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roseo-purpurea, interiora densa, inferne pallidiora, intima albida, ad 
1- 2 cm. longa, vix ad 1-5 mm. lata; stamina exteriora adscendentia, 
Laud omnino abscondita in flore expanso, interiora valde incurva, fila- 
mentis pallidis, basi dilatatis, antheris pallidis, polline aureo; discus 
inconspicuissimus annularis, 5 mm. diam.; ovarium supra planum vel 
levissime convexum, stigmatibus 5, crassis subdeltoideis brevissimis, 
0*5 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Cape Div., Cape Point, I. 
Arbuthnot, Jan. 1924 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17894). 
Described from living specimens which flowered in Miss I. Arbuthnot’s 
garden, Wynberg, Jan. 1925. 
A cutting from the original plant flowered in November, 1926. This had 
leaves up to 2-5 cm. long, glaucous green, and with the tubercles less 
crowded and less prominent. 
Erepsia Stokoei, L. Bolus. Fruticulus glaber, ad 13 cm. altus, e basi ramosus, 
ramis fere erectis virgatis, ancipitibus, 2 — 3 mm. latis, internodiis 0-8 — 
2- 2 cm. longis; folia saepius fere erecta, leviter falcata, carinata, carina 
valde compressa, inferne decurrente, superne serrulata, supra concava, 
abrupte acuta apiculata, apiculo erecto vel recurvato, 1-3 — 2 cm. longa, 
basi 4 mm. lata, ad 5 mm. diam., basi connata, vagina 2 — 3 mm. longa; 
flores solitarii vel 2-nati, per diem noctemque expansi, ad 2-3 cm. diam., 
pedunculo floris secundi ad 1 cm. longo, medio bracteato; receptaculum 
magnum subcylindricum, in tubum productum, minute papillatum, ad 
9 mm. longum, cum aetate obovatirm, ad 1-7 cm. longum diametroque; 
sepala 5, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, inter se inaequi- 
longa, ad 6 mm. longa, 3 late membranaceo-marginata, 3 — 4 mm. longa; 
petala ca. 5-seriata, intima densa filiformia rigida alba, media linearia 
subobtusa, exteriora laxa lineari-spathulata, acuta vel acuminata, rosea 
vel dilute rosea, ad 1-1 cm. longa, fere ad 2 mm. lata; staminodia saturate 
•• purpurea, superne pallidiora; stamina valde incurvata, filamentis pur- 
pureis, antheris pollineque albidis; discus inconspicuus annularis crenu- 
latus, basi staminum positus; ovarium supra concavum vel planum, 
stigmatibus anguste subulatis, acuminatis, fere 1-5 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Palmiet River 
Mountains, fl. Jan. 1925, T. P. Stolcoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18538). 
Carpobrotus Pageae, L. Bolus. Rami robusti, 1-2 cm. diam. vel ultra; folia 
adscendentia, saepe fere erecta, subarcuata, supra plana vel levissime 
convexa. lateribus planis vel inferne leviter convexa, carina apicem versus 
interdum minute serrulata, lateraliter visa e basi gradatim ampliata, 
apice rotundata, pallide glauca, roseo-suffusa, saepius 9 — 11-5 cm. longa, 
ad 1-1 cm. lata, ad 2 cm. diam., basi brevissime connata, vagina vix ad 
2 mm. longa; flores ad 7 cm. diam., pedunculo 4 — 9 cm. longo, sat 
