NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Mesembrianthemum stenophyllum, L. Bolus (Ficoideae-Mesembryeae). Caudex 
subtuberosus, ramis confertis brevissimis, dense 6 — 8-foliatis, axillis 
gemmiferis; folia basi dilatata, textura multo tenuiore, connata, vagina 
ad 0-7 cm. longa, adscendentia, demum patentia, superne triquetra at- 
tenuata, acuta vel acuminata, supra plana, punctata, punctis sat pro- 
mineutibus, fere ad 5 cm. longa, medio 0-2 — 0-3 cm. lata diametroque; 
flores solitarii 5-meri, meridie expansi, ad 2-5 cm. diam., pedunculis 
1-5 cm. longis; bracteae basales, cum vagina pedunculo paullo longioribus; 
calyx turbinatus, segmentis inter se subaequalibus, lanceolatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, 4 sat anguste membranaceo-marginatis, ad 0-6 cm. 
longis; petala 1 — 2-seriata, inter se subaequilonga, linearia, acuta vel 
obtusa, inferne gradatim attenuata, roseo-purpurea purpureo-vittata, 
1-6 cm. longa, apice fere ad 0-15 cm. lata; stamina conico-collecta, apice 
0-2 cm. diam., mox subdiffusa, staminodiis paucis albis circumdata, fila- 
mentis albis barbatis, ad 0-4 cm. longis, antberis pollineque albidis; discus 
annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra conspicue 5-lobum, stigmatibus 
subulatis setaceo-acuminatis, 0-3 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Humansdorp Div., Witte Els 
Bosch, fl. Aug., H. G. Fourcade, 2992. 
Described from living specimens, within a few days of their being 
collected. 
M. suppositum, L. Bolus. Robustum glabrum, ad 9 cm. altum, caudice lignoso, 
ramis confertis adscendentibus, dense 4 — 6-foliatis, inferne saepius foliis 
persistentibus induratis onustis; folia adscendentia, basi connata per 0-2 — 
0- 5 cm., alterum folium paris altero leviter majus, turgide triquetra, sat 
obliqua, altero latere leviter magis convexo, obtusissima laevia glauca 
purpureo-tacta, ad 4 cm., saepius 2-5 — 3 cm. longa, 0-5 — 1 cm. lata, ad 
1- 2 cm. diam.; flores solitarii, circa 3 cm. diam., pedunculo brevi, omnino 
inter bracteas incluso; calycis tubus turbinatus, segmentis inter se in- 
aequalibus, oblongo-ovatis, duobus late membranaceo-marginatis ad 
1-5 cm. longis; petala numerosa linearia, inferne attenuata, ? albida, ad 
1-3 cm. longa, vix ad 0-1 cm. lata; stamina sublaxa numerosa, interiora 
breviora, dense barbata, pilis praecipue longis, antheris cum polline aureis, 
demum albidis; discus continuus crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum, 
alte 10-lobum, stigmatibus 10, lineari-filiformibus acuminatis, 0-25 cm. 
longis. 
B.H. 
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