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lata; stamina primo conico-collecta, mox erecta vel subdiffusa, 3 — 7 mm. 
diam., staminodiis paucis brunneis, mox delapsis, filamentis albis, basi 
barbatis, 4 mm. longis, antheris pollineque pallide luteis; discus conspicuus 
annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra medio leviter convexum, 5 — 6- 
lobum, stigmatibus 5 — 6, anguste subulatis, acuminatis, 2-5 mm. 
longis. 
Cape Province: Soutli-Western Region; Malmesbury Div., Oliphant’s 
Kop, nr. Saldanha Bay, J. W. Mathews (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Flowered freely from cuttings during October 1926. 
Very closely allied to M. festivum, N.E.Br., but may be distinguished 
by the shorter leaves, shorter and more dense cyme, rather smaller flowers, 
saucer-shaped (not semi-globose) receptacle, and ivory-white (not rose- 
pink) petals. The two species flower at the same time, and I have thus 
been able to compare the living plants, both of which appear to be equally 
well-grown. From that of M. festivum (Bolus Herb. No. 17155) specimens 
were sent a few years ago to Mr Brown who confirmed my identification. 
The name, cupulatum, is in reference to the cup-shaped bracts.- 
Mesembrianthemum Stanleyi, L. Bolus. Fruticulus glaber, 7 — 9 cm. altus, 
caule cum aetate crasso, 9 mm. diam., ramis adscendentibus, basi ad 
7 mm. diam., ramulis erectis, saepius 6 — 8-foliatis, internodiis foliis 
parum brevioribus; folia adscendentia vel fere patentia, juniora fere 
erecta, carinata, supra plana, lateribus leviter convexis, carina parum 
infra apicem 1-denticulata, rarius 2-denticulata vel integra, glauco- 
viridia, cum aetate levia, 1 — 1-3 cm. longa, ad 3 mm. lata, fere ad 4 mm. 
diam. ; flores solitarii, vespertini, odorati, 2 — 2-4 cm. diam. ; receptaculum 
subturbinatum ; sepala 5, inter se inaequilonga, oblonga vel lineari- 
oblonga, carinata, apice subcucullata, 5 — 9 mm. longa, 2 anguste mem- 
branaceo-marginata; petala ca. 38, 2-seriata lineari-spathulata obtusa 
aurea, extus apicem versus rubescentia, 0-7 — 1-1 cm. longa, ad 1-5 mm. 
lata; stamina erecta collecta, apicem versus leviter recurvata, 4 — 5 mm. 
diam., filamentis 3 — 6 mm. longis, interioribus barbatis, cum antheris 
pollineque aureis; glandulae 5, semi-lunatae ; ovarium supra convexum, 
obtuse 5-lobatum, stigmatibus 5, anguste subulatis, setaceo-acuminatis, 
demum stamina bene superantibus, 7 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; Willowmore Div., near Miller, alt. 
2235 ft., fi. Oct. 1925, V. S. Peers (National Botanic Gardens, No. 
Described partly from dried specimens and partly from rooted cuttings 
of the original plants. The cuttings flowered in Jan. 1926 and the flowers 
were fully open at 5 p.m. 
N. S. Pillans, 2103, collected at Abraham’s Kraal, Prince Albert Div., 
Sept. 1913, appears to be this species. 
Named after the collector, Mr Victor Stanley Peers, a keen collector 
