what tvvo-edgecl. Leaves snreading, 1-3 lines long (^-4-| lines 

 long ex L. Bolus, pnd probsbl^'' under cultivrtion they v/ould become 

 4-6 lines long), S-S^- lines broed and l-l^ line thick, deltoid o- 

 vate, obtuse or rounded ft the apex, flat on the face, keeled on 

 the back, somevi^hat velvety to the touch from being covered v/itii 

 microscopic points, pellucid-dotted, gleucous-green. Flowers 1-3 

 to a branch, subsessile or on pedicels l-l^ line long included 

 between the bases of the upper peir of leaves. Calyx shortly ob- 

 conic below; lobes about 2-2^ lines long, three of them with mem- 

 branous margins. Corolls 6-7 lines (9-12 lines ex L, ^^oius ) in 

 diameter, oren in day-time; petsls in 2 series, obtuse or toothed, 

 2-3 lines (6 lines ex L. Bolus) long l/3-|- line ex L. ^^olus) broed, 

 me gents -pink. Stsmens surrounded by starainodes, at first collec- 

 ted, long afterv'ards lex, 1^ line ( 3 lines ex L. ^olus) long; fila- 

 ments Purr^e above, wh5te belo"', bearded; enthers whitish, '^tigmas 

 8-10, erect, 1 line (2-24- lines ex L. Solus) long. Capsule 2-2-| 

 lines in diameter vjhen closed; y/ith 8-10 valves end cells; valves 

 ochreous v/ithin; exnanding-keels contiguous for most of their length 

 v/ith diverging tips, awned at the apex, reddish-brovm; cells roofed 

 with membranous cell-wings end v;ith a lerge, v^hitish placental 

 tubercle. 



I^. inclusum, L. Bolus inn -^^nn. BqIus ^erb. , '"ol. IV, p. 40. 



Little I'^^.-^poualandJ Clones south of Hondekli_o %y, Pillens 

 in Bolus Herb. 17,758, Fiemink Berg, '''alle Krcsl, ^illens in BqIus 

 Herb. 17,911. 



The leaves are described as scurfy ("lenidots") by -v^rs. Bolus, 

 but tbis is not the case, they are covered with microscopic points, 

 ,1ust as in 0. abruptum, M. 3, Bj.. 



3. 0. abruptum, I"'. '^. ^r. — ^ rigid, vroody shrublet, apparen- 

 tly 6-8 inches high. Branches erect or ascending, v/ith internodes 

 4-14 lines long and i-li lines thick, compressed and somewhat tv.o- 

 edged and reddish-b"^own sreckled ^'-ith wbitish when young, becoming 

 terete and fuscous with age. Lecves spreading, 3-6 lines long 

 1^-2^ lines broad and thick, trigonous, subobtuse apiculate, flat 

 on the face, acutelv keeled on the back, minuetely toothed on the 

 edges and slightly velvety to the touch from, being covered v.dth mi- 

 croscor^ic points, mostly v/ith short, leafy brrnchlets in both axils, 

 ^lowers 1-3 to a branch, ^"edicels 2-3 lines long. Calyx-lobes 

 deltoid, subacute, sbout 2 lines long and es much in breadth. Co- 

 rolla aprarentlv about an inch in diameter; petals about 4 lines 

 long and -l-line broad. Stamens 1^ line long, ^ti^n^s "^-^ > erectj,^ 

 about 1 line Don?, subulate, ^vpry slightly convex at the top. ^x- 

 panding-kee] s of fruit contiguous at the basal half, diverging at 

 the tips, without avTas or wings; cells roofed vdth membranous cell- 

 v/ings and v^rith a small placental tubercle. 



^'esembrvantheinum ebruntum, Berger in Sngler, Bot. Jghrb., 

 ^.^ol. IVII, p. 638 (1922). 



Clanwilliam ^i vision '• Br8ndyi/;ine i^iver, Schlechter 10,828. 



K. S. Brov,Ti 

 (To be continued, ) 



Gerd. Chron. HI. 87: 151. 193O. 

 (Continued from page 126.) 



MOSSI.^, N. E. Br. 



