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longae, lineares, recurvae. Sepala 4, 2 mm. longa, latissime —— 
acuta, Petala delapsa. Stamina 3°5 mm. longa, incurva. Ovarium 
breviter obconicum 
TH AFRICA. Transvaal: near Amsterdam, in Ermelo 
District, Forbes 
‘This species, “although closely allied to £. albanensis, Sond., 
so different from a Eugenia in general appearance, that until ‘i 
378. Mesembryanthemum Pearsonii, NV. F. Brown [Ficoideae- 
Mesembryeae]; affinis M. testiculari, Ait., sed foliis multo majoribus, 
calyce supra folia exserto, floribus minoribus bicoloribus differt 
Herba succulenta, 4—5 cm. alta. Folia 2, basi connata, nasoeile 
denti-patula, 3°54 cm. longa, 4°5 em. lata, “5 em. crassa, supra 
subplana marginibus acutis, dorso convexa, subgibbosa, leviter 
carinata, apice leviter apes laevia, glabra, alba nec glauca. 
Flores soliterii, inter folia terminales. Peduneuli validi, compressi, 
exserti, 2°5 cm. longi, pee merely Bracteae inferiores foliis 
arcte contiguae, 1°5 cm, longae, 8 mm eG, 
superiores minores, subacute trigonae, obtusae, lneves , glabrae, albae. 
Calyx 1°3 cm. diametro, 6-lobus, glaber ; lobi 3-4 
lati, latissime ovati, obtusi. Corolla 3-3°2 cm. reales petala 
3—4-seriata, exter: 1°3 cm. longa, linearia, obtusa, purpurea, 
interiora gradatim breviora, sordide lutea, rubro-vittata. Stamina 
numerosissima, patula, in annulum dense conferta ; filamenta albida; 
jegiiene pallide luteae. Styli nulli; stigma sessile, discoideum, 
iametro, subcrenatum vel obscure lobatum. 
Been TH AFRICA. Probably a native of Little Namaqualand, 
collected during the Perey oon arn Nene to the Orange River 
in 1910 by Prof. Pearson, No. 5 
M. testiculare, Ait., on a large scale, and differs from all others of 
which I have examined flowers in having a large discoid sessile 
stigma. The flowers expand at night or early morning, and are 
closed or partly closed during the day, and in colour are somewhat 
peculiar, the outer series of petals being mauve-purple, whilst 2-3 of 
e inner series are of a somewhat dull bir i more or less streaked 
with purple. 
1379. Sphenoclea Dalzielii, NV. £. Brown Bs aamrpa | 3; Species 
a S. zeylanica, Gaertn., spicis minoribus subglobosis vel breviter 
oblongis nec conicis et corolla quam lobis calycis duplo longiore 
differ 
Herba 0°3 m. alta, glabra, caule debili curvato vel flexuoso pauce 
ramoso. ' Folia alterna, patentia, subsessilia, 2-2°6 cm. longa, 
6-11 mm. lata, oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, basi 
cuneata. Spicae saepe foliis oppositae, 5-15 mm. longae, 5-7 mm 
crassae, subglobosae vel oblongae, obtusae, nec conicae, pedunculatae, 
10-25-florae. Pedunculi 0°4—1'1 em. longi. Sepala 15 mm. longa 
et lata, suborbiculata, integra. Covell sepalis duplo longior, 
campanulata, 5-loba ; tubus 1°75-2 mm. longus ; lobi 1 mm. 
