500 thpt he merely meBns the s] if?;litly convex siirf.-'ce-^ l- 



celi.s as seen when ver'^- ' •-'-■''r inp unified, tnd no''- 

 hle to the eve pnd as ' ly understood bv t)< 



p"ardeners. ' ~ul^ describe the surface o' "' r plfcints a- 



■hntro iTientiori ., l-ua-ir-ic Rrn,-iot.^'. 



14, — ^. saxe-'enum, -. S. -ir. , in Ti " ;eners* '^hronlole, 

 1S22, V. 71, p. 261. Add to the synon3rm3' ^^ jr.bryanthemum 

 ""oehmeripnum, ^. in Zeitschr. f . Sukkulenten, December 19S3, 

 and October 1924, p. 18].. 



loi-i. — C. spirale, N. E. Bp. — Gxov/ths 4-|-6| lines brord end 

 0-5 lines thick, obconic, slightly end very obtusely ridged across 

 the breadth of the som-^^ ''^ ■f' '■"'■'nvex top (type 2.), orifice 2-2-| 

 lines lonp, depressed, closed, v?ith a dimple at each end, 

 anc' usurllv it is not outl.' ' dots or ' 'k mar ' ':- 

 T'Ho^t ST'ecies; surfpC'-^ c-i— -^-f-- ^ -i-^ of f. ^ ,, 'Ish-rr ...... ..^■ 



sub-^lpucous-preen, ' ' ' .inkled vdth separate small 



-^.ots of n darker rreen, sccroely &.r; ' ■- any , 



nan^'TlT the 1 c t" o- .-^ ■>•• n^ -^"1 n- ,^-r> * >^ ■ -i- ^- •_. Ij^^,^ ^ . ._.' _\ „3 



" C - rrsn^-^ - ■ . side of the ori- 



-^nv^,-- .^-n^ another line oi' ' " e;.. .::l0ii-. the ridre. Ovsry included 

 in i-'-:-^ ori:^ice. ^alyx 6-7-lohed, ■^'='^''' ish; tube £ lines lonr; 

 lobes 1 line long, obtuse. Goro] 1 -Z lines long in dienet .. , 

 err>rri-iinn' at night, scentless; tube 2^--4 lines long; petals JG- 

 "P'', in 1-2 series, ?-5 lines ■'^■■•i-^ linear-filiforn, es'^-^c '- " "- 

 -rrrpnged, whitish. Stemens , in about 3 series, n 1 

 exserted end the longer consioerebl^/ so; anthers whitish, -tyle 



form, pp''lid. 



Prince Albert division* -'^ear -^rince -^Ibez't -^oad, tiHans 



^e scribe^. i"ron a liv:! .lant sent to me by J-Ir. i^.S.PiHans. 



The s'^irpl arren^ement of the petels in the fully expanded 

 flov^er, as wel'i as the mer'^'inps or •^' -^ growths, cler-rly disting- 

 uishes this from allied species. 



IT. E. Brown 



(To he continued.) 



lv!SS"E!"BRY, ^ . .... 

 Gard. Chron. HI. 79: 12. 1925. 

 (Continued from vol. D-CT/III, p. 500 ) . 



372. — C. tantillum, J-^. 3, r.-- 'Tov.'ths es first developed 

 after imr^ort^ tion, 2-4 lines high, £ - "'nes broyd and 2-3 lines 

 thick, some of them smaller, obconic, ^ n ly or distinctly/- 

 notched (somewhat as in type I-) , and faintly'- ride-ed at the top, 

 wit'" the orifice i-3/4 line long, having pjeping lips; surfpce 

 smooth, glabrous, green, not at all glaucous; the orifice area 

 is broadly elTirtic or oblcularand pp'llid, surrounded b:' dark 

 green or at the sides (vhere the mrrking is slender) purplish; 

 at each end o:^ the orifice the dark markinr en]arf:es into a 

 larf'e, irregularis triangular patch on the ridge on each side of 

 t^e orifice 's a pur^^lish or dark green dot or short line, and 

 t>iinlY scattered over the tor^ are slso from 3 to 9 other small 

 dots, '^alyx much exserted, 4-lobed, mem.branous, v./hitish, v;ith 

 the lobed tir>-ned v.'ith reddis^- or greenish hue; tube 2 lines long; 



