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NOVI TATES AFRICANAE 
adnata, basi obliqua, margine libera ad carinas transennte; semina sub- 
orbicularia, sed basi truncata, minute tuberculata. 
Soutb-West Africa; near the Orange River, f mile north of Sendling’s 
Drift, on sandy slopes, alt. ca. 550 ft., fl. Oct. 1926, N. S. Pillans, 5284. 
Described from one plant, partially dried, but with some almost 
freshly opened flowers sufficient for a satisfactory examination. The 
petals are remarkable, and unlike those of any other species in the Mesem- 
brianthemum-group known to me, in having their margins incised. This 
character has suggested the name, fimbriatum, as well as the fringed 
appearance given by the finely acuminate petals round the stamens. 
Psilocaulon Pageae, L. Bolus. Diffuse ramosum glabrum, in vivo papillato- 
granulatum (more M. granulicaulis, Haw.), ramis patentibus vel ad- 
scendentibus, saepe apicem versus decurvatis ferentibusque ramulos 
floriferos crebros breves, ad 4 mm. diam., internodiis saepius 0-7 — 1-5 cm. 
longis; folia non bene visa, marcescentia, ad 1-4 cm. longa, reliquis 
squamiformibus minutis flores irregulariter cymosi vel abortione 1 — 2- 
nati, meridie expansi, 1-4 cm. diam. ; receptaculum clavatum, parum ultra 
ovarium productum, apice 3 mm. diam. ; sepala 5, inter se fere aequilonga, 
late ovata, extima acuta, 3 mm. longa, intima fere orbicularia, profunde 
concava, fere omnino membranacea, 2 — 2-5 mm. longa; petala inter se 
subaequilonga, basi connata, linearia obtusa, inferne levissime angustata, 
lilacino-rosea, 6 mm. longa, 0-5 mm. lata; stamina conico-collecta, cono 
fere 5 mm. alto, apice 1 mm. diam., staminodiis albis translucentibus 
acutis, ad 4 mm. longis, circumdata, antheris magnis, fere 1-5 mm. longis, 
cum polline pallidis; glandulae 5, crenulatae inconspicuae; ovarium supra 
conico-convexum, stigmatibus 5, anguste subulatis, acuminatis, 3 mm. 
longis, ovulis axillaribus; cetera generis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Montagu Div., Montagu 
Baths, fl. Oct. 1921, M. M. Page (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17167). 
Described from dried specimens and a drawing made by Miss Page from 
the living plant. 
Erepsia promontorii, L. Bolus. Gracilis subdebilis, ca. 12 cm. alta, e basi 
ramosa, ramis patentibus vel decumbentibus, ad 2 mm. diam. ; folia, 
saepius adscendentia, carinata, carina vix compressa, supra medio 
levissime convexa vel plana, acuminata verrucosa, sordide viridia, connata, 
vagina 1 mm. longa, internodiis longiora, saepius 1 — 2 cm. longa, 1 mm. 
lata, ad 2 mm. diam. ; flores solitarii vel 2-nati, per diem neque per noctem 
expansi, 2-5 cm. diam., pedunculo saepius ad 1 cm. longo; receptaculum 
globose turbinatum, conspicue verrucosum, in tubum productum; sepala 
5, inter se valde inaequilonga, lanceolata, longe acuminata, 3 mem- 
branaceo-marginata, 0-6 — 1-2 cm. longa; petala ca. 7-seriata, fere omnia, 
etiam intima, apice 2-dentata, linearia, inferne angustata, extima sublaxa 
