116 no other rlpnt visible''. 



As the vlpoe '.' •^■"e it grov/.s has been visited by many collec- 

 tors enr! the r^lrn ' not been previously discovered, it is 

 evident!'''" v/ell con "heeled hy its imitation of the soil in v/hich it 

 rrTo:"s. "his iF-itrtion of the soil is very great, for ^r. i«^rloth 

 hps sent me e smpll sample of it, whic)i consists of -grit only, 

 most of the particles bein^r of about the size of the letter 'o" 

 used in printing this, mingled vdth lerger rieces up to the size 

 o"^ smell Fees, and coloured r^rhite, creamy, yellowish, reddish 

 coloured smd brovm. These colours end the grcnulrr structure 

 Gorres'^ond very closely with the colours of the irregular and 

 rinrly surfrce of the plent r f ter the c^ov/ing period is over, 

 but v/hen makinr -^-■-^-''^ ^rov;th, the flittering, brigh green pliupl. s 

 and eleveted c:- 'zings might cause it to be more conspicuous, 

 '^his ^ritt-!^ soil d-a hold bu-^ ver3r little moisture, and being 

 con+-'="'ned in bu^ -' ■ ■" " ,-~i- ^^ ---^sslons of solid roclc there can be 

 no v^rnur aris-" oil. Therefore, as the annual rain- 

 fall is very smrOil f-nC: long >Iroughts occur, it would se- obable 

 that the plant exists on moisture condensed by the roc]-: ,, it 

 cools dovm at night. 



Hnd^r cuT_tlvption I exrect ' - ' ill attain ' :;h 



larger dimensions tnan those at , 1 wil^ prot " ^e 



""ound to be !' ~ " - . to damp off if ^^iven too lauc :;r. 



I. nprmoratp, I'^. '^, Bp. , in. the Gardeners' Chronicle, 1922, 

 vol. T^:x:i,- r. 60. To t' ' -eference*— ^ferstr- Onze Tui- 



rye-n, .oi-r^t, IP"^^ , ^. ^ , : .... Tig. 



L. pseu'-'otruncate] V , .'^.Bp., in TiienGopfleners ' Chronicle, 

 1922, vol. LXXTI, p. 65, '. - . Add reference* — ^-esem.bryanthenun 

 pseudo-truncatellum, Schv^antes in --onrtssch. f. Kakt., August, 

 1P?0, -. 117, wit^ figs. 



I. rubr? , . ^. Br, — S-i,] to resercble L. optica, but differs 

 fron that srecies hj its intense ruri^lish colour', v/hich it retfins 

 throughout the vrint^r, and b"" i"^? seeds h?in'^- c^ ^ d- rV brov/nish 

 red, 



^'esembrysnthe''-'"' ■^■^ticurr. ■, ... rubru^j, -i-soi.-ji' -^j.tschr. 



f. 5iiv'-., vol. II, . ^' jJ"un^ 19S5). 



'^ouf'-'-est ii-frl':- : " "" - nd collector unknown. 



'^hr, bove n-^ -■'■' -• ,^.. ■•t,-o-i of this plant. - .^bve 



"t, hi;- "oned, 1 have no doubt 



th^it it ir ■ ■ ■ inct -. ' • , -.E.Br, 



X. %schiana, T'.E.Br.— Crrov:ths 3/4-1?;- inch ;|.ong and. 7-lC 



■■ Ines bro.-^rij obconic, v/ith a transverse "— -r-.r- •- ..^.r - •• •-..~.-^ 



"ross the top; lobes convex on the tor 

 "■ ■ " ■ vieved f r .' ',"'", ' 



pe^'r!' - ' ' lioTvish or reddish- ' , 

 fev j:irrc:-scf ' ' rnd "-- " " " ing y " " - ".ines. ^lov.e.- ■ 

 sm^n , 3/4-1 ■ in di , yel" . , 5-called. 3^ _. 

 "":' , large. 



'•3^eserabr-"-?nthemum ?'Usc" - — -, Winter in ?e !de -•>-'-}^r<,. , -^t;„- 



ll<=:^te, vol. "^III, np. 25^ : {123I4. M. Ruschiorum. Sinter and 

 ^-^^0 --^?ntes in ^eitsch. f, Sukk., vol, II, p. 21, vlth Hg, ,. nd 



-'. '"■uschii, I^inter and Schwantes on p. 22 (I'ferch 1925). 

 .17 Oreat Namaqualand! In the neighbourhood of '-Windhoek, ne._r 

 ■' " - """'■ - "'-"■-ermihe, ivest, betv:eer- ""^ • .- .. 



'inter ' this undo ' 'ferent S' eil- 



, '- • eerliest . '>£ 



