13 it for many ye?rs v'ithoxit succeeding in flowering it, and am 



indebted to J'r. T". M. Sndeen, of Laindon, 3ssex, for the loen of 

 g riant in flovrer, from v.-hich the above description has been 

 made. F. "5. brown 



(To be continued.) 



ISSET TBHYANTIiS: OT: . 

 Card. Chron. I"l. 79'. 50. 19S6. 

 'C-ontinued from page 13.) 



30 51c.---. exsertum, N.3. 3r.— Stemless. 'Growths 1-13/4 inch 

 thick, 6-9 lines broad, end 5-6 lines thick, somewhat ciineately 

 c^'lindric belov/, compressed, and tvo-lobed at the top (type S) ; 

 lobes S-4 lines lonff, slightly diverging, fl^t on the inner 

 :"rce, rounded on the b^ck, obscurely keeled on the top, obtusely 

 rounded at the top in side view; surfpce smooth and slightly 

 harsh to the 'touch, r'-lr-brous, rale glaucous-green or whitish' 

 trreen, with e small ratch of darker green at the base of the not- 

 ch betvree^ the lobeis, and with the keel on the top of the lobes 

 red. FloT^'er rising far above the top of the lobes of the 

 *^l^nt. Ov^ry entirely exserted. ^slyx 4-5-lobed, v/hitish^or - ith 

 re-'dish tirs' to the lobes;- tube 2-2-%- lines lone; lobes I-I5 

 line long,' oblon*:', obtuse. Corolla about an inch in diameter, 

 exr'anding in the afternoon, scented; tube 5-7 lines lonf:, much 

 longer than the caljnr, funnel-shrped, yellov/; petals 5-6 lines 

 long, f line broad, linear, acute or obtuse, recurved-spreading, 

 en-^irel""" clear yellov/, shining. Stamens numerous, in 4-5 series, 

 ?ll ^rising below the middle and the lower at the botton of the 

 tn^e, with the u^per exserted; filaments orange; anthers yellow,. 

 3tyle 5 lines long; stigraps about 2^ lines long, filiform, slig'it- 

 Iv s'^re.^dino", entirely exceeding the rnthers, deer orrn.fre-red. 

 '^or^ of the ovary conic? 1, green. 



little Name.qualand! I-ocplity unknown, sent to 1-ew with other 

 species b-- Professor Pearson in 1911.' 



I^is species might easily be mistaken for G. albescens 

 '"■•"en seen se'^arptely, but may be recognised by the lobes of the 

 r^lant beinr flat (not convex) on the irner or notch side, by the 

 su-"face of the riant being destitute of the microscopic points 

 thet cover C. albescens, and by the flovers ^Iso being differ- 

 ent, the stamens be-'ng only Just exserted ard nxich overtorr^rd by 

 the stigmas, which are -los of a darker red. 



50a. — C!. hahlenbergense , N, S. 3r. — ^rowths described and 

 ^icured as being 4-12 lines high and 3|-8 lines brord, but in 

 +-he rlants seen "^-7 lines hig' , 3-4 lines broad p. 2-3 lines 

 thick, comrressed, cuneately obovoid, shorti" ?-lobed at the top 

 (t-"'re ^) ; lobes erect, less than 1 line lor rounded on the 

 inner fr^ce in the plants seen, but figured cs being 2-3 lines 

 long, slightly keeled along the top, vmich is rounded in side 

 ^'•iev,'; surface smooth, microscoT^icelly ruberulous, slightly velvety 

 to the touch, f^reen or soeravxhat glaucous-green, distinctly dot- 

 ted •'•'ith d'^rker green, often tinted with '-urple at the apex un'ler 

 "ull exposure to the sun. ^lo\-ers smsll, figured as being about 

 3 lines in dip-eter, yellov". Caps-i-le v^hen closed 1 1/4 line in 

 dipreter, vrhen expanded 3^ linos in diameter, 4-c3l led, seeds 

 ^ .- .--ITesemb. hahlenbergense, iJinter in fedde ^epert. , i^eihefte 

 "aucculentenforschuna- in Sudwest Strike), v. 2:;, p. 62 \1923); 



inter and "^o^-antes in Seitschr. f. 3,,ri-. v. 2, p. 17 (l925). 



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