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oblonga, apice retusa, extus sericea brevissimis pilis, I 3 cm. longa, 
ungue brevissimo ; alae vexillo aequilongae, basi gibbosae ; carina 
vexillo aequilonga, apice vero angustata erecta; ovarium stipitatum, 
anguste lineare, pluri-ovulatum, stipitate incluso, 08 cm. longum ; 
legumen ignotum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Langebergcn, Riversdale 
Div., Garcia’s Pass, alt. 1500 ft., fl. Oct., Bolus, 11,267; Galpin, 5088. 
Corente River Farm, fl. Nov., J. Muir, 85. Mossel Bay Div., fl. April, 
id., 1304. 
Very closely allied to I. frutescens Linn. f. and perhaps only 
a stunted form of that species, but the leaflets besides being much 
smaller are broader in proportion to their length, being sometimes 
almost orbicular and are more closely set, and the flowers are smaller. 
Plate XVI, B. 
Mesembrianthemum Tugwelliae, L. Bolus (. Ficoideae-Mesembrieae § Sub- 
quadrifolia), forsitan ilf. obtuso, Haw. (minus cognito) accedit sed foliis 
valde compressis, glaucescentibus, calycis segmentis stylisque 6 
distinguitur. 
Caulis lignosus crassus abbreviatus, ramis brevibus, dense 4 — 6 
foliatis; folia erecta inaequalia majora saepe subacinaciformia ; valde 
compressa, obtuse carinata, altero latere plana, altero convexa, basi 
semiteretia purpurea, apice demum oblique rotundata, laevissima 
glauca, ad 6 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, 2 - 4 cm. diam.; flores brevissime 
pedunculati, bibracteati, bracteis demum floriferis connatis, 0'7 cm. 
longis ; calyx clavatus, 1'5 cm. longus, segmentis 5, subaequilongis 
acutis, 05 cm. longis, exterioribus late ovatis, ceteris lanceolatis, 
anguste membranaceo-marginatis ; petala 2 — 3 seriata, interiores 
exterioribus paullo breviores, lineari-spathulata obtusa lutea, basi 
albida, 2 — 2'2 cm. longa ; stamina pluri-seriata conferta 0'8 cm. longa, 
filamentis medio parce barbatis ; glandulae 5, parvae, sature virides ; 
ovarium subconico-convexum, obtuse 5 angulatum, stylis 5, filiformibus 
stamina parum excedentibus. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; Prince Albert, Anna M. fug well] 
(without flowers) J. W. Matthews. Flowered in National Bot. Gardens, 
Kirstenbosch, Jan., No. -ffA 
Most probably allied to the little known M. obtusum, Haw., but 
the strongly compressed older leaves, flat on one side and convex on 
the other with the resulting oblique keel, the 6 calyx-segments and 
styles amply distinguish our species. 
Geigeria obtusifolia, L. Bolus ( Gompositae-Inuleae ), ad G. pectuleam, Haiv. 
proximo accedit, sed foliis latioribus oblongis obtusissimis, capitulis 
solitariis, multo majoribus differt. 
