34 Leyves Plternete or some of the lower opposite, s scendinf;-sprerd- 

 inp-, 6-10 liri'^s lon^, l*-2 lines iDrood and 1-1 1/3 lines thick, grtd** 

 ually tapering frora the bese to an acute or obtuse point, flit with 

 obtuse edfres on the fpce, rounded on the back, not keeled, soft and 

 pulT>3'' "dth the neT^uTae often linecr-oblong in outline as seen with 

 a lens, p-reen. Flov^ers 3-6 or perhcps more, in lax terminal cymes. 

 Pedicels 4-6 lines long, upcurved, terete, thickening into the o- 

 vsr'/". Cplyx 5-?.obed, with the p-ipulee cocrser in the oviry part 

 than on the lobes, glabrous, the longer lobes 4-|-8 lines long, 1-1^ 

 line thick, nnd usually lon^^er thrn the retals, the others shorter, 

 all l-^-^f-like. Corolla 8-9 lineK in diameter, expanding in the 

 morning loosely irrespective of sunshine if warm enough, closed t.t 

 night; petals loosely arranged in 3—1 series, forming a flcttish 

 flower, the outermost about 5 lines long and 1/3- lines broad, the 

 inner gr=>du8lly shorter and na.rrower, pcssing iiito stari-inodes , 

 linear, the outer obtuse or trunc?te. the inner ecute, til of a 

 T>eculiar pale buff or betv:een pale strfw and r-ale buff colour. 

 Inner staminodes erect, closely surrounding and overtopping the sta- 

 mens in 3 lines long, slightly recurved at the tips, pale yellowish. 

 Stamens in several series one above another in a cone within the 

 staminodes; the inner about |--line long; fiaments not besrded, a- 

 bout whitish; anthers bright yellow. Stis-nrs 5, about -^-line long, 

 terete, erect and recurved at the tips, ^vary inferior, shortlj'- 

 convex at the toi^, 5-celled; r lacentas axile. 



Little Mamaoualand: In the ^ichtersveld, JtiHans. 5734. 



Described from a living plant sent to me "by N. S. Plllans, 

 y.y sketch of the florpl structure of the genus (^ig. p. lo) v/as 

 msde from this srecies. 



8. 3. Ip.xuSjN. E. Br. ^ -ii-ridaria laxa L. -^olus in South 

 A^r. Gard., 1927, p. 433, f. 2Z, C, 



9. S. Habei, K. E, Br.^ ---ridpria ^abei, L. Bolus in South 

 Afr. Card., 1927, p. 435, f. 23, D. 



10. S. coimut^tus, ''^. E. B^. ^ r. corjuutc turn, Bert-er in Engl. 

 Bot. cTehrb., Vd. LVII, p. 631 (l922). I.:, longispinulura, ^eln 

 Dvck, I'es., 54, ^. 4; Berger, I.-es. und Port., p. "68 and 67, f. 10, 

 II, not of Hav.'orth, 



11. 3. longisrinulus, N. 2. Br, — T^ber grovjing nartly above 

 ground, 9-10 lines thick. Stems 4-6 inches long, procumbent. 

 Leaves alternate, 8-10 lin'=>s long, and aboiit 1 line thick, semi- 

 terete or channelled above, very'acute or Elr.aost si^-^ine-'nomted, 

 absolutelv ranulose, sreen, witherine into small spines 3-4 lines 

 long on the basal part of the branches. Fiov/ers term.inal, soliter- 

 y, on stout pedicels 3-4 lines long, t'.ickened upv;ards. ^eljzQ 5- 

 lobed; ov?r:^ -nart 5 lines long, 4-^-5 lines in diameter; lobes sub- 

 enual, v-.r^'-ing in different flov/ers from 2^-6 lines long, lepfy. 

 Coroll? 12-14 lines in dipmeter, ex'oandin?:' in the morning; petals 

 very numerous, in severe 1 series, narrowly linet.r, passing into 

 staminodes, light ^.^-ellov/. Stamens slightly and gradually spreading, 

 of a darker 7/ellow than the petals. Stigmas 5, erect, shorter than 

 t!ie stamens, d^^rk yellov.'. '-'vs-ry S-c-^^lled. 



•'. longisT^inuium, I-Iav/. , in Phil, ^hg., 1824, Vol.LTi/'Ij p. 

 426, not of Salm Dyck, Sonder nor Berger. 



As this plant has been misunuerstoody by all authors, I give 

 the above desc- iption of it, pertly compiled from Ha worth 's original 

 description and partly from a good coloured drawing of the type 



