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6 mm. longus, luteus ; petala 21-28, biseriata, subaequalia, patula, 
6 mm. longa, 1-1°5 mm. lata, linearia, obtusa, pulchre rosea, basi 
lutea, leviter nitida. Stamina breviter exserta; filamenta auran- 
tiaca; antherae luteae. Stylus ore sublongior, filiformis, 
apice minute 4-lobus, rubro-aurantia 
ouTH AFRICA. Little Pea He common on decomposed ~ 
granite on the upper north-western slopes of hills south-west of 
Chubiessies, Pearson, 6177. 
Described from living plants collected during the Percy Sladen 
Expedition to the Orange River in 1910-1911, by Prof. H. H. W. 
Pearson, and sent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where it 
“flowered in J uly and August, 1912. 
The flowers seen opened in the morning of a day on which there 
was an entire absence of sunshine, and the temperature in the open 
air only 60° Fahr. They did not close, so far as I observed, unless 
during the night, but Ssadsnet open until they faded, the weather 
being rey dull and cloudy all the time 
143 nahin pee eigry globosum, N. E. —— [ Ficoideae- 
Mesembryeae] ; ; affinis WZ. minimo, Haw., sed corpusculis majoribus 
apice convexis nec depresso-emarginatis pacers Fy corolla pallide 
rosea tubo bre ‘ 
Herba ae nee succulenta, dense caespitosa, zune giben, 
aphylla. Folia in corpuscula elobosa, apice convexa, l-i'3 
diametro fusa, glauco-viridia (haud glauca), onal a sunantaten 
fissura centrali 3 mm. onga, nec depressa, sed tempore florentis in 
tuberculum parvulum elevata. Pedunculus exsertus, 3 mm. longus, 
compressus, 2—2°5 mm. latus, albidus. Calyx ‘-lobus, albidus vel 
pallide albo-virens, apice pallide rubro-tinctus ; lobi 2-3 mm. longi, 
oblongi vel ovati, obtusi, membranaceo-marginati. Corolla gamo- 
petala, 1°8-2 cm. diametro, sthintundbuusorinis, pallide rosea, albo- 
oculata ; tubus 5 mm. lon ngus ; petala 40-55, circiter 3-4-seriata, 
exteriora 8-9 mm. longa, interiora 5 mm. longa, linearia, obtusa 
vel acuta, integra. Stamina vix exserta, 5-6-seriata, erecta, utea, 
* St yli 4, filiformes, erecti, 8-9 mm. longi, ad medium connati, apice 
utel. 
Sourn Arrica. Little Namaqualand: lower side of the 
northern aspect in River Valley, 3 miles west of Garies, Pillans 
and Pearson, 5582. 
escribed from a living plant sent to Kew by Prof. Pearson i in 
1911, The flowers of this species open in the morning and 
to close about 2 p.m. and are quite unaffected by sunshine or dull 
sunless weather. Each flower opens eee for 5- ays ‘ 
