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internodes. “Cymes terminal, corymbose, ae Was 9 Sepa 
lanceolate, hairy, + 2mm. long. Petals, in specimens Borcisbon | 
about the same length as the sepals, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
glabrous, somewhat concave, w ith a short mucro just behind the 
apex. Anthers somewhat violet- coloured, stamens mr —_ 
than the petals. Squame minute emarginate, un 
length. Perhaps allied to C. Dregeana, but quite distinet, differing 
in shorter petals, shorter internodes, &c. 
Named in honour of the collector, Mr. Ernest E. Galpin. 
C. mesembrianthoides, sp.nov. Species ad C. ewilem Harvey 
bs ©. balaiieam Thunb., affinis. Perennans, radice crasso valido 
breves crassi. Folia nunc fere gl lobularia, nunc 
henge: -globularia, semper carnosa et crassa, superne eee min pe 
applanata, suprema interdum mucro spb da lege cm 
is, c. 6-8 cm. 
superne tenuiter “ip tamghamd bracteis phos: “ad adi connatis, 
dorso tenuiter hirtis 83-5 mm. longis. Calyx quam corolla brevior, 
calycis lobi crassi, dorso coirisond tenuiter papillati. Corolla apicem 
Ee constricta, — alba anguste ovata. Stamina squameque 
in congeneribus 
Hab. 
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covered with minute greyish papille. Calyx more than two-thirds 
feah of the corolla. Corolla constricted near the apex, opening 
very narrow. Stamens, pistil, squame as in allied species. 
This plant was cultivated at Grahamstown, and nobody at first 
sight would take the cultivated plant to be the same as that received 
from Mr. Alston from Hondeklip Bay. The peduncle in cultivated 
Thunb. Pe en 
Canlis veers amie meee foliatus, cinta 
Folis issi 
multoties minores. Calyx quam co duplo brevior, 
longus, calycis lobi leviter dorso rotundati tenuiter aitiatis Petal 
alba mucronulata paullo recurvata lanceolata. Squame © onge 
cuneate, apice leviter emarginate 
Hab. Nama ualand, Mr. E. G. Alston, 
The above description was drawn up from a plant W 
flowered in Grahamstown. We have not seen Thunberg’ 8 ue ‘of 
