129 This sinrulrr species is readily/" distinguished from its 



allies hy the more slender and less conical form of its erowths. 

 The rubescence on this species is Just the same in ohorscter cs 

 that upon Or, Shandii, represented by ^ig. 64, 3. . 



N. S. Srown 

 (To be continued.) 



Mesembrvsnthemum end some nev; genera seris rated froD it. 

 Gard. Chron. HI. 71 : 151. 1922. ' 

 (Continued from page 129.) 



Icl II. CJrowths, Glabrous and Smooth. 



4. G. perviride, N.E. Br. (Fig. 74.) Plant with^age, for- 

 ninff short, branching, woody stems 1-2 inches long and t-'t inch 

 , thick, spreading upon or prrtly buried in the ground; each branch 

 be?-iring one growth or a small cluster of grov/ths. Sach growth li- 

 l|: inch lonp-, 8-9 lines broad across the tv;o component leaves v/hen 

 resting and closed together, end 6-7 lines thick, with the apical 

 part of the larger leaf more or less compressed, v/ith s Slight 

 keel do^^n the front and over the obtusely rounded apex, and the 

 smaller leaf ov^te or ovf te oblong, flettish on the inner or up- 

 per side, and rounded on th back, deep grass-green, not at all 

 glaucous, shining v;hen in a plump gowing condition, end then Y/ith 

 the tv/o leaves widely separated. Flowers not seen, described by 

 Haworth as having a '^ small unequally 6-lobed calyx, cs in 1-^. 

 gibbosum," and a corolla " a little larger and ^aler than in M, 

 gibbosum. Petals unifrom-ly red, verj obtuse, ^tsmens short, 

 spreac'lne", with white filaments and yellowish anthers. Styles 

 5, verv spreading, as long as the filaments, with subulate subvil- 

 lose recurved tins." I', perviride, Hrr. Ob. Mesemb., p. 136 and 

 451 (l'794) and I'isc. %t., p. 37. 



South Africa. Locality unknown, introduced in 1792; collec- 

 tor not stated, 



''^ar. luteoviride, N»3. Bp. Leeves larger and longer than those 

 of the tyne , yellowish-green. "CJpiyx 2-edged rt the base, G-lobed, 

 the outer lobes larger than the others, obtuse, keeled, the remain- 

 der flettish, subovate, retuse^ with rurplish, membranous margins. 

 Corolla almost as in I', ^erviride; petals numerous, somewhat im- 

 bricate at the base, rather broad or cuneate-linear, often notched, 

 pale reddish, v/ith a darker mid-line, v/hitish at the sides at the 

 base. Stamens nearly three times as short as the petals, spread- 

 ing, white, with sulphur-coloured anthers. -Styles 6, strongly plu- 

 mose, at length spreading, but very short and much shorter than the 

 • stamens." M. perviride, var. Kaw."'i-isc. . Wat. , r. 37 (l803). 

 I", luteoviride, Hnv:. Synop, p. 226 (I8I2). 



South --i-frica. Locality and collector unknown; introduced 

 about 1795. 



Although I have cultivated G. perviride for manj'' years, it 

 has never atter_-ptec! to flov.-er. The variety luteoviride I have 

 never seen. 



5. G. gibbosum. N.3, 3r, Stera of old plants 1 inch long, 

 densely'' lumished with ver;"- short, alternate, prostrate branches. 

 Leave? variable, expanding, scarcely two of eouel size on the 

 whole riant, one of each pair alv^eys larger, longer and more gib- 

 bous th^n the other on the back, few of them more than 1 inch 



