2^51 9, 2. jucundum, N, E. .ir. I'lent forming branching stems 

 T'-ith .?^e. Crrowths peGr-shr.ped in side viev; (t;:/pe D) , subglobose 

 seen from above, plaucous-freen, occasionally v/ith a fe',; dots of 

 darker green when young, T;hich disappear v/ith age. Calyx 3-4- 

 Idbed, Oorolla 8-11 lines in diameter, opening in the daytime; 

 tube 4-5 lines Ion", epricot-coloured, getels ?0-40 in 2-3 series, 

 bright rosy-ma'^enta . Anthers yellor;. ^tyle 4-5 lines long; sti- 

 p-ma's 4-5, about 1 ■" ine lonn', greenish, ecualling or exceeding the 

 st^^-mens. — I.I. Jucundum, 1^.3. Br. in Journ. Linn, "^oc . Bot,, v. 

 45, Ti. 93. 



Little Namaqu?land. South of -^ethany -rift, ■^e<,.rson 6067. 



The formation of stems vdth age is a marked character of this 

 end the next species. Under cultivation the stems of G, Jucundura 

 spread over the ground, but under natural conditions are probably 

 buried under drifting sand, 



10. G. subrisum, N. E, Br, Plant developing branching stems 

 v'it-i ep-e. "^rov-ths 9-12 lines long, 7-8 lines in diameter, obconic, 

 truncate at the top (type l), with the orifice depressed and so me- 

 vrhrt resembling a smiling mouth, with a small dimple ^at eacli end, 

 uniforr.ly whitish-green, ?lov/ers unknov;n. — t*. subrisuia, J-'J,3, Br, 

 in 'Tourn. Linn. 3oc. ^ot., vol, 45, p, 100, 



Van -^'hynsdorp Div. I^ear ^ttjs , -^earson 5466. 



Of this very rsre species a single plant v/as sent to '^ew in 

 1911 b^'- Irof. H.H.Pearson, which under cultivr tion increases very 

 slowly. It is readil:/ recognised by its habit of forming stems, 

 and the resembl&nce of the depressed orifice to a smiling mouth. 



11. G. '.'ettsteinii, N.S.Br. Growths 6-10 lines long, 6-13 

 lines in riipmeter, very broadly obconic , .with the flat circular 

 tori o^ten overhanging the sides (type H, ) ^ uniformly light bluish- 

 green or rarel^'' v/ith a few scattered darker green dots. Galyx 



0-5 lobed, vrhitish or pale reddish. Gorolla 8-11 lines in diameter, 

 remainin^^ open irrespective of cloud or sunshine, scentless; 

 tube longer than the calyx, dull orange-pink; petals of tv.o kinds, 

 the outer 17-38 in tv;o series, widely spreading, bright rich mag- 

 enta, becoming ■'^-hite at the base, shining; the inner erect at the 

 mouth of the tube, 1^-2 lines long, linear-filiform, verAr acute, 

 yellovf or orange. Stamens all included in the corolla-tube belov/ 

 the ?■ nner r^etels, 3tyie^^-|--l line long; stigmas 4, erect, minute, 

 about i. line lon^-. — I", ''ettsteinii, Merger, ^^^esemb. p, 285 and 

 2^S, fi?. II. (l90e). ". truncatellum, ^thner in ^^artenwelt, 1907 

 vol. ?1, p. 301, v/ith fig.^ not of Haiw. 



Ven Rhynsdorp 3iv. ^''e-^r ^akhuis, P ear son 5,469. 



I^' G, minutum, N.E.Br. (-^ig. 122). G-rov/ths forming short 

 branching stems with age, clothed v/ith old sheaths; each grov.th 

 about 5-6 lines long and 2^-5 lines in diameter, obconic or sub- 

 ""i obose-obconic , slightly convex at the top (tj'-pe ^.i, with the 

 orifice in a slight central depression, liglit bluish-green or 

 someA«/hat glaucous -green, vith cJr vdthout a few inconspicuous 

 scattered darker green dots. Cgiyx 4-lobed, v/hitish. Corolla 

 6-11 lines in dismeter, expanding in the da:,'-time irrespective of 

 cloud or sunshine, scentless; tube slender, dull orange, ore 

 sometimes pale yellovdsh-v/hite; pete Is of tv;o kinds, the outer 3-5 

 lines long, v/idely spreading or recurved, bright rosy-miagenta, 

 shining, and the inner 1-lg- line long, ascending or spreading from 

 'the mouth of ths tube, yellov, or some v/ith mjs.genta tips, Stamens 



