K. acutipetala "by the S-pertad flowers" and in Latin "S-iaerous" 

 Othnr species are described as having "4-merous'* or "5-merous" 

 flov.'ers, but no knovm member of the whole group of ^'■'^sembr3''anthema 

 has flo\'-ers that are either 5-, 5- or 6-iaerous. 



3. K. Nelsoni, N. E. Br. — Very similar to i^. acutipetala in 

 e^eneral anpearance, but with more elgngated groviths and with longer 

 leaves, which are 1-li- inch long on the dried specimen, and in side 

 viei'' prrpdually taper to the acute apex, '^e.lin. very unequally 5- 

 lobed, the longer lobes 6-7 lines long, leaf-like. -Stigmas 6, 

 radiating, 3-3i lines long. 



Transvaal J '"'itte Korpies, end near Boksburg, ^^^elson, 

 I have seen only one plant of this, v.-hich was sent to me by 

 the late Mr. '^^ Nelson, and having unfortunately omitted to make my 

 customary'' notes of it before it died, I can give no further _partic- 

 ulers of itl Mr, Nelson considered it quite distinct from I^. acuti- 

 petala, and wrote concerning it! — "This v/ill stand more generous 

 soild end more water tha*-' IvI. acutipetelum v;ould. It grov/s here 

 (near Boksburg and rt V/itkoppies, in -Itwatersrand district) in a 

 stron/?, greasy, loam- country'', so you need not fear to treat it 

 liberallTT". !-. acutit^etalum grows on the dry ston^J- outcrop-country 

 and its locality is south end west of ^^ohannesburg, in '-^'itvyatersrpnd 

 district." From memory, I think, ^-r. Nelson informed me that the 

 flowers of this plant v;ere crimson in colour. 



4. K. Nationae, N. S. Br. — ^lant 2-2i- inches high when in 

 flower. leaves l-ll inch long, lz-2^ lines broad on dried speci- 

 mens, so perhaps rather larger when alive, tapering gradually from 

 the base in face view, and in side view abruptly rounded into the 

 apex. Pedicels about 9 lines long, ^slyx unequally 5-lobed, 

 three of the lobes 5-6 lines long, leaf-like, the other tv?o shorter 

 and obtuse, with a dorsal noint and broad membranous margins. 

 Ciorolla an inch or more in diameter; petals 5 lines or more long, 



i line or less broad, apparently rosy or purple. Staminodes fili- 

 form, rosy or purr^le, and the filaments of the stamens probably 

 of the same colour. Stigmas 8, ascending, 1^ line long, stoutly 

 filiform,- acute, nrobably prplish, 



''esem.bryanthemum Nstionae, N. E, Br., in Burtt Davy's ?1, 

 Transv. I, 161, 162. 



Transvaal! Near Rustenburg probably, I'ation. 



This appears to differ from ^. acutipetals and K, Beswickii 

 b7'- its longer leaves that are abr^tptly rounded into the point in 

 side view, lonsrer pedicel, and the longer calyx-lobes being verv 

 lerf-like. 



N. E . Bro\^^l 

 (To be continued.) 



L'!E3SI.:BRY.-' I.^THEIvHJM . 

 Gard. Chron. HI. 89: 294. 1931. 

 (Continued from page 279.) 



PERI3S0L0EU3, N. E. xir. 



Perennial Succulent, very dv,'arf, forming large clumps; branches 

 short and very stout. Leaves opposite, densely crowded in 2-3 living 



