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centibus, apice sordide olivaceo-viridi maculis parvis ramosis vel sub- 
dendriticis ochraceo-salmoneis notato. Flores 2*5 cm. diam. lutei. Calyx 
5-lobus ; tubus vix exsertus ; lobi 7-8 mm. longi, ovato lanceolati, sub- 
obtusi. Petala 1-1*2 cm. longa, linearia, obtusa, lutea, apice rubro- 
auriantiaco tincta. Stamina numerosissima alba. 
" Plant consisting of a tuft of crowded compressed-obconic fleshy 
leaves, perfectly flat and marked with a transverse fissure on the top, 
each about f-1 in. high and 1-1|- in. in the longer diam. and f— I in. 
in the shorter diam. of the flat top, smooth, not at all tuberculate 
on the top, glabrous, with the sides and the fissure pale purplish-grey 
Mesemhrianthemum Lesliei, N.E.Br. 
without markings, and the top dull olive-green, marked all over with 
small branched spots of a peculiar ochreous-salmon colour. Flowers 
about 1 in. in diam., with the ovary scarcely exserted. Calyx with 
5 lobes about 3^-4 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, obtusely pointed. Petals 
li^- long, linear, obtuse, bright yellow, shading into reddish-orange 
at the tips, pinkish on the underside. Stamens numerous, not connivent, 
white. 
" Transvaal. Vereeniging, Burtt-Davy 5613 ! Leslie in T.D.A. Herb. 
No. 4937 ! Griqualand West, Windsorton, Marloth 4870 ! 
" This species is allied to M. Hookeri, Berger {M. truncatellum, Hook, 
f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6077), but is at once distinguished by its smaller size 
and smooth (not warted) top." 
