214 1'or of the grovrths obcordate, vith or v/ithout a slight 



ridge or keel extending from the orifice to the top of 



the convex lohule on each side of it. Types 0-" of ?ig.ll2, 



S3Ej Species 45-49, 



II. Growths tY;o-lobed et the top, and the lohes or top of 

 the grov'th compressed and keeled as if pinched between the finger 

 and thumb, with flat sides to the notch separating the lobes, ex- 

 ce'^t in 57, C, turrigerura, vhich has cylindric lobes, convex or 

 sub truncate at the top, Types ^ to T of ^ig. 112, 



Surface covered vith rainute points viev-ed vdth a lens, slightly 

 and harshly puberulous to the touch, 



5", 3pecies 50-51, 



Surface quite glabrous, smooth to the touch. 



5'B', 'Species 52-57. 



Grovrths globose, ovoid, obovoid or obconic in form, circular, 

 ei^irtic, or rarely slightly angular on outljne, viewed from above, 

 anci not com'-ressed as if pinched betveen the finger and thumb at 

 the u^per part, with the tor convex, flat, depressed, obcordately 

 notched so as to form two very short and broadly-rounded lobes, 

 or with a broad V_shaped trough extending from margin to mergin 

 all across the top, as represented in the outlines Fig. 112. 



Types -A-i^ ('Species 1-49). 



A. 



Surface either distinctlT?- r^ubescent or (as seen under a lens) 

 minutely ruberulous or covered v^ith minute points scarcely amoun- 

 ting to hairs. (Species 1-5,) 



!_. C. pilosu"'um, J^»S. Br, '^rov/ths obcordately obovoid 

 itjr-e N) in nature, but under cultivation v;ith me becoming' elonga- 

 ted-ovoid and more or less pointed at the top (ty':>eB), l--^^ in. in 

 diameter, softly rubescent v;ith fine outstanding hairs, dull pur- 

 ple were exposed to the sun, uniformly light green on other parts, 

 without snots or markings. Flovfers not seen, but according to a 

 '"hotof:r.=irh the flovrer is about eight lines in diameter with about 

 thirty recurved-snreading petals, and stated to be bright -urple. 

 M. Dilosulum, N.S.Br, in J'ourn,_ Linn. Sqc. 3ot., Vol. 45, p. 98. 

 l-advsmith Biv. nerr Touwsberg ^-'ountains^ in a clayey subsoil cov- 

 ered r-ith sand, flowering in ^'-^y, ^ole -^ans, 6927, 



2. G. Leipoldtii , N.E.Br, (Fifr. 117 ) . Growths globose (type 

 3), about a cuarter of an inch in diameter, covered Vi^ith an ad- 

 pressed T-'ubescence of fine hairs all pointing dov/nwards, pale 

 bro-"nish, tinted with reddish, not dotted. Flower not seen, stated 

 to be magenta end not to close when once expanded until it withers. 



Clanvdlliam Div., near Glanv/illiam, Lg^poidt. I have much 

 T^le^^'^tire in nrminr this v^v^r distinct species after ^r. ^. L. 

 Leinoldt, v;ho has discovered a consider.- ble number o-^ interesting 

 South African plpnts. 'The flov/er is probably usually more sym- 

 metrical than represented in the figure, which is from a photo- 

 Frrph sent to me by Ivlr. Leslie. 



