12 lobes 3/4 line lon^, ovrte, obtuse. Corolla ( a dried flower 

 only seen) probrbly 5-6 lines in dieineter; tube exceeding the 

 oeXyr, about 3|- lines lonr; petals m^rente -j^urple ; no sttimlnodes 

 or inn^r petr-ls at the mouth of the tube, -stamens numerous, in 

 4 series at the throet of the corolla-tube, the tv;o upper series 

 e::serted, yellov. "^tyle S^ lines lonp, slender, ettainin,"; to the 

 -oi)-'"- o-^ the corolla tube; stignes 4, about § line Ion-, yellov;ish. 

 "e^sule li line in diameter, qus dranguler, with 4' valves and cells, 

 thin, pale brown; each valve v;ith one central, honey-coloured, ex- 

 panding keel with broed, membranous, spreading, marginal v/ings . 

 3eefls minute, 1/4 line in diameter, compressed, somewhat pear- 

 sb?ired in outline, smooth, pale brown. 



little Namaqualand: Vicinity of Steinkopf, ^^-eyer, i^rloth 

 5512,. 



This an^ears to be allied to C. r.:inusculmu, N. E. Br., al- 

 though quite distinct from that charming species. 



26a.-- -. Taylorianum, T. S.Bp.— Growth 4-7t lines high, :- 

 7 lines thick and .3^-5 lines broed, ciruclar or elliptic in outline 

 at the flattened or transversely depressed top; orofic- ^"' ttened 

 3/4-13/4 line long; surfece vsuell;,'" rur-rlish-green on .ides 



pinr' ^lull gre-^ish-green o- top, marked with blfckisj -green dots, 



"^lowers rnj.-no^-'-n.---''esemb. -i.:lorirnum, "Dinter in -J^'edde Repert. , 

 ■^eihe^^t {^ucculentenforsc^vi'^/^ in ^udwest --f rikp ) v. 23, p. 58 

 (1923); and T>inter -nd Sc' ':es in ^eitschr f. SvOck. v. 2, p. 27 



(1025). 



^^re?=t Namaqualand: ^li" -ntains, Winter 3872. 



'Tiis species is unknov^n to me. 



15.-- 0. viridicatum, I'. ^. Br. v : . unctatum, N.E.Br.-- 



'^'rov/ths as in the tjfie, often but of s somewhet grej'-ish-fereen, 



■•T-^'- the sides often^-;'^-'' ^■"'•'-•^"" -■'-'•-' - --'' the top +^---i- --rinkled 

 ,.^,_:. -op,r sra?ll -"lots c , 'iQt conf] rrangeu 



in lines except sometiir:es alo' re keel, the orifice 



somev^'-^ --"'■'■'■- ^otl.j ou-^''""'^ j i-- ^ - ^- dots. 



I ' ivisi'^n* ^00 f'^ers. 



I have had this v 



fro™ ■*:hi= t-'T'e, end as the .typical form often has some Ox itt; 

 ^^,„ ^, , .::, ^j. ]_Qsg dotted, "T ^--— ■ -^ '■•.-^i-v.-^ ^-^.. ■<- ^+- ^ c- . .ir^r-e 



- ■•■ ' • " ■ t snecies. 



In ''-ard. Chron. , vol. LXX.1, p. 36I, I have \/rongly olnced 



^>-*s species, for it should h&ve been placed after G, pisinnum, 



o'- n. 214, as the surfece is covered \dth a very microscopis pub- 



erulence, and is faintl:/- velvety to the touch. 



lla.-- -. V/hettsteinii, ^-.S.^r.— Grov/ths 6-9 lines high, 

 10-15 lines brord and 10-12 lines thick, broedly obconic , circular 

 or e^lir'tic in outline at the trunc-te -Plettisb top, v/hich often 

 overhanrs the sides (type H) ; orifice 2-2j lines long; surface 

 sra"^oth, glabrous, glau-coiis-p-reen , felntly and rather minutely dottec: 

 T'n -M-, darVer, and the orific^^' -1-1 lined v/ith darker green. Calyx u- 



Tly and sometimes the ov -ted, 4-6-lobed; tube 3-3^ 



lines" long, 1^ line broad, rreenis:.; lobes 1-1^ lines lonp; , oblong, 

 o'^tu'^e, T-<^rvi--^^- ,-)j, gr-^en. Coroll- 10-15 lines in jp.i-r:::^ter , ex- 

 panding ^ ^ irrespective - shien or dull er if the 

 ■•■emr^aratnre io ■r^vm enough, and 1; r.tinr about a reek; scentless; 

 tii"'-o A_^.'' Tinoc^ ""ong, f.bon-*- c r. Tnrr- fi.q or lon-^er thpn the Cflyx, 



