114 Fig. 52 is from e photograph of the plant as it grows in 



South Africa, about two-thirds its actual size, taken by Mr. R. A, 

 Dyer, to whom I am indebted for perirdssion to make use of it. 



N. E . Brown 

 (To be continued.) 



I.'IESEIvIBRYAKTTISIvIUI^I. 

 Gard. Chron. III. 82: g28 . 1927, 

 (Continued from page 92.) 



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CONOPHYTUM. 



228 Conofhytum elegans, K. S, Br, — ■'•his name must replace that 



of Lithops marlothii, N. E. Br. in The Gardenres ' Chronicle, 1926, 

 Vol. IXXIX, p. 102, f . 52, for having now flowered with Mr. T. 

 Endean (who has very kindly sent his plant for me to see), it 

 proves to be a Conot>hytum. ''""'hen first sent to me, the flat top, 

 its curious, windov;-like structure end the fissure right across it 

 was so like that of Lithops that I fell into the error of placing 

 it in that genus ♦ The flower, however, is that of a Conophytum; 

 it is 8-9 lines in diameter, pure v/hite, v.dth a ring of scale-like 

 yellov/ staminodes at the mouth of the 4- line long tube. The stamens 

 are seated lov^ down in the tube, but above the stigmas. The flov/er 

 onens only in bright sunshine and is not scented. Another^synonym 

 of this nlant is Opathalmophyllum i'-arlothiij Schwantes in Poller's 

 Deutsch Gert. Seit., 1927, p. 64. The specific name ^^arlothii 

 cannot be retained for it, as that name has already been used for a 

 Conophytum. 



C. frutescens, Schwantes in Iviollers' Deutsch Gart. 2.eit., 1927, 

 p. 123, is a synonym of C. cauliferum, i^\ E. Br. I'he differences 

 mentioned by Schv^ntes to separate them are only non-specific in- 

 dividual features. 



CLERETmi, N. S. Br. 



This genus was pu lished in The *^ardeners' Chronicle, 1925, 

 Vol. IXXVIII, t). 412, but has recently been redescribed under the 

 synonymic name of Dorotheanthus by Schwantes in ^•'oiler's Deutsch 

 Gart.Zeit., 1927, p, 283. The snecies ere^ C. apetalum, i^. E. Br, 

 (Mesembryanthemum arietslum, L. ) ; C, criniflorum, N.S.Br. (M. 

 criniflorum, L. Dor othean thus criniflorus, ^chwant )--this is the 

 type of the genus Cleretim; C. graminevim ^^. S. Br. (i^i. gramineum, 

 Haw., Dorotheanthus gramineus, ^chwant.),; C. papulosum, i''i.2,^r., 

 (M. papulosum, L. ) ; G. pinnatif idum, N.J^.Br. TM. pinna t if id\im, L, 

 f.); C. Duberulum, N. E. Br. (M. puberulum. Hew,), 



N. E. Brovn 

 (To be continued.) 



ME3EIIBRY Al-TTHELOT^ . 

 Gard.^Chron. HI. 82: 263. 1927, 

 (Continued from page 228.) 



FENSSTRARIA, N, E. Br. 



