338 and hj the charecter of its ovrry end fruit. 5'ig. 160 represents 

 di:^ffrpra'=ticplly the florril structure nr de from a living flov/er. 

 Fig. 161 is from p photogrnrih of my plant in a state of rest, v.lth 

 e deed flov/er upon on of the PTov;ths , natural size, taken by my 

 deughter. In this state it somewl-pt reserables the pseudo-bulhs of 

 en Orchid. Fig. 16S is from a photograrh by Mr. T. K. Leslie of 

 the rlent es it gro^'s in South -frice (and with myself) in flov/er, 

 nature"' size. 



339 It is interesting to not-^- hovvf completely this plant changes its 

 eT^T^9a^ance , fs is shovn hj these figures. V-'hen ""n vigorous grov.'th 

 and ■f'lov^ering its arpearance is as shovm in Fig. 162, but when it 

 goes to rest the stout nulp^r leaves and their sheaths dry up and 



r>^ ^c•r^■r\p^r^v , becoiT.ing p rr-ere brovn slrin enclosing the short pulpy 

 sterr ^'f' ^^c'-' "rovrth , as shovn in Fir-. 161. 



1.— 15. dic^itat?, I'. "5. Br. (Figs. 160,161 and 162).— Hants 

 with P' r^e , forming large clumps up to a foot in diameter. Rootstock 

 and its fleshy roots descending deeply, stout, divided or brrnching 

 above, tha branches beinc 'mostlj'' underground, rnd 6- 8 lines thick. 

 "Sach gro^'th, l-|-3 inches high and f-l| inch thick, soft and^ fleshy, 

 with 2-3 alternate sheathing leaves ihnt are very unequal, i-3 inches 

 lon^ and 4-10 lines t^ick, terete or finger-like, very obtuse, 

 smooth, gl.'^brous, very pulpy, green or glauc ous -green , and under con- 

 tinued sunshine tinred v.dth purple at the tips. Flowers solitary, 

 sessile, terminal. CeJyx not exserted, from the le;;.f-shecth, about ';- 

 4-- lines in diameter, subglobose at the lov/er part, green; tube a- 

 bove its union with the ovary 1^-2 lines inng; lobes 2-2g- lines 

 lonp- pnc' 1-2 lines broed, ovete or i*ounded, obtuse, sub-membrsnous. 

 Coro!lls 7-9 lines in diameter, remaining continually exat nded for 

 3-4 Vv'eeks irresi^ective of cloud or sunshine; tube about 3 lines long; 

 pet^'ls ver;^'- numerous, in sever^-1 series, linear-f ilirorm, rather 

 stiff; the outer about 3-^ lines long, recurved -spreading, ^ure white; 

 f'-e i'^ner about 1-1^ line long, erect or incurved, concerling the 

 strmens, vhite or pale yellowish. Stamensin 4 series, included in 

 the coroll-tube, creamy-white. Ovary lialf or rather more than half- 

 superior , superior , conical, e.bove, creamy-white. Stigmas 5, erect, 

 l-ii" line lonp:, stoutly subulete, acute, creamy-v;hite^ Capsule 

 sub-o-lobose , ^-ith 5 garing, sutural ridges on the top, 2^-4 lines in 

 dismeter when closed, and 5-6 lines in diameter -hen expanded, v/ith 

 the "hole inner surface creamy-white or nele ochreous. Seeds ^- 

 ^^'^ line Ion"', lir-ht brown. 



I-esembryenthemum digitatum, Ait. -^^ort. i'^ev;, ed. 1, Vol. II, 

 V. 1"1 (17^9); Ha-". Obs. r . 1"9 (l''95), Hisc. I-fet. , p. 27, i^jnovs. 

 ri. Succ., p. "11, and Hev. Pi. Succ., p. 86; Berger, Mes. un d 

 Tort., -0. 229, f. 47 (coried -from a drawing by ^fesson). M. digiti- 

 f orme , "^unb. in ■ c- d. leoi-'.-Cf. r . E^hem., ^ol . VIII, -n-nr>end., r. 

 6 (1791), and Fi . Opr,. ed. Schultes,- p. 412; Ivlarloth, Fi. S. ..fr. , 

 Vol. I., n. 201, t. A9, Fiff. G., and in Tpans. Rov. ^oc. S. ..fr. , 

 Vol. 1, T^. '97; Pole "=l?nns, Flo^^ering Fl. of 3. Ar., Vol. HI, t. 

 102 (section of H ov^r verj/ int ccurate) ; N.E.Br. in Both&lle , "Vol. 

 1., r. 153. 



Van Riiynsdorr I^i vision! I^aroo between,, the Olifants River and 

 the Bokkeveld ICountain^-, l^unberp;, --asson, ^etrson 5,455, ^irs. Rood 

 T^arloth. 



This singular plfnt was introduced into Kev/ Gardens b^/ Fpj^incis 

 !'asson in 1775, but seems soon to have died out of cultivation, for 

 Haworth stfted that he h«^!--^d never saw the nlant. -- parently nothing 



