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sph^reroid body. Peduncle solitary, terminal^ 2 inclies (5 em.) long, cjlindric 

 (angular according to Thunberg), crystalline- papillate. Calyx deeply 

 4-lobed, the smaller lobes with membranous margins. Petals numerous, 

 a little longer than the calyx-lobes^ linear, entire, subobtuse, white. 

 Stamens numerous, spreading ; filaments and anthers yellow. Stigmas 7, as 

 long as the stamens, spreading, greenish-yellow. — J\J, moniliforme^ Thunb. in 

 Nov. Act. Ephem. Nat. Curios, vol. viii. Append, p. 7 (171)1) ; & Fl. Cap. ed. 

 Schultes, p. 413: Han^ Obs. pp. i;52, 410, & 441; Misc. p. 24 ; Synop, 



p. 207 J & Rev. p. 93. 



Van Rhynsdorp Dtv. On hills near the Olifants River, towards the 

 North J lluuibery^ Mas so a. 



As this species seems to be very imperfectly known, the above description 

 is compihid from those of Thunbergand llaworth and from what I remember 

 of a plant of this species cultivated many years ago in Kew Gardens 

 (see p. 112), but of wliich I made no notes. My figure of it is made partly 

 from a small, imperfect, and very crude sketch 1 made of a part of the plant 

 at Kew and partly from memory, but although not accurate^ it is sufficiently 

 correct to give some idea of what this very remarkable species looks like. 





M, PROXTMUM, N. E. Ih\ (Tl. 5. figs. 3 & 4). Suffrutcx succuleatus 

 20-25 cm. altuSj ramosus. Caules usque ad G mm. crassly rami 1-5 mm. 

 crassi, tereteSj nodisleviter incrassatis et intornodiis 6-25 mm. longis^ glabri, 

 puUuli. Folia biformia glabra viridia ; altera fere libera basi tantum connata, 

 patula, 1^-8 cm. longa, 8-14 mm, lata, basi G-8 mm. crassa, attenuata acuta, 

 supra plana, subtus convexa^ apice brevitei' carinata ; altera partibus inferi- 

 oribus in conum sa^pe subsessilem 3-7^ cm. longum ct 10-18 mm. crassum 

 connata, apicibus liberis patulis 8-25 mm. longis. Flores ignoti. 



A small succulent bu^h 20-25 cm. high under cultivation. Old stems 

 about 6 mm. thick^ branches about 4-5 mm. thick, terete, slightly thickened 

 at the nodesj with internodes G~25 mm. long, glabrous, dark violaceous grey. 

 Leaves of two kinds^ a pair of one kind alternating with a pair of another 

 kind, the two i)airs usually forming the growth of one season, soft and pulpy, 

 oliibrous, but in their earliest stage minutely crystalline-papillate, especiallv 

 at the tips, ami witii minute iicule tooth-like papillae along the margins, 

 which afterwards disa[)pear, uniformly light green ; one kind free except at 

 the very base, whore they unite around tlie stem, widely spreading, H-S cm. 

 lono', 8-14 nnn. broad, and G-8 mm. thick at the base, thence gradually 

 tapering to an acute or subacute apex, concave, flat, or sometimes at length 

 slightly convex on the face, obtusely keeled on the back ; the other kind 



united throughout the greater part of their length into a stout conical fleshy 

 body, sometimes supported on a short internode, sometimes sessile or sub- 

 sessile, 3-7^ cm. long, 10-18 mm, thick at the loAver part, tapering to 

 6^8 mm. thick at the top when fully developed^ with free ascending or 



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