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But the margins of the leaves of our species are not lined with dots 
(“marginibus obtusis lineato punctatis”) — as in Schlechter, 8065, from 
Dorn River, Clanwilliam Div., fl. -July 1896. Moreover, there is no record 
of the existence of any strong fishy smell in the case of M . moille, Ait. 
Mesembrianthemum knysnanum, L. Bolus. Fruticulus erectus rigidus, glaber, 
30 — 40 cm. altus vel ultra, ramis virgatis, 17 — 34 cm. longis, ad 5 mm. 
diam., ramulis saepius 3 — 4 cm. longis, internodiis 1 — 6 cm. longis; 
folia adscendentia vel fere erecta, acute carinata, carina conspicue 
decurrente, supra concava vel fere plana, lateribus planis vel levissime 
convexis, acuta vel obtusa apiculata, juniora apice subrecurvata, levia 
politaque viridia, ad 3-3 cm. longa, 5 mm. lata, 6 mm. diam., basi connata, 
vagina 2 mm. longa; flores bis 3-nati vel abortione 1 — 5-nati, meridie 
expansi, ad 2-5 cm. diam., pedunculis ad 2-5 cm. longis, supra medium 
bracteatis; receptaculum turbinatum, utrinque carinatum; sepala 4 — 6, 
saepissime 6, inter se inaequilonga lanceolata acuminata, 5 — 8 mm. longa, 
3 — 4 late membranaceo-marginata; petala pluri-seriata linearia, inferne 
leviter attenuata, acuta vel subobtusa, pallide rosea vel purpureo-rosea, 
0-5 — 1 cm. longa, ad 1 mm. lata vel parum ultra; stamina conico-collecta, 
apice 2 mm. diam., staminodiis albis, apice recurvatis, circumdata, 
filamentis albis, interioribus barbatis, ad 4 mm. longis, antheris pollineque 
pallidis; discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra leviter convexum, 
stigmatibus 6, anguste subulatis, longe acuminatis, 3 — 4 mm. longis; 
capsula subglobosa, 0-8 — 1-3 cm. diam., aqua expansa 1-4— 1-8 cm. diam., 
valvis dimidio superiore medio membranaceo-alatis, carinis basi fere con- 
tiguis, superne divergentibus ad dimidium valvae attingentibus, loculi 
alis dimidium loculi vel ultra tegentibus, seminibus rotundo-obovatis 
muricatis, parieti exteriore dispositis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Knysna Div., near Knysna, 
fl. Jan. -Feb. 1924, A. V. Duthie , 671 (National Botanic Gardens, No. -■££-). 
Described from many living specimens. Plants collected by H. G. 
Fourcade, No. 2976, at Buffel’s Nek, Humansdorp Div., March 1924, 
with purple-pink petals and more turgid leaves, appear to be this species. 
Mesembrianthemum albatum, L. Bolus. Erectum, basi compacte ramosum, 
glabrum, ad 30 cm. altum; folia dense imbricata, internodiis omnino 
vestitis, fere erecta, rarius subpatentia, supra plana, subtus carinata, 
carina inferne obscura, saepius eccentrica, lateribus leviter convexis vel 
altero piano altero convexo, visa lateraliter interdum supra medium 
ampliata, deinde abrupte angustata (juniora acuta vel acuminata), 
saepius superne gradatim ampliata subacuta, connata, vagina 1 cm. longa 
vel ultra, levia, pallidissime glauca roseo-suffusa, inconspicue viridi- 
punctata, ad 8 cm. longa, 2-1 cm. lata diametroque, saepius 5 — 6 cm. 
longa, 1 — 1-5 cm. diam., marginibus integris vel obscure gibbosis vel 
