261 tu-^t of crov'ded stems ur> to 1 incli long, densely covered v/ith 

 the remains of old sheaths, firci In substance end of a tan-hrovm- 

 colour, ^ach hrench terminated by an obconic rrowth about 4 

 lines lonp- and 3-4 lines in diameter, scarcely or but slightly 

 exceeding? the old sheath, arrsrently flattish or slightly convex 

 on the top, and of a light hvovn colour in the dried state, but 

 Thunbers- describes them as being subtruncate and subretuse-- 

 tr'inc^te, rreen and dotted, and as having a 4-lobed cal^p: of 

 ^erirrth. But the specimen is in fruit only, and 1 see no trace 

 of cal:\rx-lobes, although as it is 5-' ngled it v/as doubtless 5- 



1 obed . The car>sule is just exserted from the orifice so as to 

 re-^t on the to^? of the gro^i^th, and is distinctly'- S-valved, and 

 about 2^ lines in diameter. — '-. truncatum, Thunb., in -^ced. 

 Caesar, leor. Carol. Nat. Curios, "^phem. , v. 8, ^^pend. p. 5 

 d"^?!), end ITl. Cr.p . , p. 412, not of other authors. 



"^niondale Div. Amone" rocks in Kamanassie Karoo. 



Th.e above descrirtion is made from Thunberg's type specimens, 

 wbich I have had the privilege of examining. This species has 

 never been introduced into cultivation, although the' name has 

 been erroneously applied to various cultivated plants. 



22. C. truncatellum, N. E. .-r. (ITig. 140). Grov/ths c-10 

 lines high and 6-12 lines in diameter, very broadly obconic, cir- 

 cular in outline at the top, which is flat or more usually shol- 

 lowly depressed at the centre (type ^) , with a slight but usual- 

 Ij distinct blunt ridge on each side of the orifice, light 

 p^laucous-green, sprinkled 



262 all over the top with smell dark green dots, sometimes mingled with 

 T^nr^le dots, ce'l'^rx exserted or included, 5-lobed. Corolla 7—- lines 

 in diameter, opening at about 5 p.m., closed during the day, del- 

 icately scented; tube 2-5 lines long; petals 30-50, recurved- 

 spreading, very narrow, pale straw-coloured or light yellow. 

 Stamens numerous, in 2 series; anthers yellow/;, -^tyle l-l-;* line 

 long; stigmas 5-6, about l-ltj-line long, attaining to about half 



the length of the corolla -tube, nale greenish. — I-', truncatellum, 

 Hsw. :asc. l^at., p. 22 (iSOo). 



Locality unknovm. Introduced by I'^sson in 1795. 



K.m.Bx'ov.'n 

 (To be continued.) 



I-eserabrvanthemum end some new eenera separated from it. 

 Gard. Chron. HI. 71 : 507. 19^. 

 (Continued' from, page 262.) 



307 ^ DD. 



■^ome or all of the dots confluent or connected into lines, 

 or the growths marked with lines not formed of dots, often forming 

 a sort of pattern. (Species 23-49). See also 19 G. piluliforme. 



E. 



Tor. of the growths flattish, or v^ith a shallov:, trough-like 

 transverse depression nearl;;" as broad as the top, or slightly 

 excavated and shallov'ly cn.n-shaped. (Species 23-3l). See also 

 33 C. levTculum, and ?7 C, signatum. 



23. G. minimui^i, N. S. iir. ^rov/ths very small, about six 

 lines high obconic, truncate vjith each side rising a little higher 



