307 than the midd.l:, causing them to appear as if transversely chan- 

 ne^'led, t-ith a scsrcelj'- rercertihle centra], puberxilous orifice, 

 smooth, somev'het glaucous-green, me.rked witr..^ several single and 

 confluent spots, forraing somewhat branches lines, 5'lo\','er small, 

 caTir!C S-^obed, C3''lindric, menbranous, at length campanula te, pret- 

 tily spotted with red. Ovary exserted above the top of the plant. 

 Petals vrhitlsh-yellow or whitish.--!^-, minimum, ^aw. > '-'bs. •^'•-esemb. 

 r. 126 and 131, under "'. miciforme, and 450 (l795), and ^^isc. Nat. 



locality unknoT.Ti. Introduced b3'- J^%sson befoire 1776. 



This has long been lost to cultivation, and -'■ have not seen 



given. 



24. '^. perpus ilium, ^'^. ^. ^r. "differs only from - . .-.ini- 

 nu' by its included ovrry, and a little in its nuiierous offsets 

 and barker colour. Smooth,,^ green, with stout confluent branched 

 spots. Oyrrv included." — ■'-. ^'^rnusillura, ^-'^-'■'., ?^ev. I'l. Succ, 

 p". ^2 (1821)'. 



Locc lity unknown. 



Iliis species is also quite unknown to me. ^\xt there are at 

 least three species in cultivation under the name I^^. perpusillum, 

 neither of v/hich in an3r vfay agree with -"-awoth's description of it. 

 lossibl^T- 0. perpusillum is not specifically distinct from C. 

 minimum, but this cannot be decided until the plants ere descovered. 



25. C. praecinctum,-. ^''^. 3. i^p. Growths 4-5 lines long, 3-4 

 lines broad and 2-3 lines thick at the flattish top, vfhich is 

 elliptic-oblong in outline and not depressed rt the orifice; the 

 sides are purple, and the top greyish-green, often tinged wit': 

 purrile, marked with a dark purple (or probably sometimes dark 

 green) ring formed of confluent dots parallel vath and inside 

 the nierf^in, and a very few scattered dots of the same colour. 

 Calyx- tube exserted, 4-lobed; ovary included, ^orolla 5-6 lines 

 in diameter, exr^andinr- in the evening, scented; tube 2^-5 lines 

 Ions', about as long as the calyx; petals recurved-spreading, pale 

 cream-coloured. Stamens scarcely exserted, vdiitish. Style about 

 i line long; stigmas 4, nearly 1 line long. 



Localit;"- unknown. Bolus, 15933. 



Tiiis species is unknown to me, I have described it from an 

 exce"'lent coloured drawing made 'bj ^'dss ^-'. •'^age from a living 

 ^■'— ^-^j "'hich I understand is now dead. 



25. 0. obmetale, N, 3. Bp. C-powths 5-10 lines long and 4|- 

 7 lines in diameter, obconic, nearly circular in outline at the 

 nearlv-flat tor' (t7''pe ^) , gre-^ish-green or dull green, mjarked 

 ^'dth verv distinct dull purplish-brown or dark green branching 

 lines "formed o-^ confluent dots, with a few separate dots scattered 

 am-onp- them. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla 5-5v, lines in diameter, 

 onenin'? about sunset, closed during the day, scentless; tube a- 

 bout as long as the calyx; petfls 16-^^.0, recurved-spreading, milk- 

 white, very shining. Stamens 12-25, in two series, the urper 

 anthers just exserted, yellow. Style about one line long; stig- 

 m^s 4, ^""^imose-f iliform, 1^ lines long, whitish or yellowish- 

 green.-- "'. obmetale, -^. S. Br. in Journ. Linn. Sqc. 3ot., ^^ol. 

 45, r^. 95. (1920 ). 



South Africa. Locality and collector unknown. 



