^-. pubescens, . \ r. , in "^-en ^' ;r5' *-!hronlcle, 192id, 



vol. TZ^^, p. 1?,9, 1';. g4, A.-G., -'here L:- full synonyiu" " iven. 



la dismlth Division: At lion^ie^'cter, 1,7000-2,000 ft. : ., 

 flo^-erinc' in August, 'uir 3662. 



• I em informed "oj Dp. L-uir, .liu sent the flov.ers to ne. In. L. 

 this srecies -"rc^'s in cluinps th;. t tre up to 6 or 8 inches in di&.- 

 r:^-*-, ^r, :" '^' en in flo'.er it i,.okes i: fine sight, 1 ' covered 



'•ith its - ' "" "" ~" "-"s. -as r ' - '' - 3t£-ted, thi; 1^ :it 



'; Iters i-*-'- ^rculti^ '.e climste of Greet 



Britain. 



s 



2:^.^; G-. 3handij , . '^. -r.-- I ;.;- infor- -r. «^ . - uir- 



■" '^ South AfricF this species 



" . pubescens, not only hy the ne'ture ' 3 pu'::e5(je:.oc, ullu i. 



":3inr- — p-'^'?"°r in colour and by the 1- le-^f l:)e::.ng different 



in s" " incurved. Then, flowers of t^ -" ecies t present 



unknov;n. ^ , 



G. S^iandiT , . -^. -^r., i" "^e ''hardeners *^hronicle, 1£L2, 

 vol. LX--:!, r. 129, fi?:. 2._E. 



N. -o. -ru-..:i 

 ('-^o he continued.) 



MSSEIIBRYANTHEI XFlvI . 

 Gard. Ghron. III. 79: £6^. 1926. 

 (C>ontinued frc e 235.) 



6.--i^GYR0BEHI,U, N. E. ..p. 



S.'^.n SteiTiless succulent perennial? , tu-^ted, cr e: j " nt consis- 



ting: of B sinf?le grov/th. Le- ! 'ormiiig 



4, or under cultivation sometines 5^ to a £.::o-,-.taG or ";l;..n"c, orpo- 

 site", short and thick, ovate, flat ehove, very convex on the back, 

 firm, verv smooth, v/hite or ■"■hitish-green, not dotted. Fiov/er 

 solitar-"', terminal, sessileor subsessile, brfcteate. Calyx pro- 

 duced above its union with the ovary into a short, cup-like tube, 

 6-8-lobe'.^ above. I^etals numerous, free, linear, arising from the 

 to'^ of the c'rlyr-tube. Stamens numerous, in several series, rri- 

 sinc" from the top of the cal:3'x-tube, the ir'-ermost erect or as- 

 cending, and the" other abruptly 'bent do- cal:/0:-tube, forming 

 a ring at the nouth of the tube, rith a centr.^l opening. Stigma 

 one, sessile, circular or ell^tic, usuallv entire, ra.rel:' f-intly 

 crenulate. Ovary inferior, 10-24-celled; placent.-s on the floor 

 of the cells. Capsule verv slrortl^'- and broadl:' obconic, flattend 

 at the top, with 10-24 valves and ce''ls; each valve with a pair 

 of stout, diverginp", expanding -keels ending in ewnlike or linear 

 point, not winged; cells shallow, roofed vath flexible seird-tri- ns- 

 pa rent ceH-^ ings and the opening ne*-'rly closed by a large tubercle. 

 Seeds numerous in each cell, minute, globose-ovoid, with a nipple 

 at one end, smooth. — N.S.B.p in l^.e Gardeners' Chronicle, 1922, 

 ^ro\. IX:i, p. 92. 



Species 5, besides one th? t is doubtful; native of Naraacualand 

 r-" " Khynsdorp division in South Africa, "^he t'^pe of the genus 

 . -estic'lpre , I'. 3. Br. 



The generic name is derived from the Creek, ar gyros, silver, 

 and derma, sking. In allusion to the silvery-v/hite colour of the 

 vo-PTT- smooth skin o-^ +"■'1'^ leaves. 



'^1^. 1^1. sho- sectional diagr'-^m of the structure of the 



