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pedicellati, pedicellis ebracteatis 0-8-1-2 cm. longis ; calyx campanulatus, 
tubo obscure 5-angulato papillis viridibus nitente 0-9-1-1 cm. longo, seg- 
mentis obtusissimis minute papillosis inter se perinsequalibus 0-6-1-3 cm. 
longis ; petala sub-4-seriata basi cum staminibus in tubum coalita erecto- 
patentia recurvata anguste linearia acuta vel acuminata dilute straminea 
1-1-7 cm. longa vix 0*1 cm. lata; stamina petalis breviora inclusa ; 
ovarium supra planiusculum, stylis 5 erectis conniventibus filiformibus 
0*4 cm. longis. 
Ha.b. : Cape Colony, Matjesfontein, fl. July, N. S. Pillans, 969 ! (in 
herb. Bolus) ; Calvinia Div., Onder-Bokkeveld, near Papelfontein, approx. 
alt. 660 metres, Aug., Schlechtcr, 10913 ! (in herb. Bolus, etc.) ; Clan- 
william^ Lei^olclt, 665 ! (in herb. Albany Museum). 
Mr. N. S. Pillans informs me that the leaves of this very interesting 
species are deciduous in the summer, and that the plant finally dies down, 
leaving no trace of its existence above the ground until about May or June, 
v^hen it sends up new shoots all round the root-stock. 
It is quite unlike any other species hitherto described in the genus. 
The leaves are very crowded — a short stem bearing as many as 22 — and 
spread limply, giving the plant a densely tufted appearance. The papillae 
on the leaves are very minute ; some are green and some glittering. The 
latter, being arranged somewhat in a honeycomb manner, give the leaves 
a curiously mottled appearance. 
The flowers, except in the colour of the petals, are very much like 
those of M. viridiflorum, as figured by Salm Dyck, § 54, fig. 5. 
The descriptions of the foregoing species of Mesembrianthemum were 
all (with the exception of that of M. intrusum, living material of which 
was kindly supplied by Dr. Marloth) made from living plants which 
flowered in Mr. N. S. Pillan's garden, Eosebank, near Cape Town — 
without whose generous aid they could not have been done. 
Helicheysum epapposum. Bolus, n. sp. (Euhelichrysum § Stoechadina). 
H. caule scepissime simplici virgato, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis, 
capitulis S-5-fl., scepiics homogamis rarissime heterogamis, in corymhum 
suhumhraculiforme arete confertis, pappo nullo. 
Fruticulus erectus caule ssepe simplici rarius e basi ramoso, ad 55 cm. 
altus ; rami virgati graciles sursum valde attenuati foliosi, araneoso- 
pubescentes ; folia sessilia semi-amplexicaulia, omnia erecta adpressaque, 
vel inferiora interdum + erecto-patentia recurvaque, lanceolata, acuta vel 
acuminata, mucronulata, marginibus recurvis revolutisve, vetustioribus 
interdum undulatis crenulatis, 1-nervia, superne araneosa demum glab- 
rescentia, inferne lanata, superiora gradatim minora remotioraque, fere 
adusque basin corymborum attingentia, 0*5-2 cm. (pleraque 1-1-5 cm.) 
longa, 0-3-0-6 cm. lata ; capitula ssepissime homogama, rarissime hetero- 
