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se leviter inaequalibus, 0-8 — 1 cm. longis, tribus membranaceo-marginatis ; 
petala pluri-seriata lineari-spathulata obtusa, integra vel interiora 
irregulariter dentata, purpureo-rosea, inferne obscure purpureo-vittata, 
1*8 — 2-5 cm. longa, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. lata; stamina subdiffusa, 1 cm. diam. 
metientia, mox late diffusa, 1-6 cm. diam. metientia, filamentis rubro- 
purpureis, interioribus barbatis, 0-4— 0-7 cm. longis, antheris pollineque 
laete luteis; discus annularis crenatus; ovarium supra conico-convexum, 
profunde lobatum, stigmatibus rubro-brunneis vel viridibus, subulatis 
vel subulatodanceolatis, 0-25 — 0-3 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Namaqualand: Nababeep, 11. Aug. (1923), Mrs Olive 
le Roux (Bolus Herbarium, No. 15197). 
Mesembrianthemum intermedium, L. Bolus (? § Aspericaulia). Rami gracil- 
limi elongati flexuosi reptantes, nodis insigne incrassatis, brevissime 
hispiduli, demum glaberrimi vel etiam politi, internodiis O-S— 5 cm. 
longis, ramulis floriferis, cum flore, 2 — 5 cm. longis ; folia minute papillosa 
gracillima, fere erecta, connata, vagina 0-1 cm. longa, supra leviter 
concava, dorso rotundata, acuta, interdum apice recurvata, 0-7 — 1-5 cm. 
longa, saepius 0-1 cm. diam.; flores 5-meri, meridie expansi, solitarii, 
ad 2-5 cm. diam., pedunculis brevissime papilloso-hispidulis, 0-7— 1-5 cm. 
longis; calyx turbinatus, tubo brevissime papilloso-hispidulo, segmentis 
inter se subaequilongis, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, 0-4 cm. longis, 
tribus membranaceo-marginatis; petala inter se subaequilonga, linearia 
obtusa roseo-purpurea, subtus saturatiora, 1-1 cm. longa, ad 0-2 cm. 
lata; stamina conico-collecta, in diam. 0-2 cm. metientia, filamentis 
inferne albidis barbatis, superne purpurascentibus, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. longis; 
discus conspicuus, e glandulis 5 trilobulatis compositus; ovarium supra 
conico-convexum, stigmatibus subulatis, longe setaceo-attenuatis, 
stamina bene excedent.ibus, 0-4 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South- Western Region; Mossel Bay I >iv., Mossel Bay, 
fl. Aug., F. A. Rogers, 4248, 2031 ; hills near Gouritz River, Dr John Muir, 
986. Riversdale Div., in sand at Zwartklip, near Albertinia, id. 
This is intermediate between the two sections, Aspericaulia and His- 
pida, having the habit of growth of the latter but with the papillae of 
the former. 
Mesembrianthemum aberdeenense, L. Bolus (§ Crassulina). Humile, minute 
papillosum, papillis in setam patentem abeuntibus, ob has omnibus 
partibus herbaceis pubescentibus, ramis confertis, demum diffuse de 
cumbentibus, hispidis glabrescentibus, internodiis 1 2-5 cm. longis, 
folia adscendentia, dorso rotundata, supra plana, acuta, 0 l - cm. 
longa, ad 0-5 cm. lata diametroque; flores 5-meri, die expansi, 3 nati, 
1-5 cm. diam., pedunculis 0-4— 1 cm. longis, lateralibus mfra medium 
bracteatis ; calycis tubus crateriformis, segmentis lanceolatis acutis, intei 
