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interioribus supra medium barbatis, antheris pollineque albidis; discus 
annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum, stigmatibus subulatis, 
1-5 — 2 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: Western Region; Little Namaqualand, on masses of 
granite, Platte Klip, 1 mile S. of Hondeklip Bay, N. S. Pillans (Bolus 
Herbarium, No. 17772). 
Described from ample living material which flowered in Miss Arbuth- 
not’s garden, Wynberg, during the latter part of May and June. The same 
species was collected by Mr J. W. Mathews at Vredenberg, Malmesbury 
Div. (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Mesembrianthemum zygophylloides, L. Bolus. Fruticulus glaber, crebre 
ramosus, ad 14 cm. altus, ramis decumbentibus, patentibus vel adscen- 
dentibus, sat rigidis, ad 7 mm. diam., ramulis erectis, internodiis 1 — 1-5 cm. 
longis, axillis gemmiferis; folia patentia vel juniora patenti-erecta, teretia 
vel fere teretia, obtusa mutica levia, laete viridia, sat mollia, saepius 
1 — 1-3 cm. longa, 2 — 3 mm. diam., basi brevissime connata; flores 3-nati 
velbis3-nati,velincymam satcompactam, ad5-ramosam, dispositi, meridie 
expansi, 1-4 cm. diam., pedunculis ad 6 mm. longis, prope basin bracteatis; 
receptaculum clavato-turbinatum ; sepala 5, inter se aequilonga, lineari- 
lanceolata obtusa subcucullata, omnia anguste membranaceo-marginata, 
4 mm. longa; petala ca. 13 — 14, 1-seriata linearia, e medio inferneparum 
angustata, acuta, laete lutea, 5 — 6 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata ; stamina erecta 
pauca, sat laxa, staminodiis abeuntibus, filamentis luteis, basi barbatis, 
antheris pollineque aureis; glandulae 5, conspicuae atro-virides; ovarium 
supra alte convexum, profunde 5-lobatum, stigmatibus 5, anguste subu- 
latis, setaceo-acuminatis, fere ad 2 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clanwilliam Div., Pakhuis 
Pass, fl. Oct. 1926, C. L. Leipoldt (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18549). 
The bright green foliage and the cheerful yellow of the numerous 
flowers closely set amid the leaves suggest a resemblance to several 
species of Zygophyllum common in the south-western districts. 
Mesembrianthemum distans, L. Bolus. Fruticulus erectus, 10 — 12 cm. altus, 
caule rigido, basi 3 mm. diam., ramis adscendentibus vel fere erectis, 
angulatis, angulis anguste alatis, 2 mm. diam., nodis distantibus, inter- 
nodiis 1-5 — 3 cm. longis, ramulis floriferis e vagina indurata orientibus, 
saepius 2 cm. longis; folia in 2 paria approximata, ramulos terminantia, 
disposita, par inferum 0-7 — 1 cm. longa, ultra medium connatum, primum 
calyptriforme, deinde apicibus divergentibus, obscure carinatis, subacutis, 
basi reliquis membranaceis vaginatum, ad 6 mm. diam., par superum 
dissimile, alte connatum, vagina ventricosa inclusa, parte libera 3-angu- 
lare, ad basin receptaculi attingente vel ultra, 4 — 8 mm. longa, ca. 
1 — 2 mm. diam., axillis gemmiferis; flores solitarii, meridie expansi, ca. 
