assistance of the Percy Sladen Trust. It was met with 
growing on dry ridges south of Bakhuis in the Van 
Rhynsdorp Division of Cape Colony, and the plant from 
which our figure has been prepared formed part of a 
very valuable collection of succulents collected by Pro- 
fessor Pearson and his fellow-traveller on the expedition, 
Mr. N.S. Pillans, which was presented to Kew in 1911. 
It has thriven well and flowered freely under the con- 
ditions suitable for Mesembryanthemums generally. Its 
flowers open in the morning and close at night, and are 
devoid of scent; each flower lasts from four to six days. 
Description.—-//erb, small, stemless, succulent, tufted, 
glabrous. Leaves consolidated in obconic bodies, some- 
what convex-truncate at the tip, about 1} in. thick, 
bluish-green with dull green markings, central chink } in. 
long, concealing the peduncle and the ovary. Calyx 
tubular, 4-lobed at the tip, membranous, whitish; lobes 
ovate or obovate, obtuse. Corolla gamopetalous, }—2 in. 
across, rose-purple with a yellow eye; petals of two 
types, the outer 12-16 are 2-seriate, 1—} in. long, 4!, in. 
or less in width, linear-cuneate with blunt or denticulate 
tips, rose-purple throughout, the inner 12-16 are very 
short, linear, acuminate, yellow, sometimes rose-purple at 
the tips. Stamens 8, 2-seriate, reaching the middle of the 
corolla-tube, yellow. Style } in. long or less, shorter than 
the stamens, 4-lobed at the tip, green. 
Fig. 1, vertical section through a flower and the upper part of a plant ; 
2, outer and inner petals; 8, style and stigmas :—all enlarged, 
