much branches, 2-4 inches high v/hen at rest; branches erect, often 

 crowded, 5-7 lines thick, constricted at the nodes, with short, 

 depressed-globose or button-like joints, l^-Si lines long, greyish. 

 Primary leaves I'^-Si- lines long, 4-6 lines broad and 2-3 lines 

 thick, semi-circular in outline, with a minute point at the rounded 

 apex, flat above, convex beneath, smooth, glabrous, not papulose, 

 green. The second pair of leaves 2-3| inches long, 2-2^- lines 

 thick, slightly flattened on the unper obtuse, densely covered v/ith 

 minue, glittering papulae, somewhat bluish-green, "^edicels 2;'-3 

 inches long, coarsely TDapillate. Caljrx flattened at the base, 

 coarsely papillate; lobes 4-S lines long, the outer 2^—3 lines broad, 

 ovate, with leafy tips, the inner 3i--4| lines broad, elliptic, v/ith 

 broad, membranous margins. Corolla 15-24 inches in diameter, open- 

 ing betv-een 11 and 12 a.m. end closing between 2 and 3 p.m.; petals 

 in about 3 series, 6-9 lines long, i-1 line broad, linear, obtuse 

 and more or less notched at the apex, pure white, shining. Stamens 

 about 2 lines long, at first in a column, afterv/ards loosely separa- 

 ting; filaments and anthers deep yellov:. Stigmas 5, about 1 line 

 long, stout, ovoid-subulate, acute, erect or ascending, yellov/ish. 

 Ovary with 5 wing-like sutural ridges on the flat top, green. Cap- 

 sule when closed about 7 lines in diameter and v^hen expanded 10-11 

 lines in diameter, inner edges of the expanding-keels frin ed with 

 fine teet'- . Seeds nearly ^-line long, pale brov/n v ith a darker 

 brown point. 



MeHembrvanthemum moniliforme, Thunb., in i'^ov. -^-ct. -^ced. l-eop.- 

 Cur.-'Erhem.," "Vol. VIII, A^riend., p. 7 (l79l), Prod., p. 88, and Fi. 

 Can., ed. Schult., p. 413; ^aw. in Obs.. p. 132 and 441, Iv'^isc. Net.., 

 p.' 24, Synop. p. 207, and ^ev. , p. 93; ^. S. 3^.^ in Jnurn. l-inn. 

 Soc, Voi. XU^\ p. 116, t. 5, f. 10 (drawn from memory), and in 

 Botahlia, "Vol. I", p. 158; Berger, 1-es. und^Port. , p. 56. MtrophJ:- 

 llum moniliforme, Schvmnt. in ^eitschr. f . Su^i^uient, 1926, p. 182. 

 Conorthyllum moniliforme, Schwant, in -^eitschr. f . Sukkulent, 1928, 

 p. 322. 



Van Rhynsdorp Division* On hills near '-'lifants River, towards 

 the north, "Thunberg, ^-rs. S. Rood. 



This curious plant was introduced into ^'■ew ''ardens by ^sson 

 in 1794, but appears to have soon died out. ■'•he above description 

 v.'as made from living plants and v;ithered flowers sent to me by 

 1-rs. ^. Rood, for '^"hunberg's tyne is both leafless and flowerless 

 having collected when in a state of rest. The illustrations are 

 from photograi^hs kindly sent to me by ^'^r. T, N. Leslie, -^'ig. 14 

 and ^ig, 19 the same plant v/hen in flov/er. 



I', pisif"ormis, Schwant. in G^rtenwelt , 1929, 69--- Plant com- 

 pactly much branched, 24--4 inches high when at rest and leafless. 

 Branches erect, 3-4|- lines thick, constricted at the nodes into bead- 

 like, sub-globose or ellipsoid joints, varying from 2-5 lines long, 

 glabrous, smooth, brown or greyish-brown. Primary leaves 2-3 lines 

 long, 3-4 lines brop.d, semi-circular in outline, flat above, convex 

 bene'^th, glabrous, smooth, green. The second pair of lecves 1-3 

 inches long, 2-2^ lines thick, sub-terete, slightly flattened on 

 the upper side, very rounded on the back, very obtuse, minutely 

 parulose and glittering, green, ^edicels 2-3 inches long, papillate. 

 Caly/x coarsely papillate; lobes 4-8 lines long; the outer ovate at 

 the base, v.dth lepf-like tips; the inner elliptic or elliptic-ovete, 

 with brO'id, sub-membranous margins. Corolla i^-lg inch in diameter, 

 open in the afternoon; petals in about 3 series, 7-8 lines long. 



