48 Strmens numerous, 1-1 l/4 line l.on,?-, filiform. Ovory half or more 

 then hclf-fuperior, depressed end vjitli six ridges on the top, 7- 

 celled. Cppsuule 2-3 lines in dir.meter, soraevh&t depressed-sub- 

 p-lobose, •"Tith 6 e"-riing double and soruev.'hrit vjing-like ridges on 

 the to^, and with 5 vrlves end cells, v/hen expended about 4-|-6 

 lines in diemfeter; valves reflexed when expanded, rallid, esch 

 with en orange -col our er' centrr] expsndinf-keel cS long as the velve 

 and rallir: bropd elliptic or subrectrngul^.r raembrenous ntrginal- 

 v/in^^s; cells o^^en, without or with only rudimentery cell-wings. 

 Seeds 15-20 in a cell, l/4 line lonr, ovoid, v;ith s nipple at the 

 norro^" end, smooth, liffht broT"n. — I-e sein.br ye nthenum o" iforme, 

 r.^.^.r. in ^"^ourn. linn. ^^oc. v. 45, p. 95 (^uly 102O). Ccno- 

 rh-"-tun oviforme, N.Ji.Bp. in The Gprcieners ' Chronicle, 19S1, v. 

 T.TX, n. 207. ^Ip. R4, 1-L, end. v. IXXI, p. 231, fig. 123. 



"Van I^hynsdorp division* I' devel , rloth; region 



of '^''en Rhynsdor^^, ?'rs. S. Rood, 



An exeraination of more coirrlete material than I had when I 

 first described this -^Ipnt demonstrrHtes that the structure of the 

 flov'er end fruit is quite different from th'^t of Conophj'-tum, as 

 is also its mode of p-roiTth in the s^edlirp ^nd rdul"?" stages. 

 Tn "ts seedling stege the cot^O.ec ' , but the 



49 "^irst PTO^'-t"-' instead O"^ merely re^l.-ic:".n:'- t;- s cot'lodcnrry body as 

 in '^onorhytum is protruded much ahorn -it rn^ 1s minutely papulose 

 on the ursT^er part and smooth at f, " ' . ^t is translucent, 

 esr^ecia^ly pt the smoot' basal, part, s-nd contains air-cells in- 

 s5r!p,^ vji^ich glisten slightly vher vlexved ---^It'- r. ].ens. ^n the 

 .^..•,4. >-->,,,^^ -{-.fT^e grov/ths dev^-"' r so rs to appear 

 sovaewhat sur^erposed until the ol'' grovrt . v/it; ers to a mere skin, 

 '^.is is a ver;'?- different mode of growth from, thpt of Gcro-^'^^^tvr^, 



in v.'hich the successive grov;ths merely replf.ce each otJ , so 



fpr as I have seen no species of Conophytum is at all papulose. 



I have not seen r perfectly fresh flovve, only two limp wither- 

 ed flov-ers that m e developed furing their journey from South 

 Africa, so thet I am uncertain whether the petals are reflly free 

 or whether in the process O"^ ""itbering the"^ had cTunr together at 

 the h?:se so as to "^orm a ver^ -^t tube. 



TT.B. — The plant described .^ .^c. .^\,^ ..^.......u... r... :..^.. .y Schle- 



chter, from the description and from the dried specimens I have 

 seen o"'' it, woiald apreer to have somewhat the same general appear- 

 ance as 0. oviforme, but the single flower seen seems to be quite- 

 different , being very much smaller and on a slender exserted pedi- 

 cel, ''"^owever, the specimens are so badly pressed that it is quite 

 Impossible to determine the true structure and appearance of the 

 riant, which I suspect belongs to som.e other genus. 

 N. E. Urovm 



(To be continued.) 



M]j:5EI.CRYAITTHS!.'!uM . 



Oard. Chron, HI. 79: 80. 1926. 

 (Continued from pe -^e 49). 



3.— LTTPI0P3, IT. 3. ^r, 



SO This genus com';^rises stemless perennials consisting of one, 



t^"0 or several PTov/ths in s clum^, in nature mostljr buried in 



