convex beneath, circular in outline, smooth, pele brov/n with 10 

 valves and cells; v/hen expanded 9-10 lines in diameter, uniformly 

 Dale brown inside; valves 2^ lines long and 1 ^ line broad. Seeds 

 I--2/3 line in diameter, globose, without a nipple, smooth, glabrous, 

 grey. 



Cape Division? Growing in white sand at Somerset Strand, near 

 the shore of Fplse Bay, Pillans. • 



This rare plant was discovered by Mr. N. S. Pillans in Septem- 

 ber, 1927, who very kindly supplied me with a specimen and a ripe 

 carsule, in which I -found Only one seed in each cell, although each 

 cell of the ovary has several ovules. From these s eds I raised a 

 few plants from one of which the accompsnying figure (Fig. 112 ) 

 was made. 



It seems to be infertile to its own pollen, as I pollenated 

 four fl overs with pollen from other flowers upon the same plant, 

 but no fruit resulted. Pollen is shed in abundance among the crow- 

 ded filaments of the stamens and on the top of the ovary. 



Before it flov/ered I thought the long-lost 3)«Iesembryantheraum 

 helianthoides, Ait,, had been rediscovered, as the habit and foliage 

 seemed to be quite the same as in that plant, which probably be- 

 longs to this genus, but when it flowered it proved to be quite dis- 

 tinct. 



2, A. helianthoides, N.E.Br, — Annual with stems several inches 

 long and Ig-S^ lines thick, terete, with internodes l-lt inch long, 

 glabrous, smooth, green, tinted with nurple, especially about the 

 noes. Leaves opposite, not united at the base, lg-2f inches long, 

 sptathulate, v;ith a flat, ovate, acute blade, l-li inch long, tap- 

 ering into a petiole i-li inch long, dilated into an open sheath" 

 at the base, smooth, glabrous, heither dotted nor papillate.^ Ped- 

 icels at first terminal, becoming lateral, 6-7 inches long, t-l line th 

 thick, smooth, glabroijs. Calyx with the base or ovary-part perfec- 

 tly flat (truncate) and 5-sngled, apparently 5-lobed to the base, 

 glabrous; lobes subequal 10-12 lines long, 4-6 lines broad at the 

 deltoid-ovate base, tapering into linear obtuse points, apparently 

 not papillate. Corolla much like that of Carpanthea pomeridiana, 

 2 lines in diameter; petals very numerous, apparently in 4-5 series, 

 spreading in different planes, slender, acute, yellow, Staminodes 

 and stamens inflexed to the centre, yellow. Stigmas (according 

 to Haworth)about 10, long, united below, subulate, recurved, pub- 

 erulous under a lens, pallid. Oyary depressed. 



Fesembryanthemum helianthoides. Ait., Hort. Kew. , ed, 1, II, 

 193 (not 198 as quoted by authors); Haw, ^ev. Pi, Succ, 161. 



South Africa J Locality unknovm, introduced into cultivation 

 by I'^-asson in 1774. 



I^e above description is compiled from a drawing made by 

 Ann Lee in 1776, nov preserved in the British Museum, which, with 

 Hav7orth*s description, represents all that is knoTATi of this very 

 disf'nct plant, as Aiton's description is inadeouate. 



Until it has been rediscovered and its fruit is known its 

 genus must remain doubtful, but as its habit and foliage so closely 

 accord with that of Apetesie Pillansii, I refer it to this genus for 

 the present, 



3', A. Ivfeughani, N.E.Br. — Annual 2^-6 inches high, with short, 

 erect," or ascending branches. Leaves basal, opposite, 1/2-1^ inch 

 long and l§-4 lines broad, spathulate-obovate or oblanceolete, ob- 



