137 16, f. 3; 3onf5er, in ?1^._ Cap. II, 409; and Berger, i'^esemb., 217, 

 f. 44, not of HaiA^orth. i.^, pugioniforme, Salm -^yck, Mesemb., 16, 

 f, 4, excluding references to ^iHenius, Hort. Eith., not of Linne, 

 And possibly the unknown M. pugioniforme var. bienne, -"i&w., Rev. ^i, 

 Succ, ^IS, mpy belong here. 



Cape JJivision: Carap ground, '/olley 3od 2374. Ghapmens Bay, 

 'Volley Ood, 1754 near Vyge Kraal, I^acOv/an, Kerb. Austr.Afr., 1749. 

 Diepriver Station, Kuntze, 



N,B, — I have fruits of tv/o species that grov; in Ciape I^ivlsion. 

 One has the back of the valves flat, the other has them grooved, 

 but as neither of them are connected v;lth flowering speciiaens and 

 are without notes, I do not know which of them belongs to this spe» 

 cies, therefore do not quote them. 



This plant (together v;ith other) has been confused by authors 

 vdth C. nugioniforrais, and in South --^-frica I believe passes under that 

 name, but is smaller flowers, with the calyx-lobes longer than the 

 petals, narroi.ver petals, and shorter duration, clearly "distinguish 

 it from that species. 



Salm Dyck's figures of ^'-. capitatum and I'l, pugioniforme above 

 Quoted appear to me to represent only one species, one figure being 

 thpt of a larger and more vigorous plant than the other, as there 

 appears to be no difference other than size in the figures or des- 

 criptions; and neither figure represents I'^. capitatum, Hav/. , nor 

 M. nugioniform.e, linn. 



"^he result of all this previous confusion is that the present 

 plant has remained v/ithout a name of its own until the present time. 



It is not improbable that the plant figured in -^snoni's Istoria 

 Botanica, p. 35, f. 13 ^(l675), under the name "Astero aizoide del 

 CaDo di Buons Speranza," msij e this species. The figure represents 

 a young plant without flowers, vdth the root and leaves like those of 

 C, communis. 



N, E. Brovm 

 (To be continued.) 



liESET.IBRYANTIiK^M. 

 Card. Chron. III. 90 : 335. 1931. 

 (Continued from page 137.) 

 CONIC 03 lA. 



335 ^ 4. C. canensis, l-.^.Br., in Gard. Chron., 1928, IXQUV, 253,— 

 -o tuber, roots fibrous. Stem six inches or more high and enduring 

 for only about tv^o or three years, or according to i%v.;orth (-^ynop. 

 229) "little better than a biennial, and incapable of sustaining 

 itself erect,'. Leaves of the central tuft very long, often nef;rly 

 a foot in length, compressed- triouetrous , somev/hat channelled and 

 angular flowering branches shorter, glaucous. I'edicels 5-6 inches 

 long, ang^'lar and rough. Calyx-lobes longer then the petals, three 

 of them vrith scorched (exustus) membranous margins, probably meaning 

 that they are of a blackish-or dark fuscous colour. Corolla about 

 three inches in diameter; petals shorter than the calyx-lobes, straw- 

 yellow, very shining. Stamens with str^Vv'-yellow fi].aments and darker 

 yellov anthers. Stigmas 15, finally spreading and linear-lanceolate, 

 with the sides somewhat papillose, straw-yellow. 



liesembryanthemum pugioniforme, ifev;. , i'.dsc . I'at,, 42, Syn. Pi. 

 3ucc., 22^, and ^e^., 112, excluding all synonj^^my and vars. b. and 

 g., which do not belong to this genus; and var. d. , if it was really 

 distinct from var. a., I suspect was intended to represent the plant 



