clerr tl?sue, where it unites v.'ith the chlorophyll Vor green) 

 t^<?sn.e, the vesculrr fibres fork and unite v/ith other fibres, so 

 ?s to -for^ e net^'orlc. The chlorophyll tissue forms and outer layer 

 several ce'ils in depth, but the ce!!ls are irreg^^larly intermingled, 

 not dip-^osed in repulrr layers. -he epidermis smooth, becoming 

 sliffhtly glpucous, but under a microscope the outer surface of 

 each cell is convex. 



I'T. E. Brov/n 

 (To be continued. ) 



i:ES-Sr !3HYiJTTHB!.IU!.^ . 

 Gard. Chron. III. B^^** 419, 192R. 

 (Continued •^rom page 340.) 



14 -SPaSOMv, N. E. Br. 



Succulent, perennial, bushy, branched. Leaves "p.ore than tvro 

 to •? branch, some rlternrte and others O'nposite, serdterete or sub- 

 tri^onou?i alvays v/ith a tubul!?r sheath, enbrpcing the branches or 

 the sheet'-" ateove, and nearly or cuit= ^s long as the internodes,. 

 "Flo^-evs terminal, solitary . ^al-^nc ;^rodijced above its union v;ith the 

 ovary into s distinct tube, lonequally 4-5-1 obed above, with 2 lobes 

 leaf-like, the other shorter r:nd more membranous. Petals numerous, 

 lina'-r, in 2-3 series, apparently united into a short tube at the 

 base. Stf=mens and staminodes numerous, erect, possibly co'nnivent 

 into p cone? Stigmas 4-5, subulate. *^vary conical at the top, 

 (f^robp^Tv half-surerior , but too crushed to decide), 4-5-celld; 

 plrcentes exile. Oa'-^sule not seen. — N.E.Bt-. ^ In '^'he Grrdenres* 

 ChronicTe, ig^S, Vol. IX07III, r. 413, and in Phillias, Ggn. of 

 S. Afr. n. PI. p. 244. 



The only species is ^-. pni^lectena, -.^.J^r. , the tyoe of the 

 genus, R native of ^^ama qual ein d region. 



The p-eneric name is derived from the '^^reek, esp'-zomai, to em- 

 brace, in allusion to the tubular sheaths of the leeves v/hich em- 

 brace the stem. 



1. A. ajur^lectens, -.^.B^. ^ in Phillips, Gen. of ^. ^'■fr. , 

 Fl. Pi., r. 2AA, — Plant about o-6 inches high. eaves 7-lP lines 

 Ton?T, viif- tubular sheeths about ^-inch long. ^ni^rjc-tube enclosed 

 \n the she^'ths of the uppermost leaves, globose-obconi c, pa" illate, 

 '^orolla about ij inch in diameter, pale straw-coloured. 



"esemb. amnlectens, L. PjoIus in Ann. ^. -^fr. ^'^us . , VqI. I.l, 

 p. 155 (1913). 



little Namaoua!! and; on ston7/' slopes of hills near Daunabis. 

 Pearson 6"64. "Van Shvnsdorn ^iv.; hill neer Nieuv/erust, ^'ecrscn 

 551^. "ountains N.E. of "'alle ^raal, ^'illans 17, 907. 



This is a remprkably distinct iblan-i- of dvrarf, bushy hcbit, 

 Quite unlike any other in the group. P have not seen it alive. 



15.----J;I0EB0PIIYLLUIvT, N. E. Br. 



Perennial succnlen''" s , v.'ith distinct internodes. Peaves al- 

 ternr te , sessile, withering and persisting as sharp spines, or the 

 b?-s<^l pjirt only ■persistent ts t hardened frfr^'ent. -^"lovers terminal 

 in lex br^cteete cymes, redicellate. G-ijrx slightly produced above 

 its union vith the ovary into a short tube, ^-- bove. ^etals 



numerous, ^inited at the base into a short tube, anc arising around 



