the outermost series being the shortest. Stigma sessile, sunk 

 in a slight pit and level with the concave top of the ovary, 

 entire, inconspicuous. 



It may not be out of place to point out that dried specimens 

 of Mesembryanthemum chrysoleucum, Schlechter are so similar to 

 Roodia digitifolia in general appearance, that the plant might 

 easily be mistaken for a species of Roodia. It differs, however, 

 by being destitute of bracts on its peduncle ; by the leaves, 

 peduncle, and calyx being papillate ; by the calyx being lobed 

 down to the top of the ovary, the stamens erect ; and by 

 having 7 stigmas and a 7-celled capsule. — N. E. Brown. 



Plate 78. — Fig. 1, plant § nat. size ; Eig. 2, longitudinal section through 

 the flower ; Eig. 3, calyx with 2 sepals ; Fig. 4, longitudinal section through 

 receptacle ; Fig. 5, petals ; Eig. 6, stamen ; Fig. 7, bract ; Fig. 8, fruit closed ; 

 Fig. 9, fruit open ; Fig. 10, cross-section of leaf. 



F.P.S.A., 1922. 



