407 Net., p. 28 (1803), and N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Sqc. Bot., vol. 

 XLV, p. 84, t. 9. fig. 37. 



C. Roodiae, N. E. Br. — Described and figured later. 



C. rostra ta N, E. Br.— Described and synonjnny given later. 



C. rostratoldes, Haw. ^bs. Mesemb., pi. 154 (l795), N. E. Bp. , 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot., vol. XLV, p. 85, t. 7, fig. 27.— M. 

 ramulosiim. Haw. Misc. Nat., p. 89 (1803). 



C. tuberculata, N. E, ^Br. — Described and synonymy given later. 



C. ventrlcosa, N. E, Br.— A doubtful species. Described and 

 the synonymy given later. N, E, Brown 



(To he continued.) 



MSSmiBRyANTHEMUI.i . 

 Gard. Chron. HI. 79: 425. 1926. 

 (Continued from page 407.) 



8,— CHEIRIDOPSIS, N. E. Br. 

 Descriptions. 



425 C. csrnes, N, E. Br, — Tufted and stemless, up to 2 inches 



high when out of flower. Leaves one to two pairs to a growth, erect, 

 their dheaths 4-9 lines long, their free part 9-15 lines long, and 

 (when dried) li-2 lines broad and thick, of equal thickness through- 

 out, flat above, keeled on the back, obtuse at the apex in side 

 viev7, with a minute apiculus , glabrous, dotted along the edges and 

 keel. Pedicel li-3i inches long, 1 line or more thick, bractless, 

 glabrous. Calyx 5-lobed, glabrous; ovary-part hemispherical, about 

 3 lines in diameter; lobes unequal, the two longer 3-31^ lines long, 

 leaf-like, the other three shorter, broadly ovate and with membraneous 

 margins. Corolla about an inch or rather more in diameter; petrls 

 6-7 lines long "pink" Stamens numerous, erect, rbout 2 lines long. 

 Stigmas 8, erect, 1 line long, subulate, apparently yellow. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Piquetberg Division : on a ^onje near Eende Kuil. Stephens and 

 Glover 8733. 



C. Ceroli-Schmidtii, N. E. Br. (Fig, 216).-- Plant about 1| 

 inch high, consisting of a niomber of crowded growths upon very 

 short branches (i-l inch long) arising from a deeply descending 

 rootstock, 4-6 lines thick. Each growths with 1-2 pairs a leaves 

 h-1^ inch long, 4©6 lines broad at the base, and 4-6 lines thick 

 near the a'^ex where the keel is slightly dilated, erect or spreading, 

 shortly united at the base, flat and gradually tapering from base 

 to ar)ex a'^'^ve, keeled and much compressed on the back and obtusely 

 rounded at the apex, in side view, entire, glaucous or whitish- 

 green, consriicuousl3'- dotted. Flowers not seen, but represented in 

 fig. 216. Pedicels of the fruit 3-9 lines long, with 2 small bracts 

 at the base. CaDsule closed 4-5 lines in diameter, hemispherical, 

 flattish on the top, and v;hen expanded 8-9 lines in diameter, with 

 10 valves and cells; valves about 2 inches long, very spreading or 

 sliffhtly reflexed, pallid; expanding keels contiguous for 2/3 of 



