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glaber, 60 cm. altus, ramis rigidis, ad 3 mm. diam., internodiis saepius 
2 — 3-5 cm. longis ; folia demum late patentia, interdum alterum paris 
suberectum alterum subpatens, fere teretia, angulis rarius subconspicuis, 
sat abrupte acuta, apiculata levissima, subglauce viridia, saepius 2 — 2-5 
cm. longa, 3 — 4 mm. diam., vagina apice le viter tumida, 2 mm. longa, 
linea exarata; pedunculus cymae 3 — 4-5 cm. longus; cyma laxa, ad 15-fl., 
5 — 6 cm. longa, utrinque 2-ramosa, ramis 3-fl. vel abortione 1— — 2-fl., parte 
terminali 3-fl., pedunculis ultimis 6 — 7 mm. longis, omnibus supra medium 
bracteatis, bracteis saepius 6 mm. longis; receptaculum globoso-tur- 
binatum; sepala 5, inter se fere aequilonga, lanceolata acuta, ad 5 mm. 
longa, 3 membranaceo-marginata; petala non bene visa, fortasse 1-seriata, 
roseo-purpurea, purpureo-vittata, ca. 6 mm. longa; stamina non bene 
visa, erecta conferta, staminodiis perpaucis, iilamentis pallide roseis, basi 
barbatis, ad 5 mm. longis, antheris pallidis, polline luteo; ovarium supra 
convexum, vix lobatum, stigmatibus 5, e basi anguste subulata longe 
acuminatis, 5 mm. longis, stamina parum excedentia. 
Cape Province: Western Region; Little Namaqualand, rocky hill north 
side of Ookiep, fl. Oct. 1926, N. S. Pillans, 4961. 
Described from living specimens of which the flowers were rather past 
maturity or had the petals and stamens damaged in transit. 
Mesembrianthemum intervallare, L. Bolus. Humillimum gracile glabrum, 
primum caespitosum, ramis demum elongatis radicantibus, internodiis 
saepius 2 — 3 cm. longis, ramulis erectis, dense 4 — 6-foliatis; folia fere 
erecta, superne carinata, inferne carina obscura, lateribus leviter convexis, 
supra plana, obtusa, angulis marginalibus carinaque inconspicue 1 — 2- 
dentatis, sat prominenter punctata, saepius 1 cm. longa, 4 mm. lata 
diametroque, vel rarius et ante florentem ad L5 cm. longa, connata, 
vagina fere ad 2 mm. longa; flores solitarii, fere sessiles vel pedunculo 
2 mm. longo, nocturni, 1-3 cm. diam.; receptaculum turbinatum; sepala 
5, inter se fere aequilonga, oblongo-lanceolata obtusa, apice subcucullata, 
6 mm. longa; petala sepalis aequilonga vel breviora, ca. 16, inter se 
subaequilonga, spathulato-linearia obtusa vel subacuta, alba, ad 6 mm. 
longa, fere ad 1 mm. lata; stamina sat pauca, erecta, laxe disposita, 
filamentis albis, interioribus basi dense barbatis, ad 4 mm. longis, antheris 
pollineque pallide luteis ; glandulae insigne conspicuae, 1 mm. altae, semi- 
lunatae crenulatae, contiguae itaque discum annularem fere formantes; 
ovarium supra profunde concavum, stigmatibus 5, semi-teretibus, superne 
parum angustatis, ca. 2 mm. longis; capsula supra fere plana, aqua 
expansa, 7 mm. diam., valvis 5, carinis basi distantibus, superne sub- 
contiguis, alis membranaceis loculi angustissimis, haud, vel minime, 
semina tegentibus, seminibus fere globosis, lateraliter subcompressis, 
minutissime areolatis, pallide brunneis. 
