35 plcnt preserved at Kew end labelled "Raised in 1921 from seeds 



collected at the Gsre of Good Hope by I-^r. Bowie," and named "-esem. 

 lonf?isT^inul^Jm, Havj^. , in Phil, ^'^ff." Thiis d.vevrinp: represents a 

 r>linnt thrt is probe bly four to fice ye?rs old, end is most probrb- 

 lymnde from the very plent that Hpv.-orth described, for it quite 

 corresponds v\lth his description. But there is elso another draw- 

 incr 5>t Kew beerinf the record "i-'esembr. lonsrisrinulum, ^^ev^. , in 

 Fhil. T'Sf:., p. 426. Raised in 1924 from seeds brought from the 

 Cpr-e of "^^ood riore hy Mp. BovTrie." This latter plant has long leaves 

 ?nd very different vhitish flovrers from those of the true M. longi- 

 spinulum and tobj possibly be e fellOT^' seedlin^ to the plrnt Selm 

 T^yck has -^ip-ured as M. lonp:ispinulum (i-es.,%54, f.4), v/hich v.'as 

 evidently sent to him by Alton under thrt naiiie instead of the true 

 !T. longisr^inulma. The colour of the flower rrobably varies, as in 

 other species, ^or the yelloi" colour dericted bj'' Saijn -^yck is of 

 a much deeper tint that I have ever seen it, or than in the Kew 

 drpv.'in.r:, vhich represents the flo^.-ers as cresmj?- -white . Tj^is dravilng 

 with '"hitish ^^lov-ers v^as probabl;^^ not made untj.l 1385 or later, as 

 Bovrie d'd not return from' the Gppe until ^u.^uat, 1823, and the pl-nt 

 beinff raised in IBS'' (v/hen 1%-V'orth published his description) v.'ould 

 not be likely to floT»'er in that year. 



12. 3. Cauda tus, i^. S. Bj.. __ . . caudatum, L. iJolus in ^mn. 

 Bolus Herb., Vol. II, r.. 29. 



13. 3. g-rossus, N. E. Bp. — Tj^is has a stout, ovoid, tuber- 

 ous base, from, which arise stout, ducumbent branches if -4 inches 

 lonp and 2-3 lines thic^:, vrith a mass of densely crov;ded leaves 

 and flo^-.^ers at their ends, i^eaves 6-10 lines lon^:;- and Ij: line 

 thick, sub-terete, but flattened on the face, incurved-spreading, 

 obtusely '^ointed or subacute, papulose. Fiov/ers subsessile or on 

 Der^iceTs 1-2 lines Ion/?. C-alyx uneoually 5-lobed, papulose; lobes 

 1-1-3 lines lonp:, sub-acute. Petals nume^'ous, in 2-3 series, united 

 beTow ?nto a short tube, linear , ^obtuse, yellov;. Stamens numerous, 

 arisin-' from the corolla-tube. Stifrmas 5, spreading, 1-line long, 

 rather stout. Ovary half -superior, 5-angled . Young fruit dark 

 red at th-^ tor. '-. .'Trosslim Ait. Hort. ^-ev:, ed. , 1 Vol. I-L, p. 191, 

 not of other authors. 



■^e above description is compiled from drawings made in 1776, 

 preserved at the British I-useum, v/hich demonstrate that it is a 

 totall-"- different plant from that ^/'hich --a'-orth and others have 



mistaken for it. 



N. E. Brovn 

 (To be continued.^ 



Gprd.^Chron. HI. 84 : 128. 1928. 

 ('Continued from paje^e 35.) 



17, — ^RYOPHYTUI.:, II. E. Br. 



Annual or biennial herbs, one species perhaps perennial, co- 

 vered '-'ith v^tery and often gitteriner papulae, "^tems and branches 

 v'ith distinct internodes, often prostrate. Leaves alternate on 

 the flov.'erinr brr-nches and opposite at the base, or all opposite, 

 sessile or p etiolate, flat or sub-terete, ^lowers solitary and 

 opi^osite; the leaves scattered along the branches, or axillary, or 



