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tetramerous pedunculate flowers with rosy petals and the presence 

 of bracts. 



The description was made from a plant which flowered in 

 Mr. N. S. Pillans' garden, Eosebank, near Cape Town. 



Plate III. A. Fig. 1, branch ; 2, transverse section of one of the 

 leaves, nat. size ; 3, flower, with peduncle and bracts ; 4, corolla, 

 laid open, with stamens; 5, corolla; 6, gynoecium, with glands — all 

 the latter variously enlarged. 



9. M. Pearsonii, N. E. Brown, in Kew Bull. (1912), p. 277, Bot. 

 Mag. t. 8463. 



Karroo : Eastern slopes of ridge 4 miles South-east of Bakhuis, 

 5482. 



10. M. robustum, Haw., Misc. 28, Syn. 211. 



Khamiesberg : Bailey's Ylakte, damp ground, 6440. Naras 

 Ravine in wet sand, 6435. 



11. M. denticulatum, Haw., var. y, candidissimum, Haw., 

 Obs. 149. 



Miff 





Mesembeianthkwum ^fkticulatum, Haw., var. y, candidissimvm. 



Namaqualand : Stinkfontein, 6432, 5586. Little Bushmanland 

 Eenriet, lower sandy slopes, 4072, 4068. 



