an obovoid truncate corpusculum with markings of a 
somewhat reticulated character, while the petals are 
longer, more reflexed and relatively narrower. 
Description.—Herb, fleshy, small and stemless, with a rather long tap-root. 
Leaves 2, connate beyond their middle to form a fleshy corpuscle. Corpuscles 
at times 1-2, at times several and caespitose, obconic, 1-13 in. long, truncate 
and about 1 in. wide at the top, which is marked by the transverse fissure due 
to the incomplete union of the component leaves, smooth, glabrous, with small 
rounded dark green spots on the tawny apical surface, uniformly dull grey- 
purple on the sides; the transverse fissure about din. deep. Flowers shortly 
pedicelled, 1 in. across. Calyx over} in. long, 5-lobed ; tube shortly exserted ; 
lobes oblong, obtuse, about } in. long. Petals spreading, linear, obtuse, about 
4 in. long, yellow with orange-red tips. Stamens suberect; filaments slender ; 
anthers ellipsoid, 
Tas, 8776a.—Fig. 1, petal; 2 and 3, stamens :—all enlarged, 
