510 pandin^ keels dark 'brown, with pallid, awn-like tips; cell -wings 

 brovm; tubercle oclireousl Seeds i line in diameter, conipressed- 

 ellifsoid, vdth a small niprle at one end, nearly smooth, being 

 only very minutely tuberculate as seen under a strong lens, brown, 



G, obliouum, -T.!i!,Br.j in The Gsrdeners' Chronicle, 19?,1, Vol. 

 I^v, n, 336. Meserabrypnthem.um latum, '^aw., Obs^ , p. 186 (l795). 

 I''isc. I'^at., T>. 32, Syn. Pi. Succ, p. 220, and l-<ev. Fl. ^ucc, 

 p. 98, founded upon --. folio lin^uiformi latiore ^illen., J^'^ort. 

 Slth., p. 236, ^t^ 184, f^. 225. M. latum ver. breye, i^aw., Rev. i?l. 

 Succ, D. 99iT.^.Sr., in Journ. Linn. 3oc. Botl , Vol. XLV^ p, 69. 

 M. lingueeforme, Kaw. , Obs., p. 82 (l795), iv-isc. i-fet., p. 33, ^jn. 

 Pi. Succ, p. 221, and Rev. Pi. Succ, p. 97; Lodd., i3ot. Cab., t. 

 1307, and vafs. subcruciatun, pros trr turn and assurgens, Haw. 'Rev. 

 Pi, Succ, r), 97; M, ^linguiforme var. g. , Linn. Sp. i^l., ed, 1, 

 V. 488, founded upon I«U folio linguiformi angiistiore, DiHen. 

 Kort. "Slth. p. 237, t. 185, f. 226. I'-', linguiforme var, latum, 

 Salm ^yck, i'es., 8, f. 83. M. obliquum Wind., Sp. Pi. Vol. II, 

 p. 1027 (1799), also founded upon f. 226 in Dillen. Hort Elth.; 

 N.'^.Br, in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot., Vol. ^^V^ r,, 71. i.:. medium. 

 Haw., SunrNl. Pi. Succ, ^. 88 (l819), and Rev, Pi, 3ucc , p. 95; 

 N.E.Br, in ^ourn. Linn. 5oc. Bot., Vol. 2XV. ^ p, 132. i-. adscen- 

 dens, Salm Dyck, Mes.%8, f. 4, end rerhai^s of Haworth, see note 

 belov-r. K. linffuifonne vars. adscendens end obliouum, Berf-er, '-•^es. 

 und Port. p. 241. Probably Ficoides africana acaulos, foiius lati- 

 ssimis, etc, Bradley, ^^istorj'" of Succulent -t'lpnts, Decede III, p. 

 6, f, PA (1725 ) should be referred to thi^ species, 



Vpt. cultratum I'«. 2, Br, (Fip. 245 S'-.G). — Log-yes more or less 

 curved downwards, edp-ev/ays, with the tips slightly upcurved. Pedi- 

 cels about an inch long, corolla about 2 inches in diameter and 

 like that of the type, 



G, cultratum, 5'_,S.Br, , in The hardeners' 'Chronicle, 1921, 

 Vol, LXX, n. 336. ^■^esembryanthemum cultratum, Spim Oyck, O^s. Bot., 

 r^. 7 (l820) and ^^'es.§8, f. 5; H^w, , -ev. Pi. Succ, P. 95, M. 

 deriressum, Kpim Dvck. J-''es. , % 8, f . 7 (not of -^^a worth', nor of Bot. 

 Mag., t, 1866). M. linguaeforme, Salm Wck, --es.,|8, f. 8, 

 F. longTim and var. flaccidvim, '^pvi. , ^yn. Pi, Succ pp. 221-222 

 (1812), pind Rev., Fl, Succ, p. 96 excluding synonymy (but not 

 I'-, longura of H^w, Obs,, 177, which v?as founded upon a ^illenian 

 plant vath ascending- leaves, v/hilst Hg^vprth describes later a plant 

 v.i th leaves pressed upon the ground). ^-. lucidujn, Havr. ^ Suppl. 

 Pi. Succ, p, 89, and Rev. Pi. Succ, p, 95, excDuding svnonymy, 

 not of Miller. M, longum var. declive, Salm ■'^yck, ^^es.,| 8, f. 

 9B, not of Heworth.^ ivi. linguiforme, vars. declive, depressum and 

 cultratum, Berger, ^s . und Port., p. 240, 



Rlbersdale division: On hills" near •^-'^iversdale, 700 feet alt.; 

 Muir 3>^74, 3875 Fossel Bay ^ivison, near the Little Bp^k River, 

 BurcheTl. Thi s was in cultivation before 1732. 



This species varies considerably, and much confusion of names 

 has been created_by Hpy/orth, who first v.Tongly described it as being 

 i*^. 11n<?uiforro.e , Linn., and then described various slight forms of 

 it as srecies and varieties, in which others have fo lovved him. 

 Salm ^yck made further confusion by fip-urine- this species and its 

 variety under several different names. I have pgain studied all 

 Haworth 's descriptions with close attention to detail and compared 

 them with all the drawings and published figures relating to them 

 at Ke\»r, ond this comparison, with the aid of living plants and some 

 information about them in their native country received from Dp. J. 

 Muir, has enabled me to alter my former view that Cr. letum, G. obli- 



