TaB. 8776B. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM EtisuHar. 
South Africa. 
Ficoripkar, Tribe MESEMBRYANTHEMEAE, 
MEsEMBRYANTHEMUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p, 853. 
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Mesembryanthemum (§ Cordiformia) Elishae, N. EH. Br. in Gard. Chron. 
1916, vol. lx. p. 252; affine M. styloso, N. E. Br., sed foliis punctatis multo 
brevioribus et stylis valde recurvis difiert. 
Herba succulenta, nana; radix descendens. Folia 2, in corpusculum semi- 
connata. Corpuscula dense caespitosa, 1°4-2°5 cm. longa, 1°2-2 cm, 
crassa, subobovoidea, apice valde compressa lobis erectis carinatis, glabra, 
coeruleo-viridia, obscure punctata. lores breviter pedicellati, 2°1 cm. 
diametro. Calyx 8-5-lobus, submembranaceus, pallide virescens lobis 
rubescentibus. Petala 35-45, 8-seriata, linearia, apice 2-fida vel obtusa, 
inferne in tubum connata, lutea. Stamina indefinita, lutea. Stigmata 
5-6, filiformia, pallide lutea, inferne in stylum columnarem coniata.— 
R. A. Roure. 
The small Mesembryanthemum now figured is a member 
of the section Cordiformia, based originally by Mr. A. 
Berger on JV. bilobum, Marloth, but which is now known 
to include at least three other species: MJ. gracilipes, 
Bolus; J/. stylosum, N. E. Br., figured at t. 8595B of this 
work; and Mf. Elishae, the species here described. The 
section is characterised by the very fleshy, somewhat 
elongated leaves being more or less united at the base 
but remaining free above so that the resulting corpus- 
culum is more or less heart-shaped. The precise habitat 
of this species in South Africa has not been recorded. 
It appeared originally in this country in the collection 
of Mr. G. Elisha, Canonbury Park Road, a keen cultiva- 
tor of species of Mesembryanthemum. The specimen here 
depicted flowered with Mr. Elisha in October, 1916, and 
was described by Mr. N. E. Brown. Since then Mr. 
Elisha has presented a plant to Kew. Mr. Brown has 
remarked that the nearest allies of M. Llishae are 
M. bilobum and M. stylosum, but it differs from both in 
its dwarfer and relatively shorter growths, which form 
OcroBER-DECEMBER, 1918. 
