490 Corolla 3 inches in diameter, cup-shaped, opening in sunshine, 



slightly scented; petals about 45, in 1-2 series, Ig-lt long vrhen 

 suh fully developed, 1-1 1/3 line broad, linear, with subacute 

 and more or less revolute tins, bright clear yellov;, scarcely pal- 

 er on the back not shining. Stamens erect, lax, about § inch 

 long, entirely light yellov;. Stigmas 6-^, radiating, about 2 lines 

 long, plumose, whitish. Capsule v/hen closed, 4:|-5 lines in diame- 

 ter, convex and vrithout ridges at the top, v/ith 6-8 valves and 

 cells, and v;hen expanded 7-S lines in diameter; valves horizon- 

 tally spreading; 2|: lines long end 2 lines broad, light brown; ex- 

 pandin--^ keels dark brovm, v7itho;t an avnlike or membranous tip, 

 otherwise the structure is the same as for the genus. Seeds about 

 |- line in diameter, soraev/hat angularly subglobose or irregularly 

 ovoid, vAith a very sm^ll ninple, minutely tuberculate^ dark brown. 



Ladismith Division 5 Between Flathuis and Touws ^erg, 2,000 

 feet above sea le^^el, growing in open t)laces among loose shingle, 

 I'uir 3894. 



V'^hen ^r. Muir sent a nl^nt of this species to me he commented 

 unon the greyish-green appearance of its leaves, and when received 

 the leaves certainly had a slight greyish-green colour, but the 

 fresh leaves that it has m.ade are grass-green; v.'hether they vdll 

 become greyish during hot summer weather remains to be seen. 



N. S. BpoViTi 

 (To be continued.) 



MSSEI\:BRYAlTTHEI;IUivI. 

 Gprd. Ghron. HI. 92- 509. 1927. 

 (Continued from nage 490.) 



1 2 . _ - GLO TTIPKYLLUlvI , KAV; . 



509 21. a. latum, N. S. Br., in The Gardeners' Chronicle, 1981, 

 Yol. LTv, r). 3S7 (Fig. 246,)-- Grov^ths more or less pressed upon 

 the ground. Leaves in two ranks, str^'ight or slightly curved down- 

 wards edgeways, those of the smaller form about l^-^i inches long, 

 and of the larger form 2^-4|- inches long, 6-9 lines broad and 2-4 

 lines thick, strrr-shaped ppd of about equal breadth throughout, 

 broadly rounded or subtruncate at the apex, with or without a 

 short mucronate noint at the end of the upper edge, flat or nearly 

 so on the f^ce, without any pustule at the base, more or less con- 

 vex on the back, smooth, glabrous, soft and nulpj'", uniformly green, 

 not at all glaucous, shining. Pedicels 3-10 lines long, and in 

 fruit — where left uncovered by the bases of the leaves — up to an 

 inch long, 3-angled, 2§ lines thick, glabrous. C^lyx subeauslly 

 ^-lobed; lobes 4-6 lines long, ovate, obtus^ or subacute, three of 

 them acutely keeled on the beck. Corolla li-2-|- inches in diameter, 

 expand inp- only in bright sunshine in the morning and closing in 

 the afternoon, about 5 p.m., not frae'rant; petals numerous, in 2 

 series, 11-13 lines lone^, 2/3 1 line broad, linear, acute, bright 

 yellow, tinged with coppery or reddish on the back at the tips. 

 Stamens very numerous, 3-3v- lines long, bright deep yellow; fila- 

 ments no^ bearded. Stigmas 9-10, radiating, 1 1/3 l^ne long," 

 stoutly Plumose, acute, 



510 greenish-yellow. Ovary partly superior, convex on the top, 9-10 

 celled. Cspsule broadly obconic, with a raised, dome-shaped ton, 

 v-jth 8-10 valves and cells, 5-7 lines in diameter when closed and 

 10-12 lines in diam.eter vrhen expanded; valves pallid within; ex- 



