476 Harry Bolus. 
species. They may be briefly stated as follows: 1. The indumentum of 
the present species is shorter and more appressed (strigillose). 2. The 
flowers are more laxly racemose. 3. The stipules are smaller. 4. The 
legumes are larger and especially longer and with more numerous seeds 
(8—10). 5. The leaflets are glabrous above and strigillose only below. 
50. Mesembrianthemum (Epapulosa, S Sphaeroidea) eryptopodium Kensit, 
Le, p. 150, Plate XXI, figs. C, 6—7. (Ficoideae-Mesembrieae) — M. 
corpuseulis late ovatis vel orbicularibus lateraliter subeompressis epunctatis 
viridibus; floribus pedunculatis pedunculis inelusis ad 2 cm longis; petala 
rosea; stylis 6. — Corpuscula late ovata vel orbicularia lateraliter sub- 
compressa brevissime pubescentia vel glabra 2 -3 cm longa; folia sub- 
aequalia subacuta parte libera 0,4—0,7 cm longa; flores pedunculati, 
peduneulis compressis in corpusculis inelusis ad 2 cm longis; calyx in 
peduneulum attenuatus exsertus, segmentis 6 oblongis obtusis 0,5 cm 
longis; petala 2-seriata obtusa basi attenuata et breviter connata rosea 
vittata 1,2 cm longa; glandulae 6 semi-orbicularia atro-viridia; ovarium 
supra convexum 0,25 em diam., stylis 6 erectis filiformibus. — Cape 
Colony:. Between Wittepoort (Worcester Div.) and Laingsburg (Prince 
Albert Div.), aprox alt. 690 m, fl. June, N. S. Pillans, 892! (in herb. 
Bolus) — A distinct species with something of the habit of the $ Gib- 
bosa, except that the leaves are almost equal in size and united for nearly 
their whole length. In the 8 Sphaeroïdea it is easily distinguished by its 
somewhat acute leaves not united quite to the apex, and the pedunculate 
flowers. — Plate XXI. C, fig. 6, one of the largest corpusculums, showing 
a portion of the underground stem; 7, peduncle and gynaecium. 
51. Mesembrianthemum retroversum Kensit, 1l. c., p. 150, Plate XXI, 
figs. A, 1—4. — M. foliis duobus aequalibus, basi et altero latere dimidio 
longitudinis marginibus connatis, altero latere marginibus liberis; floribus 
sessilibus; petalis roseo-purpureis; stylis 7, filiformibus. — Radices gra- 
cillimi fibrosi numerosi; caudex fere nullus; rami brevissimi densi reliquiis 
foliorum delapsorum onusti; folia 2, basi et altero latere dimidio longi- 
tudinis marginibus connatis, altero latere marginibus liberis, subexpansa 
obtusa supra planiuscula vel saepe subsulcata dorso convexiuscula glaber- 
rima viridia paucis pellucidis punctis sparsa 2—2,4 cm longa, 0,7—0,9 cm 
lata, 0,5 cm diam.; flores sessiles foliis cineti; calyx subglobosus 0,7 cm 
diam., segmentis 7 inter se inaequalissimis, exterioribus acutis 0,5 cm 
longis, interioribus late membranaceo-marginatis 0,2—0,3 em longis; pe- 
tala 2—3-seriata linearia roseo-purpurea 0,7 cm longa, 0,1 cm lata; sta- 
mina staminodiaque numerosa ad 0,4 cm longa; ovarium supra planum 
0,4 cm diam.; stylis 7, filiformibus erectis 0,4 em longis. — Cape Colony; 
distr. Piquetberg, near Eendekuil, approx. alt. 90 m, fl. July, N. S. Pillans, 
955! (in herb. Bolus). — A very curious and interesting little plant which 
does not fit well into any of the existing sections. It has the two leaves 
with the solitary central flower of the $ Sphaeroidea, but the leaves do 
not form fleshy corpuscula. Connate at base and for about half or a little 
more of their length on one side, on the other side they are free and 
