44 the livjn'^ r>irnt. from near the Gamlfs ^"^iver is obtS'ined, for after 

 examinine the s ecimen I am now inclined to think that vhat I 

 su^^osed to be a transverse fissure may be only a furrov. due to 

 ghr-'velinc:. N. il. lopown 



(To be continued. ) 



I.Tesembryanthemum and some nev/ genera separated from it. 

 Gard. Chron. lH. 71 : 55. 1922. 

 (Continued from page 44, ) 



55 The foi loivins" are all the species at present, known to me, 

 of Y-hich I have all but tv/o in cult iA/rt ion. 5' or brevity in the 

 synonymy the p^eneric name Mesembry.?nthemura is indicated by the 

 letter !■■. 



A. --Surface minutel3r ^uberulous, smooth and velvety to the 

 toiich. 



(l) Lithors ?riedrichiae, l'"*. S. Bj.. — Grrov/ths up to 1 in. 

 hiph, 10 lines broad, and 8 lines thick, dull red, or brownish- 

 green, v/ith the convex top of the lobes greener, v/ithout spots, 

 and reflectinp; light like a looking-glass, although puberulous_. 

 Flo^"er not seen, stated to be yellov/. — J'riedrichiae, Jointer, i'Jeue 

 und werrig bekanne i'fl. ^eutsch-'^udwest -^-^fr., p. 41. Great 

 Nnmaciualand, near ''armbad. 



AA, — Surface glabrous, opaque, not reflecting light (to 

 the end) . 



B. — Fiov'ers yellow. 



G, — Top of the lobes tuberulate or with a more or less evi- 

 dent netv'ork of slight furro^,;s or_v;ith slightly raised dots. 



(2) L. turbiniformis, N. E. Bp. (Fig. 28) . — ._ Growths soli- 

 tary or 2-4 in a clump, up to about 1 in. high, li in. bro?d, 

 and 1 in. thick, flat at the top, which is either distinctly 

 tuberculate or marked with p sort of network of slight furro<-s 

 varvino" from light rusty-ochreous to a derk ironstone colour, 

 with the furrc'S of a darker tint, not spotted. Galyx unequally 

 8-lobes, stout, compressed; lobes 9-10 ram. long, 4-5 ram. broad, 

 oblonp- or ovf te-oblong, obtuse, green with reddish tips. Corolla 

 about li in. in diameter; petals 50-60 in about 2 closely over- 

 laT^ninp series, v/idely spreading, 6-8 lines long, about 1 line 

 bropd, linear, tattering tov/ards the base, bright yellov: on the 

 inner face, whitish on the back, "^tanens collected into a col- 

 umn about 4 lines long; filaments yellov/, fading into white at 

 the bpse; anthers orange-yellow. Overy slightly convex at the 

 to^. Stigmas usuf?ly 6-7 (sometimes 5), finally 6-7 lines long 

 and exceeding end curving over the stamens, filiform, yellowish, 

 Cerisule somevrhat compressed, 4|-6 lines in dismeter, 6-7 yalved. 

 Seeds smooth, brown. — ^-. turbiniforme, Kew. Rev. p, 84 (lS2l) ; 

 BiiTchell, Travels, Vol. 1, p. 310; D. C., ^rodr, Vol. 3, p. 417; 



