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it. There is no description in the Solander MSS. ; the tvvo dmwings 

 are noted b^^ Brvander as representing the plant in its first year — this 

 corrc^sponds^ closely with Jacqnin's figure —and in its second. In 

 Hort. Kew. ii. 182, it is placed under M. papillosum L., hut Haworth 

 (Svn. 247, Misc. 48) pointed out its distinctness and in this has been 

 followed l)y subsequent authors. Specimens from Jacqnin's herbarium 

 are in Herb. Banks, 



II. Masson's Drawings a^d SpEciMETfs. 



The four interesting drawings of JSLesemhryantliema by Masson, 

 to whom the introduction of very numerous species was due, foniied 

 the subject of comment in a paper on his drawings in general in this 

 Journal for 1881 (p. 146). That, however, was a long while ago, 

 and it seems worth while to repeat the main facts here, with such 

 information as has since acci-ued, in order that the information relating 

 to our drawings of the genus may be accessible in one place, 



M. piNNATTFiDUM L. f. Suppl. 260 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. 193. 

 This generally recognized species calls for no special remark. The 

 Banksian specimens are from Thunberg (on whose s])ecimens Linn. f. 

 based his description) and Masson, from whose material the plant is 

 fully described in Solander MSS., in the handwriting of Sigismund 

 Bacstrom, one of Banks's assistants (see Jouni. Bot. 1911, 92): so 

 man}' of the descriptions of Masson's plants are in Bacstrom's hand 

 as to suggest tliat he may have transcribed them from a MS. of 

 Masson or ]>ossibly from that of Thunberg (see under M. digitaUun). 

 The locality of Masson's specimen is given in the MS. as : " In 

 montibus Boode Zand prope Water Yal in Paardeberg." 



M. CTLTATL'M Ait. Hort. KcAv. ii. 179. 

 Of this remarkable species the only authentic material, apart from 

 tliat in Tlumberg's herbarium, which Sonder consulted, is in the 

 De]iai-tment ot Botany, where are three specimens from Masson and 

 a drawing of a large plant ; of this latter a fragment is reproduced by 

 Berger (p. 61), wlio says that the species is not in cultivation. Both 

 Berger and Sonder (Fl. Cap. ii. 436) cite the species as of Thunberg « 

 in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. viii, App. ii. ; but, as has already been shown, 

 that publication dates two years later than Hort. Kew. The same 

 plant is doubtless intended in both cases, although Ind. Kew. enters 

 them as distinct. There is a full description (in Bacstrom's hand) in 

 Solander MSS.. where the plant is localized : " In locis depressis infra 

 bockland l>erg et in Handtom ad Projn. b. Spei " ; although worded 

 differently, this is ])robably identical with that given by Thunberg, as 

 Masson and he were associated in some of their journeys. It was met 

 with in the Karroo region bv the Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition, 

 1 90S-9. 



M. coRAi.MXUM Thunb. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. viii. App. 12. 

 This, although fully described in Solander MSS., is not included in 

 Hort. Kew. As to the ])receding, the only authentic material is that 

 of Thunberg and Masson : the i^anksian specimens, although at- 

 tributed to the latter, are localized *• Locis aridissimis Olyvants Bivier*' 



