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nata, dorso rotundata, apicem versus obscure carinata, supra plana vel 
basin versus concava, acuta, dilute viridia, laevia, 2-5 — 3-2 cm. longa, 
ad 0-4 cm. lata diametroque; flores 5-meri, meridie expansi, ad 4-4 cm. 
diam., solitarii vel apice ramulorum 3-nati, pedunculis teretibus, 1-5 — 
5 cm. longis, medio 2-bracteatis, bracteis a foliis non diff erentibus ; 
calycis tubus cyathiformis, ad 1-4 cm. longus, apice ad 1 cm. latus, 
segmentis inter se valde inaequalibus, ovatis acuminatis, 0-5 — 1-4 cm. 
longis, tribus ampliate membranaceo-marginatis ; petala 3-seriata lineari- 
spathulata obtusa, integra vel inaequaliter 2-dentata, roseo-purpurea, 
basin versus alba, ad 2 cm. longa, 0-3 — 0-4 cm. lata, intima linearia 
pallida, 0-8 cm. longa; stamina sat pauca, collecta incurvata, staminodiis 
filiformibus pallidis, basi barbatis, circumdata, 0-3 cm. diam. metientia, 
filamentis albis, basi barbatis, 0-4 — 0-6 cm. longis, antheris pollineque 
dilute luteis; discus annularis crenatus; ovarium supra convexum 5- 
lobum, stigmatibus suborbicularibus setaceo-apiculatis luteo-viridibus, 
0- 2 cm. longis; capsula supra purpurascens, 1-3 cm. diam. 
Cape Province: exact locality unknown (Bolus Herbarium, 
No. 17255). 
Described from living specimens which flowered in Miss Arbuthnot’s 
garden, Wynberg, September 1922. 
Mesembrianthemum explanation, L. Bolns. Epapulosum glaberrimum caules- 
cens, ramis elongatis reptantibus, 45 cm. longis vel ultra, vix ad 0-2 cm. 
diam., internodiis 1-5 — 3-5 cm. longis, ramulis floriferis erectis, 1 — 8 cm. 
longis, dense foliatis; folia adscendentia vel suberecta connata, vagina 
ad 0-15 cm. longa, seniora fere semi-teretia, juniora plus minus ve obtuse 
carinata, acuta glauco-viridia, ad 2-3 cm. longa, 0-2 cm. lata diametroque; 
flores 5-meri, solitarii vel rarius 2-nati, meridie expansi, 4-4 cm. diam., 
pedunculis medio 2-bracteatis, 1-5 — 3-5 cm. longis; calyx clavatus, 
segmentis inter se subaequilongis lanceolatis acutis, intimis late mem- 
branaceo-marginatis, 0-5 — 0-6 cm. longis; petala pluri-seriata, exteriora 
lineari-spathulata acuta, interiora linearia acuminata, omnia utrinque 
laete lutea, ad 2-1 cm. longa, 0-2 cm. lata; stamina explanata, in diam. 
1- 6 cm. metientia, filamentis stramineis ebarbatis, 0-2 — 0-7 cm. longis, 
antheris luteis; discus inconspicuus subannularis ; ovarium supra leviter 
convexum, stigmatibus crassis subulatis setaceo-acuminatis luteis, 
0-25 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Cape Flats (National 
Botanic Gardens) ; Cape Peninsula, slopes of Muizenberg, above Lake- 
side, fl. Sept., M. M. Page (Bolus Herbarium, No. 15200); Somerset 
West Div., Somerset Strand, fl. Oct., M. M. Page (Bolus Herbarium, 
No. 15201). 
Mesembrianthemum angustipetalum, L. Bolus. Epapulosum glaberrimum 
