NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Mesembrianthemum cupreum, L. Bolus. Cllabrum, ramis confertis, saepius 
dense 4-foliatis, folia connata, vagina ad 1-4 cm. longa, juniora (par 
secundum) 3-quetra, apice fere truncata leviterque serrulata, ad 3-5 cm. 
longa, 0-4 cm. lata, seniora (par primum) turgide 3-quetra, supra plana, 
obtusissima vel subtruncata, laevia, alterum adscendens, alterum re- 
curvum, ad 2-8 cm. longa, 0-8 cm. lata; pedunculus teres, 5-5 — 7-5 cm. 
longus, basi 2-bracteatus, bracteis alte connatis, 2 — 2-5 cm. longis, 
gemmiferis, floribus lateralibus tardissime evolutis; flores meridie ex- 
pansi, 3-8 cm. diam. ; calyx depresse crateriformis, tubo apice constricto, 
0-4 cm. longo, segmentis 4, inter se leviter inaequalibus, ovato-oblongis, 
0-8 — 1 cm. longis, duobus membranaceo-marginatis; petala pluri- 
seriata lineari-spathulata acuta integra, supra medium rubro-cuprea, 
inferne pallida, basi aurea, pagina inferiore roseo-purpurea, 1-3 — 1-7 cm. 
longa; stamina erecta, in diam. 1 cm. metientia, filamentis aureis, 
intimis parce barbatis, 0-2 — 0-5 cm. longis, antheris subnigris, polline 
albido; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium leviter convexum, stig- 
matibus 12, suberectis lanceolatis acuminatis, stamina extima attin- 
gentibus, 0-4 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Western Region; Vanrhynsdorp, E. B. Watermeyer 
(National Botanic Gardens, No. J 5 % 2 -). 
Described from a specimen which flowered at Kirstenbosch, June 
19 23. 
Mesembrianthemum anemoniflorum, L. Bolus, M. dubio affine, sed foliis 
saepius brevioribus, basin versus angustatis, calyce fere turbinato, petalis 
salmoneis, et staminibus effusioribus, inter se inaequilongis, differt. 
Glabrum, ra mi s sarmentosis, internodiis 1-5 — 2-5 cm. longis, ramulis 
floriferis erectis, 2 — 6-foliatis, saepius 2 — 4 cm. longis; folia basi connata, 
adscendentia vel alterum patens alterumque incurvum, medio sub- 
teretia, apicem versus triquetra, abrupte angustata, apiculata, basin 
versus gradatim angustata, glauco-viridia purpurascentia laevia, 
2— 2-5 cm. longa, ad 0-5 cm. lata; pedunculus teres, infra medium 
2-bracteatus, 1-5 — 2 cm. longus; flores meridie expansi, ad 6 cm. diam. , 
calyx fere turbinatus, circa 1-4 cm. longus, segmentis 5, inter se sub 
aequilongis, ovatis acutis, ad 0-9 cm. longis, tribus membranaceo- 
marginatis; petala 2— 3-seriata lineari-spathulata, saepe subacuta, In- 
tegra, basin versus pallide, apicem versus saturate, salmonea, extima 
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