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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
compressis ; folia saepe per dimidium longitudinis cohaerentia, obtusa 
vel subacuta, marginibus carinisque subpellucidis, 1 — 2 cm. longa, 
0'9 cm. lata, 1 cm. diam. ; flores breviter pedunculati, pedunculis 
sub calyce 2-bracteatis, in foliis inclusis ; calycis tubus obconicus, 
segmentis inter se subaequilongis, oblongo-lanceolatis, 0'9 cm. longis ; 
petala circa 4-seriata lineari-spathulata acuta, laete rosea, 1'5 cm. 
longa ; staminodia erecta, in genere valida, fere rigida. a petalis bene 
distincta, anguste linearia, acuminata, superne lutescentia, 12 cm. 
longa; stamina 6 — 7-seriata, intima dense barbata, vix 0’2 cm., 
extima 0'9 cm. longa ; glandulae parvae atrovirides ; ovarium supra 
planum vel concavum, stylis 5-erectis subulatis, 0'2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region ; between Muis Kraal and 
Ladismith, A. S. Pillans, 895. Karroo Region ; Prince Albert 
Div., nr. Prince Albert, J. W. Mathews (National Botanic Gardens, 
No. 
A copiously branched shrublet with deeply connate, turgidly 
triquetrous, pale glaucous polished leaves, solitary 5-merous flowers 
with rose-pink petals and collected staminodes and stamens. 
Described from living specimens which flowered freely in 
Mr N. S. Pillans’ garden, Rosebank, in 1912, and in the National 
Botanic Gardens, Mar. 1915. 
Mesembrianthemum hesperanthum, L. Bolus (§ Spinulifera), caule erecto 
graciliore, floribus odoratis vespertinis, petalis carneis, nectariis 
tubiformibus, stylis elongatis, distinguitur. 
Fruticulus papillosus, ad 20 cm. altus; rami ramulique ascendentes 
vel patentes, saepius rubidi, internodiis 1 — 3 cm. longis; folia patentia, 
demum reflexa, basi connata, linearia semiteretia subacuta, supra satis 
conspicue canaliculata, minute papillosa, 2 — 3 cm. longa, 0'2 — 0'3 cm. 
lata ; flores 3-nati vel abortione 1 — 2-nati, ad 2'5 cm. diam. ; calyx 
subturbinatus, obtuse 5-angulatus, angulis nectaria formantibus, 
segmentis 5, inter se inaequalibus, duo lanceolatis, 0’6 cm. longis, 
ceteris brevioribus, late membranaceo-marginatis ; petala 3 — 4-seriata 
lineari-spathulata subacuta, inferne alba, ultra medium carnea, 1‘2 cm. 
longa, apice 0'1 cm. lata ; stamina circa 5-seriata erecta, demum 
exteriora patula (ad modum sectionis Splendentia), filamentis 
ebarbatis ; nectaria sepalis opposita ; ovarium supra conicum, leviter 
5 angulatum, stylis 5-erectis filiformibus, 0'8 cm. longis. 
Kalahari Region : Bechuanaland ; Gaberones, F. A. Rogers (National 
Botanic Gardens, No. -^). 
Distinguished by the erect rather slender stem, sweet-scented 
flowers opening after sunset with pale pink petals, tubular nectaries, 
and elongate styles. Probably closely allied to M. decussatum, Thunb. 
