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MR N. E. BUOWN : KEW AND OLD 



§ PLANIFOLIA. 



M. OCULATUM, iV. J^". -^A When I described this species in the Kew 

 Bulletin, 1911, p, 31*^, I stated that it was allied to M. viridifiorum^ Ait.^ but 

 at that time the plant was in vigorous growth and did not show its real 

 character, for I have since found that its leaves wither, persist and become 

 somewhat skeleton-like in the same ^vay that those of iV. anatomicumy Haw, 

 do. Therefore, although its leaves are not flat, T think it should be placed 



in the same group as the latter species. 



Little Namaqualand. Between quartzito ledges on the np[:er north- 



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w^estern slopes of hills south-west of Chubiessis, Pearson^ (1172 



The flattish pa[)llla3 on the leaves of this species are very large and are 

 arraui^ed in lonoritudinal rows. 



§ SARMENTOSA, 



M, SciiOLLii, Salm-Dych. The validity of this name to stand for this 

 species rests upon whether the Imperfectly know^u M. recurviim^ Moench {see 

 p. 123), which was published in 1802, is identical with any species published 



recurvitviy Moench 



before Haworth's ^ Miscellanea Naturalia * appeared in 1803, For it' j\f, 



proves to be a synonym of any previously described 

 species, as I suspect it will^ then the name 71/. recurvum^ Haw\ must replace 

 that of M. ScholUi^ the followdng being the dates and particulars of the 

 nomenclature : 



M. RECURVUM, Haw. Suppl, p. 90 (1819). — This name was given to the 

 plant described and figured under the name of Af. advncnm 

 Jacquin in his ' Frngmenta Botanica,' p. 43, t. 51. fig. 2^ hecause 

 Haworth had already published in 1803 (Misc. p. 87) another species 

 under the name of M. adanciun^ and so was justified in giving a fresl 



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name to Jacquin's plant. Jacquin's ' Fragmenta ' is dated 1809, but it 

 was issued in six parts between 1800 and 1809. I have failed to 

 discover when ench part was published, but there is internal evidence 

 that gives a clue to a date before which certain pages could not Imve 



been published. Thus, from the evid 

 I^iigenia halsamica^ it is clear that p. 43 and accompanying plates 

 could not have been published until or after the year 1804, wdiich i 

 one year later than the date of AL adiinann^ Haw. 



ence given on p. 40 uiuler 



M. ScuOLWi, Salm-Dyck, Obs. Bot, p, 10 (18 



At this place Salm- 



Dyck quotes Al, recur mun^W'^\\\ and M, aduncum^ Jacq. as syuonvms. 



South Africa. Locality unknowMij raised from seeds, which were pro- 

 bably sent by ScJiolL 



