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junioribus 1 — 3-denticulatis; flores solitarii, pedunculo compresso ebrac- 
teato, 1 cm., infructu 1-5 cm., longo; receptaculum compresso-turbinatum, 
utrinque carinatum, 1 cm. longum ; sepala 4, inter se inaequilonga, ovato- 
lanceolata acuminata, 2 ad 1 cm. longa, 2 carinata, ad 1-5 cm. longa, 
membranaceo-marginata ; petala (marcescentia tantum visa) alba, 1-7 cm. 
longa, 1-5 mm. lata; stamina erecta laxa permulta, filamentis albidis 
ebarbatis, ad 9 mm. longis, antheris pollineque aureis; discus inconspicu- 
issimus annularis ; ovarium supra planum, medio abrupte conico-elevatum, 
stigmatibus 8, filiformibus, longe attenuatis, 7 mm. longis; capsula 
turbinata, ca. 1-3 cm. longa, apice aqua expansa 2-2 cm. diam., loculis 
valvisque 8, seminibus parietalibus, in medio per omnem' longitudinem 
parietis creberrime dispositis, rotundatis, lateraliter compressis, proxime 
hilum minute gibbosis, valvis e medio leviter recurvatis, carinis contiguis, 
apicem versus leviter divergentibus, ca. 1-5 mm. altis, ala membranacea 
utrinque, ad 1-5 mm. lata, parum idtra valvam extendente, acuta; alae 
loculi medio per totam longitudinem divisae, marginibus inter se dis- 
tantibus. 
Cape Province: Western Region; Little Namaqualand, in sand at base 
of hills, west of Arris Drift, alt. ca. 300 ft., fl. Oct. 1926, N. S. Pillans, 5039. 
Described from living specimens of which the flowers had suffered 
somewhat in transit. The very pale colouring of the leaves suggested the 
appearance of putty or, better still, of pork sausage before cooking. The 
name, albatum, refers to the white petals. 
Ectotropis 1 alpina, N.E. Br., in Gard. Chron., 81, 12. Nana, radice tuberosa 
6 cm. longa, ad 7 mm. diam., apice ramos gracillimos, radicantes vel 
adscendentes, emittente, omnibus partibus herbaceis saturate rubicundis, 
minutissime papillatis; folia adscendentia, supra plana, subtus convexa, 
acuta, inferne leviter angustata, basi fere distincta, saepius internodiis 
breviora, 6 — 8 mm. longa, ad 1-5 mm. lata diametroque; flores solitarii, 
fere sessiles, vel 2-nati, pedunculo ad 1-3 cm. longo, apicem versus 2- 
bracteato, e bractea unica flore secundo tarde oriente, meridie expansi, 
ca. 9 mm. diam. ; receptaculum turbinatum ; sepala 5, inter se inaequilonga, 
linearidanceolata acuta, dorsaliter convexa, 3 membranaceo-marginata, 
2-5 — 4-5 mm. longa; petala 2 — 3-seriata linearia obtusa, inferne vix 
angustata, alba, 3 — 4 mm. longa, ad 1 mm. lata; staminodia pauca, 
superne lutea, 2 mm. longa; stamina sat pauca, erecta sublaxa, filamentis 
albis ebarbatis, 1-5 mm. longis, antheris pollineque aureis; discus incon- 
spicuus annularis, fere integer; ovarium convexum, haud lobatum, ovulis 
e basi loculi orientibus, stigmatibus 5, linearibus, parte inferiore cohaeren- 
tibus, 2 mm. longis. 
1 It is necessary to explain that, since this description was printed and the proofs paged, Mr 
Brown has published his new genus, Ectotropis, founded on the same plant. 
