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basin 2-bracteatus, 4-5 — 5 cm. longus; flores meridie expansi, 3-7 cm. 
diam. ; calyx depresse crateriformis, tubo 0-4 cm. longo, segmentis inter 
se subaequilongis, 0-5 — 0-7 cm. longis, duobus late membranaceo- 
marginatis; petala 2-seriata vel, extimis brevioribus additis, 3-seriata, 
linearia, obtusa vel acuta, ad basin parum angustata, roseo-purpurea, 
interne dilute purpurea obscureque vittata, 0-5 — 1-4 cm. longa, ad 
0-2 cm. lata; stamina erecta vel subdift'usa, in diam. 0-7 cm. metientia, 
filamentis albis, basi barbatis, inter se subaequilongis, ca. 0-4 cm. longis; 
discus annularis vel glandulis plus minusve discretis; ovarium conico- 
convexum, stigmatibus 10, subulatis acuminatis, 0-3 cm. longis. 
Locality and collector unknown (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Described from a plant which flowered at Kirstenbosch in June 1921. 
Mesembrianthemum platycalyx, L. Bolus (§ Corniculata). Glabrum, ramis 
sarmentosis, internodiis 3 — 5 cm. longis, ramulis patentibus,4 — 6-foliatis; 
folia connata, vagina subtumidula, ad 0-6 cm. longa, matura dorso 
rotundata, supra plana, acuta vel obtusa, 5 — 7 cm. longa vel caulina 
ad 10 cm. longa, medio ad 0-6 cm. lata; pedunculus 7 — 9 cm. longus, 
prope basin vel supra medium 2-bracteatus, bracteis interdum floriferis, 
floribus lateralibus tardissime evolutis; flores meridie expansi, fere ad 
6 cm. diam. ; calyx praecipue depressus, tubo circ. 0-3 cm. longo, 
segmentis 5, inaequalibus, tribus foliis similibus, duobus membranaceo- 
marginatis, 0-8 — 1-5 cm. longis; petala linearia acuminata, supra medium 
latissima, inf erne gradatim angustata, integra, interne albis vel pallide 
roseis, superne saturate roseis, inter se subaequilonga, ad 2-8 cm. longa, 
ad 0-25 cm. lata; stamina erecta vel subdiffusa, in diam. metientia 
1*3 cm., filamentis albidis, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. longis, interioribus barbatis, 
antheris brunneo-purpureis, polline pallido; discus annularis incon- 
spicuus; ovarium convexum, stigmatibus 12 — 13, erectis, apice recurvis, 
demum patentibus, acuminatis ramentaceis, 0-3 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; near Matjesfontein, N. S. Pillans 
(Bolus Herbarium, No. 15946). 
Described from living specimens which flowered in Mr Pillans garden, 
Rosebank, near Cape Town, in June and August. 
Mesembrianthemum Schollii, Salm Dyck — var. caledonicum, L. Bolus. Rami 
breves densi, plantam compactam formantes, rarissime elongati pio- 
cumbentes; folia adscendentia connata, vagina ad 1 cm. longa, triquetra 
acuta apiculata, supra plana, lateribus leviter convexis, angulis, carina 
praecipue, cartilagineo-serrulatis, saturate viridia, 3-5 8 cm. longa, ad 
1 cm. lata; flores 5-meri, meridie expansi, 2-5 3-2 cm. diam., teinati 
vel bi-ternati, vel in cymam, regulariter ramosam, subcongestam, 8 cm. 
longam, 6 cm. diam., dispositi, pedunculis 1-5 3 cm. longis, lateral i 
bracteatis, bracteis supra sat profunde concavis, carina cartilagineo 
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