34 linear, acute, obtuse or slightly toothed at the epex, they ere 

 stated to be "ton yellow, then white, then pink*'. Strmens about 

 2 lines long; filaments red; anthers yellov;. ^tigmas 5-5, about 

 1 line long, erectly spreading, stout, ovoid-subulate, acuminate, 

 yellov^. Oyary r.'ith 5-6 wing-like sutural ridges on the flattened 

 top, Csnsule 4^-6 lines in diameter and 2 lines deep v>'hen closed, 

 6^-3 lines in diameter v/hen, expended; inner edges of expanding- 

 keels entire. Seeds about t-line long, pale brown with a darker 

 brown point, 



Meserabrvanthemum pisiforme, ^aw.^ in Kisc, ^^at., p, 23, ^ynop,, 

 p. 206, and Rev., p, 93; Berger in I-^s. und. i^ort., p. 56. Mtro- 

 phyllum pisiforme, 3chv/ant. in -^eitschr. f. -^kkulent, 1926, p. 

 132. Conophvllum pisiforme, Schwant. in "^eitschr. f . •^ukkulent,, 



1928, T), 322". 



Van Rhynsdorp division* ^an Rh^'-nsdorp Iferoo, i'^rs, E, Rood. 



Described from living plants, which I ov;e to the kindness of 

 Krs. Rood, ■'•t differs f rom j!-. moniliformis by its brown (not 

 greyish) stems, rather smaller flov/ers, with the petals less crov;- 

 ded, and the red filaments^ of the stamens. Ilie figures are from 

 photographs sent to me by Hr. T, N. Leslie, ^ig. go represents the 

 plant at rest, and ?ig. 21 v/hen in flower, 



M. chrysoleuca, Schwant. in Gartenwelt, 1929, p. 69, — ^lant 

 3-4 inches high, compactly branched, ^ranches Compressed and 

 obscurel"^ 4-8nsrled, 4-6 lines broand and 3-4 lines thick^ , with 

 joints 2-4 lines long, each old joint wit^ a hard and somev/hat 

 rigid, dark brown skin or adherent sheath having its upper part fee 

 and forming a cup-like sheath surrounding the base of the joint a- 

 bove it. Primary pair of leaves about li--2 lines long, ^fleshy 

 and somev;hat hemispherical when alive, united into one body for 

 hal-^ o-f* their length and closed together^; from betv/een them the 

 second pair emerges, borne on a short, compressed joint or internode; 

 these leaves are 2-3 inches long and 2-2|- lines thick, sub-terete, 

 slightly channelled or flattened on the face, obtuse, papulose. 

 Pedicels 2-?) inches long, papulose. Calyx papulose, the longer 

 lobes 6-7 lines long, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, and 

 the shorter lobes about 4 lines long, v/ith bropd, membranous margins. 

 Corolla about l4 inch in diameter; petals in 3-4 series, 7-8 lines 

 long, f-1 line broad, cuneately linear, acute, obtuse or slightly 

 toothed at the apex, v/hite. 3t?raens about 2-2| lines long; fila- 

 ments and anthers of a rich deep yellov. Stigmas 5, about 1-1^ line 

 long,_stoutly subulate. Fruit not seen. 



^■iesembryenthem'um chrvsoleucum, Schlechter in ^ngl. Bot. Jahrb, , 

 Vol. rorai, T5. 126 (1899); ^erger in ivies, und ^ort., p, 56, ."^. 

 scutatum, L, Bol. in -n-nn, Bot. Herb., IV, ^ p, 73 (l927), in ^. ^fr, 

 Card., 1928, p, 127 and p. 126, f. 4. ^ nd in --es., p. 59, f. 4 and 

 60, v.'lth Fig, t-itrophyliura chrysoleucum, ^chv/ant. in ^eitschr. f. 

 Sukkul., 1928, n. 322. Monilaria scutata, Schvant, in Cartenv/elt, 



1929, p, 69. 



Van Rhynsdorp Division^ %ree Bergen, Sciiiechter 8,292, 

 Little NamaaualandJ near "alle ^aal, Pillans 17,794. 



I am indebted to I'r. '^, N. Leslie for a living plant, flowers 

 and photographs of this interesting species. -^V^ •'Leslie's plant, 

 here figured, v;as received from ^-r. Pillans and is his Ko. 17,794, 

 v;hich has been described by M^s. ^iolus as "^esembryanthemum scutatum, 

 but I am unable to distinguish it in any way from 11, chrysoleucum. 

 The words in the description that are betv?een square bractets |^3 are 



