194 the CoT^e I>ivisir-n. of South ^'^f rlca , . 



The np.K.e iS derived fron the Greek, gymnos be.re, end pome, a 

 lid, because the valves of the c?rsu.le ere destitute of expanding- 

 keels ?nd merginpls wings. 



The true position of this very distinct penus, which I ht ve 

 not yet seen alive, is somewhpt doubtful, but I r.ror'Ose to plrce it 

 betvren Ci^Phytum end Cernanthee, because its habit snd folirge is 

 similpr to th'^t of those genera dn their allies, although the struc- 

 ture end Brnaeerp.nce of the flower e.nd fruit is entirely different. 

 In this genus the exr^andinff keels of the vrlves of the fruit ere 

 aborted, so thpt the^e is no mechanism for OBeninr end closing the 

 vplves, as in most of its eJlies. When ripe end dry the velves 

 separate and snrepd out, and never c''ose again; water has no influ- 

 ence uron them. 



195 1. Cr, tripoliun, N. E. Ep. — G-ip-brous in sll perts. ^lov/ering 

 stens prisTng from a radical tuft of leaves, 3-9-inches long, decum- 

 bent, with distinct internodes. Leaves lonceolpte and T>etiolate 



or ST>rthulate -lanceolate, acute or obtuse, 8-7 inches long, 4-18 

 lines bro'^'^, rith the r>etiole channelled, dilated and sheathing 

 a"*" the base, but v/hen opposite not united there, -^edicels erect in 

 flov-er and fr^it, 1-2:^ inches lone-. Cpl^rK v.dth the tv;o larger lobes 

 5-6 lines lon^, deltoid-ovate, acute, the other three shorter, 

 broadly ovate or sub- "orbicular , vith menbranous margins and a dor- 

 sal -noint. Corolla 18-15 lines in diameter, "opening in the middle 

 part of the day, and of short duration," according to ^avforth; petals 

 l-'ne^r, aciite, 4-6 lin"s lonr, * line broad, not, or but slight-", 

 lonfter than the calyz-lobes, •'.-'hite. ^tamens \'7hite. Stigmas overr 

 toi-r-ing the stamens. Cerisule 10-11 lines in diameter, obconic, 

 S-pnf'led; valves srre-ding 2^-3 lines long, and 2-2^: lines broad at 

 the base, deltoid, smooth and creamy-ochraceous v/ithin ; cells about 

 half-an-inch deep, vrith th:n and stiff pallid cell-partitions, ri- 

 s^'nf nerfectl""- prect in the form of f;n acute cone, and enti^el^'" v.lth- 

 out cell-v'ngs. Sods one line lon~, tuberculate, black,. therwise 

 as described under the genus. 



I-. t^inoliur.:, Linn., 3p . ?1. ed. 1. r. 481 (l753/, founded upon 

 Dill en, Kort. "i^lth., p. 320, t. 179 f. 220; ^sw. "bs., p. 122 and 

 443, I'isc, p. A9, %nor., p. 2'^-7, and Rev., p. 167; Sslm Dyck, 

 lies .^% 64, f. 1; T.erger, ^-es. p. ^2 and 43, f. 5-i (The fruit figured 

 as r. tripolium. in Opisp, Guide to ^'-pier ^ark,«p. 1?2, belonf?s to 

 Cp^panthef^ pomeridsnum, and that figured in The Garden, 1903, "^"ol. 

 LXr/j r», 3471, under the same nan-e is a Composite, "^dontospermum 

 PTrgrnpeur:, 0. Hoff^. , the T'ellknovm "Rose of '^ericho"). -i. expansum, 

 Thunb. ?1. ^eV', P« 415, not of Linne. 



Car>e Division 5 In dam'n sandy places in various pa^ts of the 

 Cane P^^ninsu^a, 'Volley Dod '^-509, Bolus 79"0, Lilians,' F': auetberg 

 Division, Pickiniers Pass, Pearson 5290, ^Ci^nwilliam ^ivision^ 

 Oliph^nts ^o'ver VsHey, near '-■arm Bptha, Stephens 7176. 



/according to information received from -^-r. "^illans and recorded 

 UPon labels with specimens, this plant grov/s in damp places and in 

 a sand-tT- soi^ , so that under cultivation it should receive more v^'ater 

 than most o"^ t^^se plants reouire, and probably a good sandly loam 

 v;ould suit it best. As it is a biennial, it must be propagated 

 from seeds* 



N» E. Bro'^'Ti 

 (To be continued.^ 



