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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Described from living specimens which have flowered during July 
and Axigust at Kirstenbosch for the last nine years. 
Mesembrianthemum amplexicaule, L. Bolus. Epapulosum caulescens glabrum, 
ramis decumbentibus rigidis, fere ad 0-4 cm. diam., internodiis 1 — 2 cm. 
longis, ramulis floriferis fere erectis, cum floribus 4 — 7 cm. longis; folia 
amplexicaulia, haud connata, subfalcata, turgide 3-quetra, obtusa api- 
culata, supra leviter convexa, basi amplectente dilatata, glauco-viridia 
laevia, 1-2 — 3 cm. longa, 0-65 cm. lata, 0-5 cm. diam., peclunculis tereti- 
bus, 0-7 — 1-4 cm. longis, omnibus medio vel inferum bracteatis; calycis 
tubus brevis, segmentis 5, inter se subaequilongis, ovato-oblongis sub- 
acutis, 0-6 — 0-7 cm. longis, omnibus membranaceo-marginatis; petala 
1- seriata linearia, basin versus parum angustata, acuta vel obtusa, 
purpureo-rosea, inf erne pallidiora obscureque purpureo-vittata, ad 1-2 cm. 
longa, vix ad 0-2 cm. lata; stamina subdiffusa, 0-7 cm. diam. metientia, 
filamentis purpurascentibus, basi barbatis, 0-3 — 0-5 cm. longis, antheris 
pallidis pollineque luteo; discus annularis crenatus; ovarium supra 
conico-convexum, stigmatibus 10, lanceolatis, longe setaceo-acuminatis, 
apice recurvatis, luteo- viridibus, 0-5 cm. longis ; capsula subglobosa, 
0-7 cm. diam. 
Cape Province : exact locality unknown. 
Flowered in Mr N. S. Pillans’ garden at Rosebank, near Cape Town, 
June 1921 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17045). 
Mesembrianthemum flaccidum, L. Bolus (§ Aurea). Glabrum, ad 20 cm. altum, 
ramis, cum foliis, flaccidis, internodiis ad 4 cm. longis; folia adscendentia 
vel patentia, vix connata, oblique 3-quetra, acuta, laete viridia, 
2 — 4 cm. longa, 0-4 — 0-5 cm. lata diametroque; flores 5-meri solitarii, 
meridie expansi, 3-5 cm. diam., pedunculis teretibus, 5 — 6 cm. longis, 
medio 2-bracteatis; calyx turbinatus, segmentis acutis, inter se inaequi- 
longis, 0-5 — 1 cm. longis, tribus membranaceo-marginatis; petala ca. 
4-seriata lineari-spathulata integra aurea, interiora saturatius mediana 
linea ornata, 0-6 — 1-6 cm. longa, ad 0-25 cm. lata; stamina conferta 
vel subdiffusa, apice 0-5 cm. diam. metientia, filamentis aureis ebarbatis, 
0-3 — 0-8 cm. longis, antheris luteis; discus obscurus; ovarium supra 
planum, stigmatibus subulatis acuminatis, superne purpurascentibus, 
0-25 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Montagu Div., open veld 
between Montagu and Montagu Baths, scrambling among bushes of 
M. m, leans, M. M. Page (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17258). 
Described from a specimen which flowered in Miss Arbuthnot’s 
garden, Wynberg, September 1922. 
Mesembrianthemum miserum, L. Bolus. Epapulosum caulescens glabrum, 
ca. 37 cm. altum, laxe ramosum, ramis adscendentibus gracilibus teretibus, 
internodiis 1-5 — 3 cm. longis; folia adscendentia, interdum subfalcata, 
