419 dlpneter; lobes vdth snine-Uke tips from a dilated bf se, the three 

 loa^-er up to 6-7 lines lonr:, and the shorter and one of the longer 

 vn th brorfl, merabr?=nous nErgnns at the bpsel part. Petpls end sta- 

 r.ens not seen in ^erfect condition, but according to I-rs. Bolus, 

 ''the flovrers open during the da^'' and renain ouen late in the evening, 

 with p^le rose petals fadinrt to e salmon-pink; numerous stamens raore 

 OT less collected into f^ cone, and a fe'" radiating starainodes ^ -ith 

 abortive anthers"; the corolla is stated to be about 9 line lines 

 in dimeter, v:ith the netals in t?,^ series and 5 lines long. Sti- 

 gmas 5, "filifoirr. , 2^ lines long." Cai^sule more than half-superior, 

 depressed sub-globose, 5-ridP-'ed on the top, otherwise as described 

 under the genus. 



--. roseum, E. ^oius, in ^outh African Gardening, 1927, n. 364 

 and 365, f. 15. 



Little Famaqualand: near Sii^erfonetein, 2,500-3,000 feet 

 alt., Crege 2,935. Coprerberg, Pillans 5,741. 



^ remarkably distinct plant, distinguished from all others of 

 tbis alliance by its r-^the" stout, stiffly erect branches pnd alter- 

 nate, sess~"le lepves, ^- hich 'v/ither end become spines. 



I think the tv:o following species belong her-, but until ull 

 three liave been examined end compared in a living state, their posi- 

 tion err not be definetly determined, 



2, A. Hanaiei , ^. S, Br,__ ^ perennial, bushy succulent, up to 

 one foot bjpji J ^ coarsely parillate on the green parts; branches erect, 

 stout, pbout 2"' lines thick (dried), arpprently somewhat 3-engled 

 t^e urT>er ^avt, ''Ipbrpus. Leaves alternate, only a fevr of the u"aer- 

 most seen, sessile, about 6-8 lines long and li--Svj lines broad, 

 line^^r or linear-lanceolate, pcute, apparently concave-channelled 

 pbo^^e, c-nrl slightly convex on the back, after withering, aprerently 

 onlv the basal part persists as a stiff, broken fragrrBnt. ^'lov/ers 



in lex terminal cymes about three inches in dirmeter. ^edicels 

 about 2 lines long. Cpiyr-tiibe obconic, rrociuced above its union 

 ■"n'tb the ovrr^.'- into e very short tube about -J-line long, unenually 

 5-lobed above, the 3 larger lobes 5-8 lines long and 2^-3 lines 

 bropd at the base (dried), ov^te, tar-ering to an acute or sub-obtuse 

 T^oint; the S other lobes vd. th bropd, membranous r^rgins end a dorsal, 

 acute r.oint 1-2 lines long, Corolls p^^parently, about 1 inch in 

 diameter; retals nujn^rous in 2-3 series, about 5 lines long and less 

 than 4 line bropc", narrowljr linear, united at the base into r tube, 

 1-|- line lon~, possibly white? Stem.ens numerous., in several series, 

 arising from the tube of the corolla and not longer tha it. fila- 

 ments short, apparently incurved, ^-tigmps 5, about i-line long, sub- 

 ulate. Ovary partly superior. 



<^rept ITamaouf land; Keis ^la ts , near -^etterkorn, ebout 2,800 

 feet "^It., Rrnp-e, 1,0"6. 



3. A. ^ri chianum, ^"3^. S. Br. — tlrnt strongly or coarsely 

 r>anillate. Leaves alternpte, 9-14 lines long, 5-9 lines broad, 

 ovate-lanceole te, acute. Flowers on terminal branch lets, peduncu- 

 late, ^al^nr 5-lobed; lobes very uneoual, 3 larrer than the others, 

 all acum^inate. Corolla 7 lines or raore in diameter; petals rosy. 

 Stpm-ens numerous, included. Stigmps short. Ovry ovoid, half-super- 

 ior, F-celled. I^esembryanthemum Guric'ij^num, I'rx in ^ng] er ^ot, 

 J"ahrb., ^•''ol. XTX, p. 133 (1894). 



Damarfland: near Anich-'b, by the river "^gab, ^urich 75, 

 l^is species is only kno^Ti to me from the very imperfect descrip- 

 tion o:^ v*iich the above is a trpjislation, from which I think it must 



