beTov.r, recurved at the t"'ps. S-j^pnens in seversl superposed ser- 

 ies, short, all inflexed;' filaments bearded. Stigmas 7-10, very 

 short or minute. Ovary inferior, flattish on the top, v/ith 7-10 

 cells; placentas on the outer wall of the cells. Capsule obconic, 

 slightly convex, v.dth 7-10 prominent sutures at the top (which is 

 not cushion-shaped as represented by L^rs . -^olus's figure); valves 

 horizontal when expanded and closing after expansion; expanding- 

 keels v/ith rounded edges, contiguous at the bassl part with diver- 

 ging, acute or awned tz'ps, without marginal v/ings ; cells roofed 

 vidth flexible cell-wings, without a placental tubercle, •^eeds 

 compressed-ovoid, with a short point, minutely tuberculate. 



A monotvric genus, native of South -Africa. The tyne is 3, 

 viride, N. S". Br. " 



The npme is derived from the Greek, smikros, short, and stigms, 

 a point, a allusion to the very short stigmas. 



This senus is allied to Folymita in vegetative and floral 

 charpcters, but differs by the expanding-keels of the fruit being 

 without membranous vdngs and by the ce^.ls being v;ithout a placen- 

 tal tubercle at the onening. From Spensia, to which genus the spe- 

 cies has been referred, it differs in vegetative characters and 

 in having '^-10 stigmas and fruit-valves, and the expanding-keels 

 of the fruit contiguous at theier lower half. 



1. 3. viride, N. E. Br._> a shrublet 6-12 inches high, glab- 

 rous. Branches ascending, with internodes 3-8 lines long and about 

 2 lines thick when young and fleshy, tapering downwards, becoming 

 more slender and woody with age. i-eaves 2-4 lines long and l-|--2 

 lines broad at the base, deltoid-trigonous, with acute, recurved 

 tins, flat on the face, obtusely keeled on the back, smooth and 

 greyish-green like the young stems, v/ith red edges, not miarked 

 with dark dots, ^aiyx with t^e two longer lobes 3-4 lines long, 

 leaf-like. Corolla B-10 lines ^n diameter; petals in about 2-3 

 series, 2-3f lines long, and -^-t line broad,' cuneately linear, 

 obtuse, minutely papulose at the base, dull rosy-purple, ^tam- 

 inodes dull rose-purnle, bearded at the lov/er part, ^tsimens with 

 bearded at the lov/er part. Stamens with bearded, white filaments 

 and yellov; anthers. Stigmas usually 8-10, sometimes 7, subulate, 

 g-2/5 line long. Cprsule about 4 lines in diameter when closed, 

 brovm within v/hen expanded. 



i'^esembryanthemum viride. Haw. '^hs. p. 314, i-isc. Nat., n, 

 93, Syn. p. 282, and -^ev. p. 126; Salm ^yck, -^s. 33, f. 2;' 

 Berger, I'-es, und Port,, p, 106. M, integrum. L, ^ol, in Ann. Bol. 

 Herb., Vol. HI, p. 34. Ruschia integra, Schv/ant, in «^eitschr. 

 f. Sukk., 1926, p, 187. Epensia viridis, L. Bol. in El. Pi. 3. 

 Afr,, Vol. VII, t, 270, 



Montagu division! ^'^'ear ^^-ontagu Bath., Bolus 6,714. Concor- 

 dia VplieVj Cook, Roberson Division* -^shton^ Rogers in ^olus 

 Herb. 17,175. Riversdele Division: Little ^roo. ^iv 2,765, 

 4,278. 



As in the srenus Erepsia, the flov^ers, after they once have 

 expanded, do not close again. Dr. J, i-uir states of it in a note J — 

 "The flowers open in the forenoon and remain open day and night 

 permanently, 0^ the first day they attain 3^ lines in diameter, 

 which is full size, purplish-pink or rose-puple, some pale pink. 

 Flo^'ferinff ■^rom *-*otober to ^pttrnPTY/^ 



Under t, 270, ?1 . Pi. 3. ^^fr., ^ol. VII, published in 1927, 

 Mrs. Bolus remarks: — "The only collection I could find, in search- 

 ing through the large -^iropean Hgrbaria, which closely resembled 



