17)4. of bracts; (2) by having a 4-celled carsule; ioi ijy the anape of 

 the Gir-o^vths. 7roin this stat'=»'i="-it i ■*" ■'••ould seen: that ^^^-r. -^chv/antes 

 has neither dissected these " even, rerd my descriptions 

 of thera, or he would have founa«--vl> that if flov/ering grov;ths 

 had been cut open a smBll pair of bracts vould have been seen to 

 be -present upon the pedicel (which is concealed in the body of 

 the p-rovth) of the flower in G. bilobum, C. -i-lishae and allies, 

 and upon that of every other species^^^of Conophytum (2) 1'hat the 

 ov8ry end caT?sule of C. bilob\im, C. %ishae and some other spe- 

 cies o^ is 4, 5 or 6-celled in different flowers of the same 

 rlsnt, and varies in different years, (s) ^s to the shape of^^the 

 f^rot.vths, that is only a snecific, not a generic character, ^ono- 

 r>hvtum contains several species may be grouped, end the groups 

 nc^fv p-rsde into erch other \7ith0ut vvell difined limits. 



"herefore, rs there are no vplid cheracts whatever by which 

 >eren?erffi8 can be separated from '-'onophytum it can only rank es 

 a synonvm of that i?enus . No other new species are described under 

 thet generic n?nie, but some of the species described by myself 

 ere transferred to it . _- _, _^ r-, .-. 



''•'he'^ I described 0, tlei'-eri, ^^ ^. ^t. , in Ine hardeners 

 Chronicle, 1925, vol. IXrVIlI, p. 484, I described the erowtbs 

 ss the"^" sT^peared shortly ?fter they vieve received, but nov; they 

 have "pluniT^ed up", they'nre almost globose in form, vath no 

 trpce of any compression. 



In The Gardeners' Chronicle, 1925, vol. L^IX, "G. V.'hettstei- 

 nin, !:\ S. Br. »» and "G. IHliskae-y" r. 12. columns 1 and 3, should 

 be corrected to tJ. "./hettsteinii and'G. Siishae respectively. 1 

 repret thet these errors were Quite overlooked by myself in the 

 nroof . 



4 , — — -'i-L^'-.'-^ij-'i , ■'■'■• -^ • '-'r • 



Stemless, succulent nerennials, with the grovi/ths under 

 ne turpi conditions usually crowded upon the top deeply descexiding 

 rootstock, rprelv solitpry. Growths subplobose or compressed- 

 ovoid, formed of tvro (or when forming a nev/ grovyth, four) henis- 

 phericpl or thick, ovate, equal or uneoual, leaves united for half 

 or two-thirds of their length, and their free parts pressed closely 

 together, entire or v/ith minute teeth on their edges and sometimes 

 along a slight keel on the top; smooth, glabrous or ]-uberulous 

 with microsco'-is soft points," green or whitish, or dove-grey, 

 '•/ithout dots. Flov.'ers solitary. Pedicel partly or at least the 

 ovar^r exserted, bearing a pair of bracts included in the body of 

 the p-ro'-th. Calyx subeoually 4-9-lobe(?- down to its union v/ith the 

 ovar^r. Petals numerous, free, in about 3 series, linear, ^tamens 

 numerou.s, erect, no staminodes. 3tvle none; stigms 7-15, erect 

 ■^ili"orn. Ovary inferior, ''-15-Tobed; placentas on the floor of 

 the cells. Capsule shallovr, flattish on -the top, v/ith 7-15 val- 

 ves and ce^ls; valves, when weteed, V'idely spreading or more or 

 ^ess diverp-inc, Vv4th broad, membranous, marginal vdngs; cell- 

 roo-f*ed with ^Ipt, flexible, membranous, semitrfmspsrent cell- 

 vfinns; no tubercle at .the opening. Seeds many in a cell, very 

 sm^ll, sub-^lobose, ^'ith a ni^rle at one end, smooth. 



Species 4, native of the ^'^arqo region of 3outh -n-f rlca . 'Aie 

 tvr»e of the genus is H. Hgpthii, "^'^".S.Br. 



The name is rierived from the Latin, riraa, a cleft o^ fissure, 

 in allusion to the crrck-line cleft between the closel^" lied 



