8 a'bout li line Ion?-, rather stout^ rele, preenish. -'-. prrvipeta- 

 lura ^\ "S. Brown in Journ. Linn. '^oc. Sot., v. 45, p. 97 (l920). 



South Africa , Locality and collector unknovm. 



'T>.is is closely allied to C. mundum, but is easily recognis- 

 ed by the dots not beinp: raised in the sajie manner into tubercles, 

 and b\'' its flattened corol la-'^ixbe and short petals. 



31. C. af.o:refatun, -■.-^.•^r. ^rovvths 5-6 lines lone; ^nu 

 2-5 lines in diameter, obconic, flettish at the top (type ^) , which 

 is larr-e PTOvrths is more or less distinctly obtusely 6-angled, 

 end. in sraal].er frrov/ths circular, vdth the centre often slightly 

 depressed and usually v'ith a faint- ridge or keel transverse to 

 the orifice, of a dull and soraev/hat bluish-green, rather incon- 

 spncri.ously marked on the top with minute dots, v/hich are mostly 

 confluent into irregular branched lines o:^ a darker green or pur- 

 plish colour. J'lov/er unknov/n. . aggremntun, '^-c.--. ^bs. i'-esemb. 

 p. ir^l and 119; N. E. Br., in -ourn. Linn. Sqc. Bot., v. 49, p. 

 91, excluding description of the flov/er. 



South Africa. Locality and collector unknovm. 



By some error, which L cannot now at all account for, unless 

 I vas interriJ.pted in my work, the description and note of the flov;- 

 er of a plant I now find to be identical with M. piluliforme ^^ere 

 entered under ". aggregatum and published in my former account 

 of this species. I have not yet seen expanded flowers of ^'^, 

 aggre.p-Pitum, but late in November, ^'hen too cold for them to devel- 

 op, buds have appeared, which were dark red. 



Top of the grov/ths more or less conve-s (flattish in 53 G. 

 leviculun and 37 G. signetum), or convex on each side of the 

 central notch, v/hich does not spread open over the whole breath 

 o"^ f^p to'" as "^n somo o"^ those ■uni^er 3. (Species 33-44.) 



32. 0. cateivuii:, il. E. Br. -rroxvths 10-15 rim. long end. 3-g-- 

 6 lines in. diameter under cultivation, but under natural conditions 

 about 3-4 lines in diameter, obconic, convex on the top (type ^) , 

 which is nearly circular or broadly elliptic in outline, pale 

 greyish-green or glaucous-green, with three radiating lines of 

 .confluent dark green dots on each side of the orifice, the tv^o 

 lateral lines usualljr forked, and with a line and some dots or 

 scattered dots only at each end of the orifice, ^lowers not seen.' 

 — M. catervum, N, E. Br., in ^ourn. Linn, ^oo^ Bot., v. 45, p. 93. 



Laingsburg Civ. ^'ear '^rootfontein, Tole ^ans, 4975. 



^? . G. leviculum, N. E. ^r, (^ig. s). G-rowths 5-7 lines 

 lonp, pnd 3^-7 lines in their r-^reater diameter, obconic, ellip- 

 tic or neprl;^'' circular at the flattish top (type ?), often 



r irreg- 

 'k gree: , 

 ^..- ._■ w ...^„_ ...^a^... ^>^.u...wx.-,- ...L^.x ^^x^^^^., ^^ v^v^u^ ^.x>-. ^^j..-^^ around the 

 orifice. Oelyx 4-lobed. Corolla 5-8 lines in diameter, expand- 

 ing about 4 or 5 p.m., closed during the day; tube not exceeding 

 the cali^rx:; pet-^ls 20-25, lax, whitish (very pale staw-coloured 

 by day), sometimes tinged with pink at the tips, with a slight 

 satin;"- sheen. ^>taraen 12-20, the upper anthers exserted, light 

 yellow. Style, about 1 line long; stigraas 4, about 1-1* line 

 lonp-, rlumose-f iliforra, pale p^reenish. — 1'. leviculum, ^. ^, ^-^-t 

 in J'ourn. Linn. 3oc , 3ot., v. 45. p. 94 (l920). 



