104 ''T^end.lies" or "duckline'.s, " ovdng to the yellov; colour and soft ap- 

 pearance of the flovers. ^'rs. van der Biji described the flowers as 



like a powder-puf f . " But as the flor.'ers 



105 of all the species of this penus are ver3?' much alike, it is proh- 

 able that several species are called by the above name, just as 

 this end othe species ha-'-e all been names, "!•'. pugioniforme" by 

 expert South African botanists. 



Accordine- to Dp. i:uir, the root, v.hen transplanted, is apt to 

 rot end not to ppcow. Thisnhas been my own experience v/ith roots of 

 C. "^loocfiae that have been sent to me. Dr. J^-uir also informs me 

 that this T-ilant arr be ~ror-n from cuttings, but they are di?ficult 

 to /ret to root. 



I have been a specinen collected by ^r. I'hillips of a plant 

 that seems to be similar to G. lluirii, but yet may be a distinct 

 species, since it has lon^-er calyx-lobes and tneir membranous mar- 

 '^ins are pallid. It is stated to be " a succulent herb vdth 37-ellow 

 flo'A'ers and decumbent stems. Frequent in sand betwean the dunes 

 at Sleng River," and that its common name is "3lang Gaukum. " 



tl . El . Bt* own 

 (To be continued.) 



LESEL'IBRYiiNTHS 'IB/I . 

 Gard. Chron. HI. 91 : IP.l. 1932. 

 (Continued from page 105.) 



CGI'^ICOSIA. 

 121 7. * C, Bi.llil, N. ^. Br.— (Figs. 47 -nd 48),— Hootstock 



* 11. C. !%irii, N. S. Br., on r. 104, should re-d 6. G. 

 Mtiriii, N. E. Br. N. E. Brown 



fleshv. Radish-shared or rerh^^rs CA^'lindric (not nroperly examined). 

 Hpbit like that of C. Huirii, -"ith^^ central tuft of leaves 5-7 

 inches long, 2-|-5 lines broad and li-2| lines thick, tapering from 

 base to apex, ecute, and acutely triangular in cross-section, glab- 

 rous grpen. From the base of the central tuft spread several decum- 

 bent flov.'ering branches 4-5 inches long, bearing several pairs of 

 opposite leaves smaller than those of the central tuft and 1-3 

 f lovers. Pedicels 2-3-^ inches long, 1 line thick, terete, slightly 

 tapering upvrards, smooth, glabrous, green. Gelyx v;ith the ovary- 

 rjart shellov', hemisphericsl, 5-6 lines broad and 2-" § lines deep; 

 lobes 9-1'r, lines loner and much longer than the petals, the inner 

 v/ith -hitish membrenBus margins. C^polla 1^-2 inches in diameter 

 expanding in the morning in sunshine or dull v'eather, closing at 

 night; petals very numerous in about 5-6 series and much shorter 

 than the calyx-lobes, 5-9 lines long, 1/-3-2/3 lines broad, narrov.'ly 

 linear, very acute, the inner passing into staminodes , bright lemon- 

 yellov. , the outer dull red on the back, shoning, and cilic te with 

 short hairs for 1/3--J of their length, -^teminodes many, but not so 

 numerous as in C. I'ulrii in the living flov/ers seen, hair-like, 

 contorted, leinon-3'"el]-ov-. Stamens about 3^- lines long, v.ith yellow 

 filaments not bear'' -d at the base, and light orange anthers. Stig- 

 mas 16-20, about 2 lines long, filiform, light -ellow, at first 



