‘eymose panicle. . papulosa, 
’ branches 4-6 lines long, 2 lines broad. 
Galenia.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 477 
Subgenus II. Engalenia, Fenzl. Ovary 2-celled, or by abortion r-celled. Styl 
2. Capsule dehiscent or ntniad Pockets or erectish, perennial fete” oe 
shrubs ; flowers cymose-panicled, in the axil of a minute leaf, 2-gynous, very rarely 
mixed with a few 3-4-gynous. Calyx 4-parted. (Sp. 10-18.) 
10. G. squamulosa (Fenzl.) ; densely covered with spreading, lanceo- 
late squamulz ; stem suffruticose decumbent, branches erectish alter- 
nate or subopposite ; leaves alternate, in the young branches opposite, 
obovate or obovate-cuneate, obtuse, flat; flowers sessile, disposed in ter- 
minal, lax, cymose-panicles. Aizoon squamulosum, E. &.Z.! 2136. 
Has. Sandy places between Mount Kamiesberg and Orange River, Namaq 
land, E. ¢ Z./ Dec. (Herb. Sd.) — a : sal 
Whole plant greyish-yellowish, about 1 foot high; branches short. Leaves 4-6 
lines long, 2 lines wide, on the terminal branches sometimes suborbicular, 3 lines 
long and broad. Panicles subsecundate about 1 inch. Flowers in the axils of a 
minute, roundish leaf, as large as the 1 line long calyx. 
11. G. Dregeana (Fenzl.) ; covered with pellucid squamule ; stem 
suffruticose, erect; branches opposite or alternate; leaves opposite, 
rarely subalternate, suborbicular, short petioled ; flowers sessile, united 
into glomerate cymes, disposed in a large terminal panicle. 
Has. Plains near the Garip, Drege, Sept. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.) 
More robust than the preceding, stem as thick as a goose’s quill ; branches erect- 
spreading, pale yellowish, dichotomous at top. Leaves 6-8 lines long, 6-7 lines 
broad, squamulose and papulate, upper ones 3-4 lines long and wide. Cymes of 
= panicle $-} inch, Flowers 1 line long, bracteated by a minute leaf. Calyx squa- 
mulose. : 
12. G. pruinosa (Sond.); branches, leaves, and calyx pruinose, beset 
with minute papule ; stem suffruticose erect ; branches opposite ; leaves 
opposite, obovate-cuneate, obtuse 5 flowers sessile, disposed in a terminal 
Fenzl. excl. Syn. Aiz. papulosum E. & Z. ! 
Tephras papulosa, E. Mey. in herb. Drege. 
Hap. Plains near Koussie, Buffelriver and on the Garip, Drege. Sept. (Herb. 
bis ic ng cg long, white, as well as the spreading branchlets. Leaves on the 
Panicle dichotomous, spreading. Flowers 
rarely 1 line long, in the axil of an equal or a little larger leaf. Easily known by 
the white colour of stem and branches. 
13: G. erystallina (Fenzl.); covered with pellucid appressed squamu- 
le ; stem suffruticose, decumbent ; branches alternate, erectish; leaves 
alternate, oblong-cuneate, upper ones obovate-cuneate, obtuse ; flowers 
sessile, disposed in secundate subcymose panicles. Aizoon crystallinum, 
EB. & Z.1 2138. 
Has. Sandy places near Valleyfontein, Clanwilliam, Nov., £. § Z./ (Herb. 
Vind. Sd. 
eaiionet sesh more than a foot long, terete, greyish, or grey-white as the 
whole plant. Leaves 6-8 lines long, 2-4 lines wide, much attenuated at the base, 
upper ones smaller, those of the young branches often opposite. Flowers } line 
long, bracteated by a minute leaf. It comes very near G. squamulosa and @. sarco- 
