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aureis; glandulae 5 — -6 conspicuae contiguae crenulatae; ovarium supra 
concavum, stigmatibus 5 — 6, anguste subulatis, setaceo-acuminatis, 
3 mm. longis vel parum ultra. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Ceres Div., exhibited at the 
Show of wild flowers held at Ceres, Oct. 1926, and said to come from the 
“Ceres Karroo.” Presented by L. Guthrie (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18531). 
Described from one living specimen of what appeared to be almost a 
complete plant. 
Aridaria radicans, L. Bolus. Prostratum, epapillosum glabrum, e basi ramosum, 
ramis teretibus elongatis radicantibus, cum aetate cuticula pallida 
levissima, ad 28 cm. longis vel ultra, ramulis adscendentibus vel erectis, 
2 — 4 cm. longis, densissime foliatis; folia erecta vel patentia, basi vix con- 
nata, carina inconspicua, supra plana vel saepius canaliculata, obtusa vel 
acuta, levia glauco-viridia, juniora pruinosa, 1-4 — 2-4 cm. longa, ad 3 mm. 
lata diametroque; flores solitarii meridie expansi, 3 cm. diam., pedunculis 
saepius ad 1 cm. longis; receptaculum clavatum, ultra ovarium in tubum 
productum; sepala 4, inter se valde inaequilonga, 2 oblongo-ovata, late 
membranaceo-marginata, 2 foliis simillima, 0-7 — 1-5 cm. longa; petala 
sublaxa 3-seriata, basin versus coalita, linearia, inferne leviter attenuata, 
obtusa vel acuta, alba vel pallide straminea, 0-8 — 1-3 cm. longa, ad 1 mm. 
lata; stamina primum erecta, exteriora mox late patentia, 2-2 cm. diam., 
filamentis petalis adnatis, albis ebarbatis, ad 9 mm. longis, antheris 
pollineque luteis ; nectarium e 4 fossis parvis compositum ; ovarium supra 
subconico-convexum, parte superiore in receptaculo haud inclusa, stigma- 
tibus filiformi-subulatis acuminatis 7 mm. longis; capsula immatura 
globose obovata, atro-rubra, basi 6 mm. diam., sepalis delapsis quasi 
circumscissis, rarius subpersistentibus, capsula matura aqua expansa 
1*3 cm. diam., valvis intramarginaliter utrinque late membranaceo-alatis, 
carinis contiguis, ultra dimidium valvae attingentibus, loculi alis abeun- 
tibus, seminibus axillaribus paucis, later aliter compressis, tuberculatis 
tuberculato-cristatisque, 1-5 mm. diam. 
South-West Africa: without precise locality, Mrs Coulter (National 
Botanic Gardens, No. iff-). 
Described from ample living material which flowered freely at Kirsten- 
bosch during the summer (Nov.-Feb.) of 1924 and 1925. What appears 
to be the same plant was collected by the Rev. F. A. Rogers, in South- 
West Africa, probably near Aus in Nov. 1924, and living specimens have 
recently been received from Miss Wilman, who states that the plant is 
said to be used in Luderitzbucht for covering bare and waste places. It is 
certainly a rampant grower, with often much thickened nodes, and sending 
out numerous rootlets from each node. 
Aridaria suffusa, L. Bolus. Fruticulus erectus pruinosus, pulchre roseo- 
