93 brown outside; when expanded, 4 lines in dieraeter and entirely 

 ochraceous inside, otherwise as described under the genus. Seeds 

 about 4-line long, globose-ovoid, slightly compressed, smooth, 

 very pale brownish, with a darker point. 



Ladismith and Sv;ellendam divisions* In various T)arts of the 

 Klein Karoo, growing on the quartz-fields and on the Bokkeveld 

 shales, at an altitude of 1,500-2,000 feet, flov/ering in I%rch end 

 October to December, not common, i^iuir , 3,790, 3,884, 4,023, 



This very distinct little plant is another of l^r. ^'-uir's 

 discoveries, and he informs me that it '^closely resembles the Bok- 

 keveld shales on v/hich it grows "so that it is probably not easily 

 discoverable. 



2.— R. Pillansii, N. E. Br. (Fig. 40).— Hpbit exactly as 

 in R. Muiri. Leaves in 2-3 pairs to a growth, ascending-spreading, 

 6-9 lines long, 3-5 lines broad and 2-3 lines thick at the apical 

 part, where the leaf is dilated and much thicker than at the base, 

 somewhat spathulately clavate, obtuse, flat on the face, vdth the 

 edges very share and without v^-ell defined or cartilaginous edges 

 or edges formed of contiguous v/hite dots, rounded on the back; 

 surface glabrous, thickly covered neerly all over with slightly 

 prominent hard, whitish dots on a livid, slaty-green ground. 

 Flovrers and fruit not seen. 



Laingsburgh Division* Wear I»iat jesf ontein, grov/ing upon slate- 

 colouT^ed shales, Fillans. 



This srecies differs from R. ^--uiri by its leaves being more 

 abruptly dilated at the apical part, rather more obtuse, without 

 well marked, cartilaginous edges j end by their peculiar and rather 

 livid sletv-green colour, ^'^v . ^'i lans informed me that it so 

 v;ell simulated in colour the shales it grew upon as to be diffi- 

 cult to detect. 



Fig. 40 is from a photogrenh of the nlsnt sent to me by ^^r. 

 I'illans, taken by ray daughter about four months after it was re- 

 ceived, 



N, E, Brown 

 (To be continued,) 



L'lSSEIviBRYANrHSIirUlvI. 

 Gard. Chron. III. 82= 113, 1927, 

 (Continued from page 93, T 



ARGSTA, N. S. Br. 



L3 A very dwarf and practically stemless succulent perennial, 



forming tufts or clumps of many small grov^fths on a firmly fleshy 

 central root-stock. Leaves opposite, united at the base, 1-2 

 pairs to a growth, without internodes between the pairs, short and 



the 



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 j.ess. uHxyA uxitsquELL xy u— xuueu. xict^xxy uuvvii uu xua uxixuii wx uii the 



ovary, the two lateral ""obes longer then the other four, laterally 

 compressed, acutely keeled on the back and the keel continued 

 downards to a slight v/ing. Petals free, lax, in 1-2 series, 

 •^teminodes numerous, erect, with recurved tips, surrounding the 

 stamens, filiform, acute. Stamens munerous, erect, in e central 



