12 8.--^^rov/ths 7-14 lines hirh and 6-10 lines brord, as broc d 



as hi{?'h or much teller than broad, of a somewhat 

 dull bluish-green; dots usually not particular], 

 conspicvious. ^iisKce 



^rov'ths lS-21 lines ' ' 6-10 lines broad, always 



much teller thr-n tro'- : . 9 



9. — '^rro^'/ths pale glaucous-frreen or v>''hitish-ereen, sli{;^htly 

 hars'"' to the touch, but xvithout microsconic points 

 or hp irs ; ovprj'^ exserted end the expended flox/er 

 risJnp- much above the top of the lobes; stigmas 

 rer' . exsertum 



G-rov;ths of a somev/hat bluish-green; smooth to - the touch; 

 o^TTy not exserted end the expanded flower either tc- 

 lov; the level of the to^^ of the lobes or not risin? 

 much ^ ::. . 10 



10, --Lobes If -4 lines lon.^, somev/hat obtuse at the apex; 



stigmas red. cauliferum 



Lobes 3-6 lines lon,-^, obliquely a cu : the apex; 



stigmas yellov;ish. sororiui:. 



The nlan'^s of this groun seem to be chiefly natives 

 of f^amaqualand, vhere there seem to be several clo- 

 sely-al] ied species. I have a fevr others, -but they 

 are not at present in a fit state for description. 



5]b--C!. albescens, I'^.^.^r. — S^emless. O-rov/ths 9-18 sines 

 hiph, F._io lines brord, and 4-8 lines thick, cvi -ndric-oblonf-, 

 comnressed and 2-lobed at the tor, with a notch 1-5 lines deep, 

 and the lobes usually equal, but on short-lobed plants often une- 

 aual, rounded on the inner (or notch) face; surface covered 

 with a pubescence o-f microscopic points, scarcely hairs, end some- 

 what harsh to the touch, vhitish-creen or pple glaucous-green, 

 somewhr. t indistinctly dotted vdth derker green and with a! short 

 red line on -^he tips -^ ^he lob'". O-tr. --- ;--- or less exserted. 

 Cal^rjr 5- (or rerhar^ 

 13 sometimes 4-) lobed; tube 2^ lines long; lobes 1-1§ line long, 

 Ob] onr, ■ obtuse, green or reddish. Corollf -bout 1 linch in die - 

 m-^ter, expanding in daytime; tube 4-4^ lines long, slightly lon- 

 ger than he calyx, somev/hat funnel-shaped above, yello\'; pete Is 

 • about 4 lines long, l/3--| lines broad, linerr, subacute or obtuse, 

 bright clear yellow, shining. Stemens numerous, in ebout 4 series, 

 most o^ them v/ell exserted from the corolla- tube , yellow; filaments 

 2-3 lines long. Style 3 lines lonp, greenish, stigmas 6, about 

 21 lines lonp , pele red'ish, lop of the ovary, conical, green. 



Little *^raaqualandJ locality unknown, but possibly from 

 near Chubiessis, as it \ms sent by ^rofessor ^eerson along with 

 ^. cpuliferum. 



This very distinct species is know b y cultivators of these 

 pl?nts as "Heath's seedling," and ^r. ^odier ^^eath informed me 

 that he raised it from seeds taken from a capsule that v;as upon 

 one o-^ the i-Ltnts sent to Kew b'" rofessor Pearson along with 

 ^. cauliferum. The rl^nt died, and the seedlings raised fromi it 

 bv "'r. lieath no\>' exist in several collections. I have cultivated 



