120 
1 mm. lata, integra vel apice emarginata. Stamina vix exserta, 
albida. Styli 4, —— staminibus multo breviores, lineares, obtusi. 
SoutH Apntc: Worcester Division; mountains near 
’ Worcester, Coo 
Described frat a living plant, which has been in. cultivation 
for over 40 years but never previously described. It was 
introduced in 1862 by Mr. Thomas Cooper, who informed me that 
he believed that he collected it at the above-mentioned locality. 
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remain .expanded, with the petals spread over the top of the plant 
until they wither, each flower lasting altogether for 6 or 7 days. 
They are most delightfully scented, very much like cloves. 
1435. Mesembryanthemum evolutum, V. £. Brown [Ficoideae- 
sate yet hegre species ab omnibus distinctissima. 
Herba nana, succulenta, densissime caespitosa. Plantulae (vel 
rami) 2—4-foliatae, 6-7 mm, diametro. Folia erecta, basi connata, 
parte libera 2-3 mm. longa, semiglobosa, facie interiore plana, dorso 
e convexa, marginibus ciliatis, viridia, emaculata. Calyx ex- 
sertus, 5-lobus, glaber ; lobi 3-4 mm. longi, oblongo-lanceolati, 
obtusi, Moses basi purpureo-tincti. Corolla 16 -mm. diametro ; 
petala cireiter 36, iene 6-6°5 mm. longa, linearia, obtusa vel 
minute pneaee es oseo-purpurea, leviter nitida. Stamina nume- 
rosa, conniventia, oes filiformia, ananthera, inferne albida, 
cel a atropurpurea, Styli 5 erecti, staminibus subaequilongi, 
su 
Sourn Arrica. Little Namaqualand, without precise locality, 
ores during the Percy Sladen Expedition to the Orange River 
y . Pearson, no. 5946 
Oiacile from a living pins sent to Kew by Prof. Pearson, 
which flowered in October, 2. This minute species is quite 
distinct from all others baer: Gactibek and connects those be- 
longing to the group having two leaves fused into a small obconic = 
body with those in which there are two or four free leaves. 
1436. Kalanchoe sexangularis, N. E. Brown WD ipeoren b : 
affinis K. paniculatae, Harv., sed caule sexangulari et cymis 
paniculam superpositis distinctissima. 
Herba succulenta, circa 1 m, alta. Caulis simplex, strictus, 
sexangularis, basi 1°3 em. crassus, glaber, viridis. Folia opposita, 
os glabra, viridia, haud glauca ; petiolus 1-2 cm. longus, 
6-8 mm. latus, supra canaliculatus, subtus ca foli 
orum inferiorum 7-9 cm. es — em. lata, elliptica vel 
age vel ad apicem convexa, hacgeabas velieaiss eélioeom superio- 
rum gradatim minora, angustiora, concava, Cymae pedunculatae, 
adscendentes, 3°5-5 cm. latae, in paniculam 20 em. longam super- 
positae, glabrae, virides, haud glaucae ; pedunculi 3-5 cm. longi. 
Bracteae 1-3 mm. longae, lanceolatae, acutae. Pedicelli 3°5-5 mm. 
longi. Calyx 3 mm. longus, fere ad basin 4-lobus ; lobi ovati, 
acuti. Corolla parva, glabra, flava, basi viridis ; tubus 1 em. 
longus, elongato-conicus, 4-angularis ; lobi 2°5 mm. longi, subor- 
biculares vel rotundato-ovati, apiculati. Stamina inclusa. 
