35 slightly more than na turpi size, as cultivated at -^even Mngs by 

 Mr. D. b'Donoghue, to whom I am indebted for the photographs. The 

 three plants represented by these figures v^ieve all identical in 

 aT»t)e8rance when first imported, but the different conditions under 

 which they have been cultivated has had a very marked effect upon 

 their develonment, and had not their history after importation been 

 accurately knoY'n, it v/ould be difficult to credit that all these 

 figures represented but one species, 



Mr. O'Donoghue informs me thet v/ith him "it seems to flower 

 freely,** and to him ^ am also indebted for the fruit of this plant. 

 The flower from which my description v;as mtade v/as sent to me by 

 Mr. T. M. Endean, of Laindon^, ^ssex. 



N» E» iirov/n 

 (To be continued.) 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



Gard. Chron. HI. 80S 72. 1926. 



(Continued from page 35.) 



8.— CHEIRIDOPSIS^ N. E. ^x , 



72 C. Roodiae, N, E. Bj,. (i'igs. 44 and 45).— Growths of newly 

 imported plants borne on short, branching, moderately stout stems, 

 densely clothed with the remains of old brovm sheaths; each grov.th 

 on the plant seen with 2-3 pairs of leaves, the lower pair of diver- 

 ging, united at the base into a body or sheath 6-S lines long, 6 

 to 10 lines broad and 5-7- lines thick, with the free pert I4-2 in- 

 ches long, 5-6 lines broad and 4-5^ lines thick at the base, flat 

 on the face, and there gradually tapering from the base to a suba- 

 cute arex, obtusely or subacutely keeled ell down the back; the 

 second Dair of leaves are very much more slender, erect, and clo- 

 sed together in the form of a linear beak, li--2^ inches long, 3-4 

 lines broad and 1^-2^ lines thick, somewhat obtuse in side view, 

 but each leaf composing the "beak minutely ariculate at the apex, 

 end with a subDellucid keel; surface of both pairs of leaves smooth, 

 glabrous, r>ale glsucous-green or v/hitish green, with continuous 

 subDellucid edges and keel when viewed against a strong light; not 

 visibly dotted, even under a lens, unless viewed against a strong 

 light, when a rather scanty sprinkling of pellucid dots are visible. 

 Flowers and fruit unknown. ^ 



Van. RhynsdorD ^ivis'on^ I'pcality unknown, ^^^rs. S, Rood. 



I received this plant from ^-rs. Rood without information as 

 to its origin, and have much pleasure in naming it after her. 



It is well distinguished from all other species b^^ its sturdy 

 habit and the absence of dots from its leaves es viewed in ordinary 

 light. 



0, rostrata, I^. E,,Br. — Grov/ths with 1-3 oairs of leaves, 

 2-3^ inches long, the lower or primary pair stouter then the others 

 and sT)reading, 6-8 lines broad and 4-5 lines thick at the base 

 where they are united into a sheath about six lines long and 8-9 

 lines thick, flat on the face v/hich tapers from the base to an 

 acute apex, rounded on the back at the basal part, keeled above, 

 in s'ide viev/ abruptly rounded in from the keel to the minutely api- 

 culate apex; the next pair to are much more slender and much more 

 pointed in side viev;, and at the base are united into a sheath, 9- 

 io lines long embracing the third pair, which have their flat faces 



