49 brenches with tufts of & few pairs of leaves at their ends. Leaves 

 OT^rosite, sT>re«5dine', \asually It-lt but sometimes (according to 

 Berger) 3-4 inches Ions, 2G3 lines bropd and 2-2§ lines thick, 

 flpt above, v/ith siib^cute ederes, obliruely keeld throughout on 

 the back, with one side convex and the other flat or sli-^ihtly^ 

 conc<_^ve, -"cute or obtusely nointed, soft end flexible, pulypy, 

 smooth, glabrous, e-reen , slightly shining, obscurely pellucid-dot- 

 ted when viewed with a lens against the light, ^lavjev solitary. 

 Tedlcels usually ll-S-^ (but according to ^erger sometiipes 3-4 

 inches lonp, sliprhtly compr-essed and 1-h line bropd end 1 line thick, 

 f!;lpbrous, light srreen. ^^slyx very uneoually 5-lobed dov;n to its 

 union with the ovary, which is shortly obovoid, slightly compressed 

 Find 3r lines in its broader diameter; the tv-o longer lobes P-10 

 lines long, leaf-l^ke, longer than the petals; the three shorter 

 lobes 2l-3^ lines long, v;ith broad, membranous margins, acute. Co- 

 rolla about 14- inch in diameter, expanding in sunshine in the morn- 

 ing, closing- in the afternoon; petals 50-60, in about 2 series, 

 free, 6-7 lines long rnd -^-1 line bro^d, cuneately linear, obtuse, 

 of a peculiar buff or ochraceous colour, with a faint coppery tint. 

 i^o staminodes. Stamens numerous, erect, about 2 lines long; fila- 

 ments vjhite; anthers yellow. 2tignas 7-10, about 1-^ line long, 

 nlumose, acute. Ovary flettish on the top, 7-10-celled, J'ruit 

 not seen. 



I'esembrvanthemum ochraceum, Berger, 1-^es. und i'ort., n. 234 

 (l90o). 



South Africa - Locality and co]. lector unknown. 



My first descrirtion of this nlant vies copied from thr^t of 

 Berger, but the above is made from, t^he Iving plant, v/hich ^ find 

 is cultivated in several garden sin -^nglan.d, under the name of 

 "Mesem.bryanthemum humile," as quoted by -^er^ov , I have not seen 

 any riant of it with leaves and p dicels as long as Berger describes 

 them to be, nor do I find the stigmas to be 5 as he states, "^his 

 nlnnt ariD^'ars to be infertile to its own pollen, at lesst, ^ have 

 PS vet failed to obtain fruit of it, and until that is obtained end 

 examined the correct genus to which this plant belongs cannot be 

 determined, for I doubt if it is really a species of Giottiphyll\im. 



Doubtful 'Species. 



--esembryanthemum heteronhyllum, -^^av;, ^bs., Ai^nend., p. 420 

 (1^95), I.:isc. ITat., p. 36, Syn^ Pi. S^cc., n. 225 and ^ev. Pi. 

 Succ, -r. 101, and N.E.Bp. in ^he Gardeners^ Chronicle, 1922, Vol. 

 L!CCT^ p. 22 J not of Andrews. — ^f this plant ^ know nothing, and 

 can here only repeat what I have stated at the place above quoted, 

 viz. : This is cuite e.n unknown nlant v/hose position is doubtful. 

 It most certainly is not at all the same as ^". angiastum var. hetero- 

 phyllum, 3Iaw. , with which it has been confused by "^onder and Berger. 

 It is originally described by ^^av/orth as foDlovs* "I have seen a 

 fine stemless I-'esembryanthemum with various shaned greenish impun- 

 ctufte lepves, the lower ones somewhat like those of my canum, the 

 urn«^r or inner ones^somewhat like those of dif forme, but not quite 

 so large." In his i-is. '"at., p. 38, he adds 5 "I once saw two 

 nlants o' this fine species alive in the collection of ^^ssrs. 

 lip]colm, nurserymen at ^ennington." ^s he gives no further inform- 

 ation about it in any of his v;orks end no drav'ing is known to exist 

 of it, the above is all that is known concerning this plant. ^^1- 

 though associated vdth snecies of ^lottiphyllum by l^ev/orth, I am 

 doubtful if it belone-s to this genus, -'■t may have been en immature 



