83. and when viewed v/ith a lens seems to be covered v;ith minute 



T)oints, scarcely hairs, best seen on the sheaths. (Species, 50- 

 51). 



50. CI. quaesitum, H. E. Bp. Gpovths 4-7^ lines long:, 4-|- 

 7| lines broad, and 3j-4i lines thick, in side viev; sociev/hat 

 truncetely obovoid, v.dth a small notch -|-1 line deep at the 

 centre of the keeled tor (tvpe R) , light p-reyish-green with a 

 fpint bluish tint, vith or without a fev; dots of a slightly dar- 

 ker r^reen, thft <?re sometimes conspicuous, at others scarcely 

 perceptible without r lens and sometimes quite absent. ^lov/ers 

 unkno^'Ti. — ^-\ quaesitum, ^, S." Bf. , in t^ourn. I-inn. Soc . Bot., 

 ^ol. 45, p. 65. ^ _ ■ 



^'^arasqualand, . J^ackals I^ountains, near Sendlings j-^rift, -t ear- 

 son 6123. ' 



"Tiis is the smallest species of the group. I have not yet 

 succeeded in getting it to flo^'er. 



51. C. apiatum, N. S. Br. Growths 1-2^ inches long, 9-13 

 lines brosd and 6-?f-10 lines thick, compressed-oblong, with lobes 

 3-8 lines long (type S) ^ v.iaitish green or light glaucous-green, 

 often reddish on the margins and keel of the lobes, very conspic- 

 uously marked all over with dark green scattered dots. Cglyx 

 5-lobed. ^-^orolla an inch in diameter, somewhat funnel-shaped, 

 with 45-60 mdely spreading yellov; petals. Stamens numerous in 



5 or 5 (or more) series, the upper exserted, yellow. Style near- 

 ly as long as the corolla- tube ;stigi7icss 5-5, finally 2-2^- lines 

 long and exserted beyond the stamens, dull orange. --M. apiatum, 

 -^. "^.^^-r. in Journ. iinn. Soc. Bot. v. 45, p. 64, 



I'ama qua land. ^A^estern slopes of a ridge betv/een ^aunabls end 

 Bethany ^rift, Tearson, 5058. 



1*his is readily distinguished from all its allies hj its 

 chfOk'^-^r^^'^n colour, consnicuous dots, and peculiar surface. 



FF. 



Surface quite glabrous, sm-ooth to the touch. i-H the species 

 distinctly two-lobed. 



5^. ^G. bilobum, N. 3S. Br. (Fig. 36). Growths li-.2 inches 

 long, 4.-1* inch broed, and 7-10 lines. thick, cuneatelj'' oblong, 

 comr>ressed, wit''? lobes 4-9 lines lonf^ (type S) ^ light bluish- 

 green (glaucous-green, ex Iferloth), .dotless, with a wedge- 

 shaped area of rather darker dull green under the notch, and the 

 margins and keel of the lobes often reddish or purplish tinted, 

 ^al-'rr 4-6-lobed. Corolla 10-15 lines in diameter, expending in 

 bri(?ht sunshine, scentless; tube longer than the celyx; petals 

 40-45, somewhat laxly recurved-spreeding, bright yellov.' stamens 

 in 4-5 series, the upper exserted, yellov;. Style varying from 

 l-4f lines lon^-; stigmas 4-6, varying on the same plant in differ- 

 ent 7/-ears -^rom '5^-6^ lines long, sometimes only equalling the 

 stamens, sometimes exserted much bej'-ond them, dull orange.-- I>-i. 

 bilobum, 'arl. in Tr^ns. S. Afr. ^hil. Soc. v. 18, p. 44, pi. 

 5. ^. 2 j^l907), and Fl. of 3. ..fr. v. 1, p. 201, pi. 49, f. F; 

 "Merger, -'esemb., p. 280, f. 53 (copied from ^-'^rloth 's 

 84 orip-in?l figure); L, Bolus in Ann. <> . -'fr. ^■'us . v. 9, p. 14. 

 I\ st^'losum, N. E. 3r. in^^^ot. Ifeg. t. 9595, f. B (1915). 



Little Namaqualand. 'la ins bet'."een Stinkfontein and Ghubies- 

 sis, Pearson 5203, ano without precise locality, "'-arloth 3750. 



