451 40a.— 0. asslmile, N. E. Br. Gro\.vths 5-7 lines liifi:h, 4-|-5 



T ines broed , end. 3-5 lines thick, obconic , elliptic in outline end 

 sli,chtly notched on the top (type 0), with the lobules on ec:ch 

 sirle o"^ the notch convex in side view; orifice 1-1": line long, de- 

 riressed; surfece smooth, frl^brous, rreyish-green, or, in dull suxa- 

 ner? , dull green, under continuous sunli.?At often purplish on the 

 sides, and the top usually mnrked on e?ch side of ■* h-: orifice with 

 t.T-o ''rched lines of confluent dots, -"ith or ivithout ? row of two- 

 four dots proceeding from "'"he point of union of the arches tov..- rds 

 the centre of the orifice, end. v/ith a fev/ dots or irregul-r lines 

 outside rnd the erched line", ■ ' -^he orifice outlined vdth c fev.' 

 seroppte or confluent dots, ^ ' nuk green or purplish. Soj^e- 



times T'hen exposed in the open eir to continuous sunlight, the 

 v.'hole toT^ surf^-ce becones more O"^ -^ - - - j.-- -•-,■. -i .. covered ^jith ■ ^e 

 confluent dots, biding the other , ^sibly the eff 



cold nii^its. Cal3^ 4-5-lobed; tube l£-2 lines long, more or less 



="-"r-^,ed; lo>es c^-'' , -"' -^.^ise, reddish. CorC "" . '^-10, lines in 



■^er, exr^and- t, scentless, tube ._- ._ lines lonr ; 

 pete Is 4-5 lines lon^'- verjr slender vi^itish. Stamens m8.ny, in 

 pbout three series; rnthers of the ■■ " series exserted, milk- 

 white. Stj'-le *-l:4 lines long; stir , much shorter then the 

 stp.mens, l-lf line long, filifo_rm, whitish.-- M. ssimile , K. E. 

 Br. in ^ourn. Linn. 3oc. vol. ^^LV^ p. 92. -South -tj-frica; locelity 

 and collector unknorm. 



"This species was Fccidentel Ij'' omitted from my descriptions 

 of the srecies in my former articles in hardeners' Chronicle where 

 it should have been have found place in vol. LC^-lI, p, 54. 



F.B. — In the "kej to the genere published on p. 413, at .the 

 tO':' of the column one, the para/^raph ""From 13. I'lcnts all v/ith 

 distinct erect, ascending or spreading leaves (to the end)" has 

 been rr!.isrleced in the mr.keup and should be transposed to immediate- 

 Iv before the rare graph numbered 18. The plants de?lt with in 

 the rer.sr'rprhs numbered 14-17 all have their leaves more or less 

 combined into a solid body, not separate, as is stated in the 

 ""irst of the cour-led paragr- ' "■ 'lumbered 13. 

 N. S. Brown 



(To be contintued.) 



ISSSLIBRY^JTTHaaJI.!. 

 Gard. Chron. HI. 78: 468. 1925. 

 (Continued fro: 



>m T>£'P-e ^04 vj 



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19a.-- 3. Batesii, j^. S. ^t.-- -ra V^.s varying from 4 lines 

 hi^-h end 1^-5 lines in diamejer at the circular top, to 6-8 lines 

 high, "3-6 J lines broad and 2'i-5§ lines thick, obconic, varj-'^ing 

 •^rom nearly circular to ell.-ptic in outline at the top, vdiich is 

 recnlarl^'' convex and not at all c".epressed at the centre (type '2); 

 o-"ific9 gaping, 2/3-l-| line long, ^nd rather conspicuous in hot 

 sunfehine from its rallid or sonev.'hat v/hitish appearance, its lips 

 risincr to the summit of the top; surface smooth, glabrous, grey- 

 ■''reen, rather f intljr narked with a fevr lines of dots and very fev7 

 -eriprate scattered dots of darker green; in the larger and more 

 perfectly marked growths there are usually 3-5 radiating lines 

 of dots on each side of the orifice, and a fev; scattered dots or 

 short lines in the region at each end of the orifice. Calyx 4- 

 lobed, reddish; tube 2* lines long, partly exserted; lobes 3/3- 



