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A NEW SPECIES OF MESEMBBIANTHEMUM FEOM THE 
TEANSYAAL. 
By Joseph Buett-Davy, RL.S., F.E.S.S.Af. 
(Eead October 18, 1911.) 
About three years ago niy friend Mr. T. N. Leslie, of Vereeniging, 
sent me specimens of a peculiar Mesembrianthemum found among the 
pebbles of the Dwyka Conglomerate at Vereeniging in the Heidelberg 
District. This did not fit the description of any known species, but 
Mesembrianthemum LesUei, N.E.Br. 
unfortunately I was unable to obtain flowers until a year ago. The 
material was then sent to Kew, and was pronounced by Mr. N. E. 
Brown, A.L.S., to represent an undescribed species. Mr. Brown has 
kindly drawn up the following description of the species : — 
" Mesembrianthemum LesUei, N. E. Brown, sp. nov. — Corpuscula 
caespitosa, crasse carnosa, late compresso-obconica, apice perfecte trun- 
cata cum fissura transversa percursa, 1-5-2-5 cm. alta, apice 2-5-3 cm. 
longa et l"8-2-3 cm. lata, levia, glabra, lateribus pallide purpureo-cineras- 
