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Salm-Dyck, Mesemb. § 8, fig. 10 : 



Sond. in FL Can. vol* ii, p. 404* 



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ar. pustulatiim, Berger, Mescmb. p, 240. 



roRT Elizabeth Div. Near Port Elizabeth, Dec. 1813, 7?»rJ^^//, 4378-2. 



No dried specimen of this plant was preserved by Burchell, who collected 

 only seeds of it, from which the living plants described by Haworth were 

 raised. No drawing of the original plant appears to have been made* 



M. SALMONEUM, IIuw. (§ Spinnlifera) . Hoots oF old plants swollen at the 

 upper part. Stems or branches of old plants 2-3 ft. (GO-90 cm.) long ; 

 branches somewhat filiform, weak, clongatcLl, pendulous or prostrate. Leaves 

 of plants grown in the open air longer than the internodes, linenr/attenuate 

 at each end, almost always channelled, pale or bright green, dully (sordide) 

 papillose. Flowers tricbotomous, of moderate size or smallish at first, 

 especially outside, fulvous or salmon-coloured, yellow at the base, afterwards 

 ]);der or rosy, and finally rosy outside and more or less whitish within. 

 Peduncle clavate and together with the calyx glitteringly pnpulose. Calyx 

 5-lobed. Stamens erect, of various lengths; filaments white; anthers or 

 pollen yellow. Stigmas 5, erect, smooth, j^cllowish-white. .Ovary elevated 

 a little above the calyx, slightly convex, 5-celled. — 3/. salmonemv, Haw, Rev. 

 p. 17G (1821): DC. Prodr. vol. iii. p. 444; Salm-Dyck, Mesemb, § 5C, 

 fig. 2 : Sender in FL Cap. voL iL p. 451 : Berger, Mesemb. p. 71. 



South Afiuca, Without locality, BurchelL 



The above is a translation of Haworth's original description, from which 

 this species would apjiear to })e one of those in which the colour of the 

 flowers changes from day to day. 

 Burchell, nor has he made any entry of the name in his MSS. lists, so that 

 the locality whore he collected it cannot be traced, and there is no drawing 

 of the plant at Kew, LMie figure and description of Sahn-Dyckj Sondei", and 

 Ber<^'er do not quite accord with Ila worth's description, but may be intended 

 for the right plant. 



No specimen of it was preserved by 



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M. SES8ILTFL0TIUM var. ALBUM, Jltiw. (§ Platvphylla) . Root subbienniaL 

 Lower leaves ovate, petiolate ; the upjior lanceolate and subalternate, glitter- 

 ingly papillose, es[)ecially beneath. Flowers paniculate^ sessile, small, white* 



M. sessilijlorum var. aJbifw^ Haw. Rev. p. 158 (1821) : DC, Prodr. voh iii. 

 p. 448. M. sessilijlorinn var.yS, Haw. Sup[>L p. 93 (1810). 



Graaff Reinet Div. Along the Su 



ndaj's 



River, near 



Moidvey Ford, 



March 30, 1813, llnrcheUy Seed 428, according to a list of species name<l by 

 Haworth at the end of Burchell's list of seeds {Ilortus Falliamensis^ MSS.). 



The above is a translation of Haworth's description, to which he adds the 

 remark that he doubts if it is a variety of M. sessUiJlorum, Ait., as it differs 



from that species in the following particulars : — "The flowers are white, not 



