Stamina 15*20 ; filamenta alba ; antherse plus minusve 

 exserta?, pallide luteo-albre. Stylus 2 mm longus ; stigmata 4, subulata, 

 3-4 mm. longa, albida. 



South Africa. Localitv and collector unknown. 



Described from living jdants. Flowering in October. A very distinct 

 species, easily recognized by the way in which the top is rather prettily 

 marked out in a somewhat map-like manner by dark purple-brown or violet- 

 brown branching lines. 



M. s[G^TATUMJ N. E. 73 r, Planta caespito^^a. Corpuscula 8-15 mm. alta, 

 7-10 mm. lata et 5-8 mm. crassa, obeonica, apice subplana vel leviter 

 convexa, ambitu elliptica vel oblonga, fissura centrali 1^-2^ mm. longn, 

 o-labra, subcinereo-viridia, lineis atroparpureis vel atroviridibns confertis 

 labyrinthice notata. Flores ignoti. 



South Africa, Locality unknown, Pillans. 



Described from living plants. I have not yet seen the flowers of this 

 species, although on two successive years it tried to flow^er in November, 

 but, probably owing to insufficient sun and heat, failed to develop its 

 flowers, us only the tips of the calyx-lobes protruded from the orifice. 



This species is nearly allied to M, lahyrintlieum and M. pusilliun^ but 

 differs from both of them by the top of the plant being flattish or but 

 slightly convex and very abruptly rounded into the sides or somewhat over- 

 hanging them, whilst those two species have the top of the plant convex and 



gradually rounded into the sides from the \eyy apex. 



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M* suBRisuM, N. E, Br. Corpuscula 20-25 mm. alta, 14-16 mm. 



liametro, obeonica, truncata, fissura clausa centrali 4-5 mm. longa utrinque 



impressa, g 

 iijnoti. 



labra, albido-viridia, immaculata ; vaginae coriacese. 



Flores 



Van Rhynsdokp Div^ On the top of a hill near Attics, Pearson^ 54G6 ! 

 Described from living plantSj originally discovered and sent to Kew by 



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