815 BULLETIN DE L'HERBIER BOISSIER (Ze SÉR.). 
flowers globose. arranged in a rather close paniculate capilate manner, 
diameter of cymules 6—8 cm differing considerably from the inflores- 
cence of C. cephalophora Thunberg which is much laxer. 
Calyx cinereous patent and hairy, lobes oblong. subobtuse. shorter than 
the petals. 
Petals ovate panduriform + 2, 5 mm. long concave with a fleshy 
gland behind the blunt apex. Stamens shorter than the petals. Carpels 
ovoid tapering above + 2 mm long shorter than the stamens. 
Squamæ subquadrate about '/ı the length of the carpels apex subemar- 
gınate. 
Cotyledon (Paniculatæ) Dinteri nov. spec. 
Caulis brevis carnosus inerassatus cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum 
notatus. Folia plerumque delapsa lineari-lanceolata glauca in sicco 
superne canaliculata sessilia. Pedunculus erectus teres glaber quam 
caulis multolies longior. Flores inter minores generis paniculatim 
dispositi. Calyx campanulatus lobis triangularibus aculis mucronatis - 
quam tubo paullo longioribus. Corolla quam calyx fere duplo longior 
corollæ lobi quam tubus multoties longiores ovati concavi mucronati 
pubescentes. Antheræ brevissime apiculatæ filamentis brevibus. Carpella 
glabra apices versus attenuata. Species ad C. Ecklonianam accedens 
differt floribus minoribus corollæ lobis pubescentibus et ambitu 
diverso. 
German Southwest Africa: Great Namaland,K. Dinter, 934. 
«Cotyledon auf einer feuchten Felsplatte zw. Kleinfont. und Grasport 
Aestig, bis 1 '/s Fuss hoch. Blüten. grün. » 
Stem short, fleshy, with hardened tubercular prominent leafscars, the 
plant belonging to the second series of the Sect. Paniculate (confer 
Harvey Flora Capensis II, p. 370). Leaves scattered (in the specimen 
before me mostly fallen) linear lanceolate, sessile, somewhat glaucescent, 
+ 2,5 cm long. Peduncle erect, terete, 20 cm long perhaps longer. 
Flowers rather small for this genus, arranged in a paniculate manner. 
Calyx campanulate, tube + 2 mm long, lobes triangular acute, + 
2,5 mm long, mucronate. 
Corolla short 5—6 mm. long, lobes ovate, concave, mucronate, 
pubescent. 
Anthers + 2 mm long shortly apiculate, longer than the filaments, 
hairy at the base of the filaments. 
