254 maffenta-^ink); P. fimTDriatum, L. Bol.; P. Gessertianum N. i, Br . 

 (M. Gessertip.num, Dint, and BergJ; P. glareosum, K ^. ^v . U^. 

 glareosum, Berp:er.); P. granulicaule, I^. E. Br. (M. granulicaule, 



P. lunceum, N. E. Br. (M. junceum, Hgw., not of L. Bpl.); 

 P. leptarthron, N. E. Br. (K. leptarthron, Berger.); P. -^evynsiae 

 N E. Br. (shrub 18 Inches high, smooth and glabrous; leaves subtrig- 

 oAous; flowers rink); P. luteum, L. ^ol.; P. melanospermum, i^. K 

 Br. (K. melanospermum, Berger.); P. mentiens N. E. Br IM. men- 

 tiens Berger);' P. mucronulatum, N. E. ^r. (M. mucronulatum, i^mt. J ; 

 P. namaouense, N.E.Br. i^'^. simile var. namrquense, _bond, i ; _t . 

 Pageae, L. Bol.; P. narviflorum, L. Bol. (M. rarviflorum, Jacq., . 

 not of Havr., M. micranthon, Haw, P. micranthum L. ^ol.i; ^. 

 PfeiMi. N. E. Br. (M. Ffeilii, Engl.); P. r^^escens, i^. ^. Br, 

 (stems erect or becoming decumbent, stout, much branched, pubescent. 

 Flovrers pink. L-uir, 39^^^?. . . t \ 



P. selicornioides, N. E. Br. (M. salicornioides, ^sx.); ^ 



P S-hlichtianur-i, N. E. Br. (M. Schlichtianum^ oond. and ivi. i^untzei, 

 Schinz.); P. simile, N. E. Br. (L- simile, ^ond . ) ;^ P. squami- 

 folium, N. E. Br. 'm. Junceum, L. Bol. partly and ^i. clavellaihum, 

 Be-rge-r, partly, as to Pearson :^27!3. Leaves reduced to scales. 

 Elower^' red); P. subnodosum, N. E. Br. (M, subnodosum, Berger. i ; 

 P. tenue, K. 11. Br. (M. tenue , Haw. and i". bicorne, ^ond.i; i^ , 

 Trothei, N. E. Br. (M. Trothai, Sngl.). 



SYKAPTOPHYLLUIvI, N. E. Br. 



S. Juttre, N. E. Br. (M. -"uttae, Dint, and Berg.); S. Siaden- 

 ianum, N. E. Br. (M. Siadenanum, L. BqI.). 



N^. E. Brown 

 (To be continued.) 



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L![ESEI'.:BRYANTHEI.m: . 

 Gard. -hron. HI. 84: 268. 1928. 

 (Continued from page 254.) 



18.— PRENIA, R. E. Br. 



268 Succulent perennials, penillate, either with short brrnching 



main st^m? bearins tufts of crowded leaves at their ends, from v;hich 

 decumbent flowering branches arise, or with long, prostrete stems 

 hav^'ng distinct internodes. Leaves opposite, sessile, several times 

 longer then broad, linear-lanceolate, flat or channelled above and 

 keeled or rounded on the back. Fiov;ers in terminal, lax, few-f ow- 

 ered cymes or occasionally solitary. Calyx produced above its union 

 vith tbe ovarv into a s^'ort tube, 4-n-lobed above, ^etals numerous, 

 in 2-3 series", united at the base into a short tube, arising just 

 above the union of the calyx v.dth the ovary,, -^tamens numerous,^ 

 arisinp- from the tube of the corolla, erect; staminodes none, '^tig- 

 mas 5, filiform and as long as the stamens, "^vary partly superior, 

 5-celTed; Placentas axile. Capsule (where known) obconic, half- 

 super^op, n'ith ^ valves and cells; each valve v/ith the expanding- 

 keels cioselv contiguous, forming' one acute central keel, and with 

 Iprge marffinal , wing-like, sub-membranous flaps strnind erect or 

 infolded towards the keel; cells OPen, without cell-wings or tuber- 

 cles. 3e§ds compressed, somevrhat D-shared in outline, minutely tu- 

 berculate.— N. E. Br. in The Gardeners' Chronicle, 1925, Vol. 



