93 ^iv8 them just sufficient water to enable them to develop their 

 ■PI c-rers and nevr growth during that period, -t^-t the sarae time their 

 roots should be ker^t feiTlj warm, for in their native country the 

 ground gets much more he^^ted during the da 3'' and keens them from 

 bein^ harmed by the rain. A cold, moist soil does not suit these 

 nlpnts. The folTowins- are all the soecies knov;n to me. i^or 

 brevit^- in the synonym^;- the letter ^'^ is used to indicate the genus 

 ■ 'e sem]j;ryr nthenum. 



Leef from nearly as broad as, to bropder than long, white, 

 wit': the edge of the fl^t face sharp and outlined by a very slender, 

 slightly raised line or ridge that is not cartilaginous. 



1.' A testiculare, N.E.'Br. Hent usually of only a single 

 gro-.th. Leaves with the flat face *-lin. long, '^^-l^- in. broad, 

 and i-lin. thick, broadly ovate or somewhat oblong, pointed like 

 a 'Jothic arch or bropdly rounded at the apex, with the dorsal part 

 often prolonged beyond that apex, flower sessile betv^'een the 

 leaves', with tv;o br-'cts under it. Gaijrx-lobes 2-3^; lines long, 

 deltoid-ov?te, obtuse. Corolla 1-2 in. in diameter; petals 

 nu;r.erous in about 4 series, white or v/hitish. 'Stamens in a dense 

 rinff, with yellov: anthers. Top of the ovary flat, ^tigma l§-2 

 lines in diameter, circular or elliptic, concave, entire or faint- 

 ly crenate. Censule 6-7 lines in diameter, flsttish or very slightly 

 convex on the top, 12-24-V8lved and 12-24-celled. ^ 



V-, testicijlare. Ait. Hort. ^e^^ ed. 1, v. 2, p. 181 (l789j; 

 Haw. "^'ev. p. 85. 



"'^ar. iuteum, N.E.Br. Petals bright yellow. J-. testiculare 

 B, Sims in Bot. I'^g. t. 1573. I'-, octophyllum, ^erlot in Hev. 

 Hort. 1869, p. 35, f . 10, copied from 3ot. i^g. C^"' is is not 

 M, octonhylliim. Haw., although quoted as such by him, but wrongly.) 



Var. roseum, N.-i.Br. Petals bright magenta-purple, a'^. 

 test^cul^tum, Jacc. ^ragm. p. 20, no. ^7:^, t. 12, f. 2. M. octo- 

 phyllum var. roseum, Hpw. Hev. p. 85. 



^•'^r-r. Pearsonii, N.S.Br, Slower v/ith a distinct pedicel up to 

 about £ in. long. Corolla with the outer petals msgenta-purnle 

 and the inner ochraceous yellow more or less striped v;ith purple, 

 I'. Peersonii, N.E.Br, in tievr Bull. 1912, p. 277, and Bet. ifeg. t. 

 8463, 



A native of V^n Hhynsdorp -division; originally introduced by 

 J'lasson, v^ho discovered it in company vjith Thunberg, v/hose type 

 specimen I have seen. This species offers an excellent example 

 of the manner in v/hich some of these plants vary in colour of 

 their flowers, as stated on p, 290 of vol. LSC, Dr. -^"^odier 

 Heath hes raised from seeds taken out of one capsule some nisnts 

 with yellowish -vrhite, others ^-ith yellow, and others v.dth purple 

 :flov^ers. I now think it probable that the variety Peersonii may 

 be a h^rbrid between a purple-flowered and a yellov-f loitered form. 

 Its flCT-er is exceedingly beautiful, 



2. A. subalbum, N.E. Br. ^lant tufted v/ith age. Leaves 

 with the flat face 2f-7 line long, 4-8 lines broad, and 3-5 lines 

 thick, broadly ovate in outline, obtusely pointed or circularly 

 rounded, the dorsal nart not produced beyond the flat face, ob- 

 tusely rounded, faintl^r keeled, ^lowers not seen. Gepsule 4 

 lines in diameter, convex at the ton, 10-velved and 10-celled. 

 y-. subalbum, N.'T, Br. in Journ. Linn. 3oc. Bot, v, 4t, p, 91. 



Van Rhynsdorr^ Division: Near Bakhuis, Pillans, 5476; Harde- 

 veld, t'arToth. 



A smaller s]^ecies than -i-. testiculare, but very similar to 

 seedlinc specimens of that species. It becomes tufted with age, 



