151 4-lobes to Its uhion with the overy. Petels numerous, in about 

 t-o series, free. Outer stpmens erect in a ring, the inner crov/- 

 ded; filaments bearded belov; no staminodes. ^lands in a crenu- 

 late ring. Stigmas 8, short, subulate. Ovary inferior, convex 

 at the ton, v.'ith P cells; nlacentas on the outer --all. ^Vuit 

 unknovm . 



A monotyric genus, of vrhich S. octonaria, W. 3. Br., is the 

 t^Te ; native of Namacueland. 



The name is derived from the ^reek, enarges , brilliant, and 

 anthe, a flower, in allusion to its handsome and brilliantly col- 

 oured f lowers. 



The nlant uron which I founded th^'s genus differs from i-esem- 

 bryanthemiom b'^ having a 4-lobed calyx, its outer stamens in a 

 ring, end S stigmas; the leaves also are quite separate, v;hereas 

 in -'esembryanthemum thej'' are usually more or less united at the 

 base. 



1. S. octonaria, N. E, Br, — ^^ dv/arf, v/oody shrublet, 5-8 

 lines high, bushily branched, glabrous. Ycung parts of the bran^ 

 ches 3-2-^ lines thick, succulent, becoming woody with age and re- 

 duced to about li line thick, with a greyish berk; internodes 2-12 

 lines long. Leaves spre-^ding, 12-16 lines long, 3-5 lines broed 

 and about the same in thickness above the middle, clavately trig- 

 onous, "^eing thicker and broader above the middle than at the 

 base, obtuse, flat or slightj'- convex on the face, obtusely keeled 

 on the beck, not united at the base and the keel produced into a 

 short spur adnate to the branch, smooth, green, without dark dots. 

 Calyx-lo^es stout, the tvro larger 7-8 lines long and 5 line broad, 

 leafy; the tv/o smaller with membranous margins. Oorolla 2-2t 

 inches in diameter, expanding in the middle, part of the day, and 

 lasting for sever- 1 days; petals about an inch long and Ig-Sg- lines 

 broad, cuneately linear, obtuse, of a brillient rose-purrle, v/ith 

 a darker mid-line. Stamens 4-4| lines long; filaments purple, 

 becomins nallid at the base; anthers t)urnle-bronw, 



M. octonariumV L. Bol. in Fl. PI. 3. Af r. , VqI. vII, t. 271. 



Little -^amaauelands Betv/een I^oorntjoort and Brakfontein, 

 Lilians 5,760. 



This is an extremely beautiful shrubby species of very dv/arf 

 habit, with very stout leaves. 



N, E, Brov/n 

 (To be continued.) 



I/ESK -'BRYaNTHEI-,!UIv!. 

 Card. Chron. HI. 87: 186. 1930. 

 (Continued from page 151, J 



si,iigrostigi:a, n. e. Bj.. 



.86 A perennial, dv/arf, shrubby Succulent. Bpgnches succulent, 

 becoming woody with age, with distinct internodes. Leaves oppo- 

 site, united at the base end continuous v.;ith the stem, small, 

 deltoid-trigonous. Fiov;ers solitpry, terminal, subsessile or very 

 shortly'- red-cellate. Oalyx unequally 5-lobed dov/n to the ovary. 

 Petals numerous, free^ in about 3 series, cuneately linear, hori- 

 zontnily sDrending. ^taminodes very numerous, in 3-4 series, 

 filiform, all inflexed and partly concealing the stamens, bearded 



