433 1 line in dlrmeter, conpressed, crested-tuberoul: te on 



the m^rrin 37^ ^rid-ris. 



5'rom 18. ilscentes on the outer veil or floor of the eel]; 

 (to §nrl. ). 



27. Lerve? rr. 11 altern&te, arr&nged in large or small tufts, 



not dotted 28 



Lec.ves all opposite 29 



28. Leaves |-1 inch lonf, 5-9 in a tuft,* erect, convexly- 



truncpte and without chlorophyll at the apex , 



* 1'his can easily be seen b cutting off the top of a leaf and 

 holding it against the lipht. 



slightly tapering dovmwards; flov/er sessile or sub- 

 sessile, pur^^le; stigmas 5 33, Frithia 



Leaves 3-9 inches long, narrow, acute, soft; floviers ped- 

 icillate, lar'^e, yellow; stigiaas 10-20 26, Clonicosia 



29. One le^f of each nj ir much longer and larger th; n the 



other, united ^t the base into a, solid-looking body, 

 usually only 1-2 pairs to a growth, and the plant stem- 

 less or vi'ith short prostrate stems; stigmas 6-7 



5, G-ibbacum 



Leaves of e' ir about equal in length and size 30 



30. l-eeves all rodicfl, erect, tufted, club-shaped, convexl;- 



truncate and without chloronh'fll (preen colouring 



riattgr) gt thg apex ; " . 



* 



1^-is c?n eas51y be seen b--^ cu " off the top of a le;-f end 

 holding it against the lip-ht. 



'lowers lar-", ^howy; stigmas 10-11 o;-. , i'enestr-: ri 



Leaves not or very rarely club-shaped, never truncate 

 nor ■••ithout colouring matter at the apex; flc- -" £n.'. 

 stigmas variable 31 



31.^ ^rn.it indehiscent (no valves), fleshy, edible; stems tra- 

 iling; leaves acutely trigonous; fiov/ers large, showy; 

 stigmas 10-16. ' 43, 'Carpobrotus 



?'ruit a dry capsule opening ivhen vretted by spreading or 

 reflered valves provided with exp'. nr'ing-keels 32 



32. Stipxaa one, sessile, circular or oval (not so in any other 

 genera). Stenless or v/ithout internodes betv;een the 

 lepf -pairs leaves 2-4 to a growth, ver^f smooth, dotless 



