80 in full sunshine ancT c].osin,^r at dusk, scented; petals about 40, 

 of ribout E closely overlapping series, 6-7 lines long and l-lf 

 line brocd, obtuse, ^ure v.'hite on both sides, very shining. Gol- 

 uirm of stemens i in. long, white, v;ith yellow anthers. Top of 

 the ovary flet; style very short; sti.gmas 6, fin-oily about 5 

 lines lonf, at first erect, but when the petals fade they spread 

 widely from the base, rushinft the stsnens &\-my so that the latter 

 form a sort of ring around then, and they are revolute at the 

 tins. — M, marmoratum, N.S.Br,, in Journ. Linn. 3oc. Sot., v. 45, 



South Africa I locality unkno-n, Lilians 



(s) L. optica, N.S.Br, --Growths forming clumps of 4-15 to a 

 plant, eech 5-8 lines high and 6-7 lines in their greater diameter, 

 v.'ith the top of the lobes slightly convex, with narrow whitish or 

 whitish-brov.TL margins, end the central part greenish -white or 

 pale greyish-white sometimes tinp-ed with pink, vdthout or occas- 

 ionally v.ath 1 or 2 v'hitish spot. Cply:;: 5-lobed; lobes, 2 lines 

 lon^,' 4 in. in diameter, expanding only in bright sunshine; pett^ls 

 miraerous, "^—4 lines Ion?', i^ure white or tinged with pink, Stamens 

 white, ^"dth ^'■ellov.'- onthers. 3tip;;mps 5, filiform greenish. — M. 

 marginrtum, i'arloth in a note under ^•-. rhopalophyllum Schlechter, 

 on p. 406 of the same work. 



^^reat Nam^ qua la nd I neer I^rince of '--ales ^ay, in sand-covered 

 ■fissures of gneiss rocks, Iferloth, 4,675; on rockv hills at Luder- 

 itz Bay, Pole Svans, 7,210. 



I have not seen fresh flowers of this srecies, as my plants 

 of it have not yet flov/ered. 



(9) L. bella , K.3.3r.-- Growths at first solitary, forming 

 clumps vdth age, increasing slowly, each up to about 1" in. high 

 end 1 in. in their greater diameter, v/ith the ton of the lobes 

 convex, having a rather broad, lie-ht brown or buff -brown border, 

 enclosing an irregularly lobed fuscous or greenish central area 

 with or without 1 or 2 brov;n spots upon it. Flov-.'ers not seen, 

 stated to be white and shining. 



C^reat Nama.oualand; near Aus, -thillips. 



'"'hen sufficiently supi^lied vdth water the top of the lobes 

 is even and smooth all over, but under very dry conditions the 

 central part becomes slightly sunk below the level of the marginal 

 part. I arc indebted for this nretty snecies to Q,-^^. -Sergeant S. 0, 

 Fhillins, who informs me that it grows on the tor of small kopies 

 in sandVj graAJ-elly soil and is so similar in colour to the soil 

 that 3t is difr^icult to detect. It has not yet flowered with me. 



(10) L. damarana, N.E. Br. — Plant solitary or of fev/ rrovjths 

 :'r a clumn, increasing slowl^'- under cultivation. B^ch growth ^t- 



T in. hieh and up to 1 l/3 in. in its greater diameter; lobes 

 flrt or ver-"- sllp^htly convex on the top, very pale brown or fawn- 

 colour, narked -"-ith distinctly impressed branching lines and spots 

 forming a sort of pattern of a rich, dark brov.'n or dark grey col- 

 our. Cal-jrx 5-6-lobed, muph comi-iressed and about 5 lines broad; 

 lobes 2-'^' lines long, 2-24 lines broad, ovate or oblong, obtuse, 

 some with membranous edges, dull reddish-brown. Corolla *-ls In. 

 in diameter, opening about 1 p.m. and closing between 4 and 5 p.m. 

 an'? lastin'" for about a v;eek, not scented; petals 30-36, in about 

 2 closely overlanning series, 5-9 lines long and about 1 line broad, 

 linear, obtuse, nure white on both sides, slightly shining. GqI- 



