Some Neiv South African Succulents. 47 



junioribus obovata, in ramis adultis lineari-lanceolata, supra canali- 

 culata. Flores racemoso-paniculati, penduli, aurantiaci. Corollee 

 tubus cylindricus, glaber, lobis brevibus, reflexis. 



The short stera produces several stout decumbent branches, which 

 sometimes strike root. The younger leaves, which are short and 

 broad, form a dense, almost flat rosette at the ends of the branches, 

 but they become longer later on when the axis lengthens. When 

 fully grown they measure 40-50 mm. in length, 8-10 mm. in width, 

 and 3-4 mm. in thickness. The peduncle, which bears only a few 

 small leaves, is 15-20 cm. high, the upper third being formed by a 

 few flowered, cymose raceme (3-8 flowers). The colour of the 

 flowers is a bright orange, not red as in most species. The calyx 

 lobes are lanceolate, 4 mm. long; the tube of the corolla is 

 18-20 mm. long and 5-6 mm. in diam. The lobes are broadly 

 lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long and rolled back. Five of the filaments 

 are broad and 5 narrow, all epipetalous near the base of the corolla, 

 the 5 broader ones being joined to the petals for a longer distance 

 than the others. Scales small, oval, truncate, slightly crested. 



Named in honour of Mrs. Lionel Phillips, one of the few patrons 

 of botanical work in South Africa. 



Flowers in March. Fairly common on the bushy and grassy 

 slopes of the southern edge of the Eoggeveld. Alt. 1,500 m. 

 Marloth No. 3912. 



Cotyledon Makian^, n. spec. 

 Fig. 4, Plate V. 



Caulis ramosus brevissimus ; folia pauca, aggregata, semifusi- 

 formia, utrinque attenuata, supra concavo-canaliculata, cinereo- 

 viridescentia, purpureo-maculata ; pedunculus 10-15 cm. altus ; 

 flores spicati, erecti, subsessiles, anguste-tubulosi, limbo brevi 

 patenti-reflexo, albido-purpureo. 



The succulent stem hardly protrudes from the soil, the few 

 branches forming a cluster of leaves. The leaves are closely set 

 at the ends of the branches, half spindle-shaped, that means to say, 

 they look like a spindle which has been split lengthways ; their 

 upper surface is depressed, the colour greyish green with numerous 

 purple markings. 



Length of leaves 20-25 mm. ; width 6-9 mm. ; thickness 5-8 mm. 



The flowers (4-8) are arranged in a lax spike, upright, almost 

 adpressed to the axis, tubular with a very short limb. The tube 

 is greenish, 15-18 mm. long, and 3-4 mm. in diam., the lobes are 

 white with purple edges, broadly lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long. 



