153 only a seed and tv:o valves of a capsule, v;liich most certainly do 

 not represent the seed and valves of the true G. cl-^ndestinum, 

 -'^. S. Br. I have therefore changed the name, but a proper figure 

 and description of the nlant are needed. 



South Africa 5 ---ontagu Division: near ^-iontrgu, collector not 

 stated. Bolus Herb., 15357. 



5.— G. crystallinum, N. E, Br., in Phillips, Gen. 3. Afr. 

 PI. p. 245; S. Afr. Gard., 1933, p. 33, f. 21. 



ji I-. crystallinum, L, Sn. Pi., p. 480, founded up^. i'illen. 

 Ho-t. Elth., p. 231, t. leO, f. 221; H&w.^ Obs., 113 (olfystillinum) 

 and 433, I'isc. Net. 43, Synon. 243, Suppl. 91, and He v. 157; Kill, 

 Sdden, p. 200 t. 25, f. 1; DC., PI. Gr. t. 12R; Berger, I'-ies. und 

 Port., p. 35; Baill., I^ict. Bot., Vol. i-i-, p. 609; Gaertn. , Fruct., 

 Vol. II, t. 126. Plenck, Ic . , Vol. IV, t. 297; Lam., Hi., t. 438, 

 f. 3; Virtz., Ic. PI. -fed.. Vol. VIII, t. 655; Sibth. , Fl. Graeca, 

 Vol. V, t. 481; Rev. Hort., 1860, p. 151, and 1903, p. 525; Berg., 

 Charakt. , t. 60, f. 460; Cusin et Ansberque, ^erb. Fi. France, 

 Vol. VIII, Ficoid, t. 2; Garden, 1877, p. 281; with fig.; Pouchet 

 The Liniverse, ed. 5, p. 284, with fig.; i'-arst., ^eutsch Fi. Fharm.- 

 !v!ed. Bot., p. 528, end Fl. Deutsch., Vol. -^, p. 62; riof fm. , 

 Pflancenatl., t. 41; f. 256; EnftUsh Fl. Gard., t. 168; Vnm.-Andr., 

 PI. Potag., p. 249; Fiori et -"^aol., Ic . Fi. ^tel., p. 122; Beih. 

 Bot. Centralbe, 1901, Vol. X, x). 178; Goste, Fl. France, Vol. II , 

 p. 122; Heichenb., Ic. Fl. Germ., Vol. >:XIV, t. 155; V.'arburg, 

 Pflanzenw., Vol. 1, p. 555;^_ Trotter , Fl. Scon. Libia, ^p. 146; 

 Armstrong, Field Book ".^est V/nd Fi,^ p, i09; Bailey, "Cyclop. Amer. 

 Hort., p. 1,003 and Standard ^vcl. ^ort., p. 2,043. Vars. annuum 

 and vienne, DC., Prof., Vol. ill, p. 448. 'II, glaciale, ^aw. , 

 Suppl. p. 92, and Rev. 157. 



South Africa: ^ccurs in several of the coastal divisions from 

 Cape Division to Uitenhage Division, or perhaps further eastward, 

 where it seems to be a native. It is also found along the coastal 

 arer of the ^-Mediterranean, and in the Canaries, but has probably 

 been introduced into these areas. It is stated to have been in cul- 

 tivation before 1727, and is sometimes easten as a vegetable or 

 salad. 



6. — C. grandiflorum, N.E.Br. (Fig. 54, p. 128) — -t^-nnual or 

 biennial, glabrous, covered with glittering papulae on all green 

 parts. Leaves of the central rosette opposite, in four ranks, those 

 on the branches alternate, all spreading, petiole te; petiole g-2 

 inches lonr, 2-4 lines broad, concave above, not shea thin'- and very 

 slightly united et the base; blade 1-5 inches long, i-2A inches broad, 

 ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, acuiuinete, sub-cordate or tapering 

 into the petiole at the base, flattish or concave, with red at the 

 apex and edges. Flowering branches axillary from the central ros- 

 ette, ascending or decumbnt, 2-24 inches long, 2-4 lines thick, v/ith 

 internodes 1-3 inches long, and ending in a lax cyme of 2-9 flov;ers, 

 or the flowers scattered along the branches opposite the leaves, 

 bracteate. Pedicels ^above the bracts) 3-18 lines long, lg-2 lines 

 thick. Cal^nc unequally 5-lobed, v/ith the tube above the ovary 1 

 line or less long; the three larger lobes 5-7 lines long and 3-3-| 

 lines broad, oblong or ovate, acute, the other with broad, membranous 

 margins. Corolla li-2i inches in diameter, open during the day, 

 closing at night, and having a feint and not quite pleasant odour; 

 petals very numerous, in 5-6 series, irregularly bent or contorted, 

 giving a ragged appearance to the flower, united below into a tube 



