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3. List of the Plants collected in the Percy Sladen 

 Memorial Expeditions, 1908-9, 1910-11. 



PORTULACACEiE.* 



By H. II. W. Pearson and Edith L. Stephens. 



1. ANACAMPSEEOS. 



1. A. namaquensis, sp. nov., affinis A. lanigerce, a qua in stirpibus 



longis, foliis obovato-globosis vel cuneatis, lanugine breviore et minus 

 dense, et capillis stipulaceis brevioribus differt. 



Fruticulus puinilus, caudice brevissimo ramoso. Stirpes glabri, 

 fulvi, griseo-albide pruinosi, rugosi, supra foliis confertis instrueti, 

 ad 12 cm. longi. Folia sessilia, crassa, obovato-globosa vel cuneata, 

 infra gibbosa, lanugine longiuseula alba vestita, 4-5 mm. longa 

 lataque ; capillis stipulaceis paucis complanatis flavisque axillaribus, 

 circa 6 mm. longibus, parum cincinnatis vel crispis, stirpis parte 

 inferiore paucibus persistentibus instructa. liacemiis simplex, pauei- 

 florus ; pedunculus glaber, 5-8 cm. longus ; pedicelli circa 6 mm. 

 longi. BractecB oppositse, ovatae, supra membranaceae alboeque, 

 longe acuminata?, aliter foliis similes. Flos (tantum immaturus) 

 roseus : scpala navicularia, ovata, subacuta, parum imparia, 5-6 

 mm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, nervis circa quindecim parallelis viri- 

 dibus, persistentia ; petala obovato-oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, 

 obtusa, hyalina, 3"5 mm. longa, P5-2 mm. lata ; stamina uno et 

 viginti in flore investigato, inasqualia ; filamenta 2-2-5 mm. longa ; 

 antherse oblonga?, 0-8-1 mm. longaa ; ovarium complanatum, 

 ovoideum, 1 mm. longum ; stylus vix 1 mm. longus, stigmata 



* Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions in South-West Africa. Report No. «. 

 The working up of this group has been assisted by a grant from the Union 

 Government. 



