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mont, near Cape Town, from cuttings made from the plant originally 
collected. During this period I have had it under observation and have 
noted no change due to cultivation or hybridisation with other species 
of Carpobrotus established in Mrs van Zijl’s garden. It flowers early in 
the season, beginning early in August and lasting into October. The 
fruit is slightly sweet when quite ripe. 
Carpobrotus Fourcadei, L. Bolus. Robustus, ramis radicantibus angularibus, 
cortice aureo-brunneo, ad 1 cm. diam., ramulis erectis, saepe 4-foliatis; 
folia saepius fere patentia, leviter arcuata, carina vix compressa, lateribus 
sat turgidis, supra plana, basin apicemque versus parum angustata, 
viridia vel glauco-viridia, saepius 7 — 9 cm. longa, 9 mm. lata, ad 1-2 cm. 
diam.; flores solitarii, meridie expansi, 6 cm. diam., vel parum ultra, 
pedunculo 5 — 6 cm. longo, supra medium bracteato, apice primum leviter, 
cum aetate valde, constricto; receptaculum globosum, utrinque incon- 
spicue carinatum, 1-7 cm. longum, ultra ovarium in tubum, 4 — 5 mm. 
altum, productum; sepala 5, inter se inaequilonga, 1-3 — 1-8 cm. longa, 
acuta, 3 late membranaceo-marginata ; petala densa, ca. 5-seriata 
linearia, inferne leviter angustata, apice saepe tenuiter dentata, alba vel 
pallide rosea, ad 2-3 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata; stamina permulta, incurva vel 
inflexa, exteriora demum erecta, filamentis albis, basi barbatis, ad 7 mm. 
longis, antheris parvis albidis; discus sat conspicuus, minute crenulatus, 
1-8 cm. diam.; ovarium supra planum, stigmatibus 15, linearibus acutis, 
intus conspicue ramentaceis, 3 — 4 mm. longis, mox late patentibus, ovario 
adpressis; fructus globosus, saepius 3 cm. diam., tubo receptaculi ad 
ovarium adpresso, sepalis marcescentibus induratisque instructus, dulcis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Humansdorp Div., top of 
Karedouw Pass, alt. 1600 ft., fl. Aug.-Sept. 1924, H. G. Fourcade, 2301. 
(“Flower tinged red.”) Uniondale Div., Kromme River Heights, alt. 
1500 ft., fl. Aug. 1923, H. G. Fourcade, 2702. (“Flower white.”) 
Described from ample living material which flowered in the grounds of 
the Bolus Herbarium, Kirstenbosch. 
Carpobrotus Juritzii, L. Bolus (= Mesembrianthemum Juritzii, L. 
Bolus), comb. nov. 
Carpobrotus Muirii, L. Bolus (= Mesembrianthemum Muirii, L. Bolus) 
comb. nov. 
Carpobrotus Mellei, L. Bolus (= Mesembrianthemum Mellei, L. Bolus), 
comb. nov. 
Carpobrotus deliciosus, L. Bolus (= Mesembrianthemum deliciosum, 
L. Bolus), comb. nov. 
Metalasia Galpinii, L. Bolus (Eu-Metalasia. § Condensatae). Fruticulus 
20 — 30 cm., vel ad 90 cm., alt.us (fide J. Muir), ramis dense foliatis, tenuiter 
tomentosis, glabrescentibus, ad 3 mm. diam. ; folia adscendentia vel 
