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confertis, saepius dense 4 — 6-foliatis, axillis saepe gemmiferis; folia 
adscendentia, demura late patentia, rarius subfalcata, alteram paris 
subdissimile altero parum longiusque, supra plana, subtus convexa, 
superne carinata, carina apicem versus valde compressa, lateribus planis 
vel altero subconvexo altero leviter concavo, acuta vel semi-rotundata, 
rarius apice incurvato, levia glauca, punctis viridibus crebris conspicuis, 
saepius 3-5 cm. longa, basi 8 mm., prope apicem 1 mm., lata, 6 — 9 mm. 
diam., rarius ad 6 cm. longa, 1-1 cm. diam. ; flores solitarii sessiles, meridie 
expansi, ad 3 cm. diam.; receptaculum globose turbinatum; sepala 5, 
inter se inaequilonga, lanceolata acuta vel ovata, longe acuminata, 05- 
1- 1 cm. longa, omnia plus minusve membranaceo-marginata; petala 
45 — 60, ca. 3-seriata, interiora angustissima, exteriora linearia, inferne 
parum attenuata, obtusa, integra vel 2-dentata, roseo-lilacina, ad 1-5 cm. 
longa, ad 2 mm. lata; stamina conico-collecta, staminodiis longioribus 
numerosis gracillimis, saepe spiraliter recurvatis, circumdata, filamentis 
pallidis, interioribus medio barbatis, ad 6 mm. longis, antlieris pollineque 
aureis; discus conspicuus annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra planum, 
medio leviter elevatum, stigmatibus 5, anguste subulatis acuminatis, 
5 — 6 mm. longis, ovulis parietalibus. 
South West Africa: Moltke Blick, Anas Mountains, Windhuk, J. V. 
Rennie (National Botanic Gardens, No. -$§). 
Very near M . Wilmaniae, L. Bolus, but differs in having the leaf-keel 
much more compressed, larger flowers and an annular disk. 
Described from living specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch in 
May 1926 and from a cutting of the same which flowered in Miss Arbuth- 
not’s garden, Wynberg. Only two flowers seen. 
Mesembrianthemum clavifolium, L. Bolus. Humile, ramis prostratis elongatis 
reptantibus, internodiis 1 — 2 cm. longis, ramulis erectis, saepissime 
4-foliatis; folia saepius fere erecta clavata, obtusa vel abrupte acuta, 
apiculata, basin versus attenuata quasi petiolata, dorsaliter rotundata, 
apicem versus obscure carinata, supra leviter convexa, levia, sordide 
viridia, saepius 2-2 cm. longa, 3 mm. lata, 4 — 5 mm. diam., basi connata, 
vagina 1-5 mm. longa; flores solitarii, meridie expansi, 4-5 — 5 cm. diam.; 
pedunculo tereti, basi bracteato; receptaculum globoso-turbinatum vel 
hemisphaericum ; sepala 5, duo longiora ovato-oblonga obtusa, ad 7 mm. 
longa, tria breviora late membranaceo-marginata; petala ca. 4-seriata 
linearia, acuta vel acuminata vel rarius subobtusa, basin versus leviter 
angustata, dilute aureo-cuprea, intima angustissima, 9 mm., extima 
2- 1 cm., longa, ad 1-5 mm. lata; stamina laxe disposita, exteriora mox 
subpatentia, 1 cm. diam., filamentis aureis, basi parce barbatis, ad 6 mm. 
longis, antheris pollineque aureis; discus inconspicuus annularis crenulatus, 
7 mm. diam.; ovarium supra profunde 10 — 11-lobatum, lobis valde 
