SOME SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF COTYLEDON 15 
Stamens project beyond open flower very little. 
iffers from C. Beckeri, besides its procumbent growth, thicker 
and larger leaves, by having the usual tuft of hairs at the base of 
the filaments. iffers from C. undulata Haworth by the leaves 
being broader in proportion to their length, and narrowing to a 
greater extent below. 
is may be C. viridis Haworth in Phil. Mag. 1827, p. 278, a 
plant only known to us from, Haworth’s description, in which no 
reference is made to the flowers. It is omitted by Harvey; we add 
Haworth’s description :— : 
‘‘C, viripis. C. (simple, green-leaved) foliis obovato-cuneatis 
Sag caudice valdé cicatricato. 
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simplici, foliorum vestigiis maxime cicatricato ; cicatricibus lu- 
nuleformibus, lunulis obtusissimis, pallidis, dorso jacentibus ; 
Magisque quam in aliis cognitis cotyledonibus profundioribus et 
tioned by Ha There is a water-colour drawing of foliage and 
caudex without inflorescence in Herb. Ke following is 
Haworth’s description :—* C. brevicaulis; ramosa ; foliis confertis 
.—Caude 
brevis fruticosus valde ramosus. Folia subinde (per culturam) 
virescent, sed sepe farinoso-alba. C. crassifolié nob. similis, at 
° 4 A 
C. mucronata Lam. Dict. ii. p. 142 (1786). The following de- 
Scription is drawn up from Mr. Rattray's specimens, which we 
longe pallide flavo-virides, 
ab. Graaff Reinet, G. Rattray, No. 18, In flower November 
and December, 1897, : 
aves of a purplish brown colour, passing into greenish white 
