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marginata, 5 — 6 mm. longa; petala purpureo-rosea, saturate vittata, 
inferne attenuata, emarginata, 1-4 cm. longa, ad 2 mm. lata; stamina 
conico-collecta, staminodiis roseis, apice recurvatis, circumdatis, filamentis 
roseis barbatis, antberis pollineque luteis; discus annularis inconspicuus ; 
ovarium supra conspicue elevatum, profunde 5-lobatum, stigmatibus 5, 
anguste subulatis acuminatis, fere 6 mm. longis; capsula generis (unica 
senecta visa). 
Gape Province: Karroo Region; Ladismith Div., J. Archer, 296. FI. 
at Whitehill, Sept. 1927. 
Described from a living specimen. I have had what appears to be this 
species sent in from the Prince Albert Div. more than once, but not in 
flower. 
Ruschia Archeri, L. Bolus (Aizoaceae-Mesembrieae). Glabra, ramis virgatis, 
ad 33 cm. longis, inferne foliorum reliquis vaginantibus induratis onustis, 
foliis hornotinis 6 — 12, quasi longe vaginantibus (more “§ Uncinata,” 
Haw.), “vagina” ad 2 cm. longa, parte libera (folium verum) 1 — 1-2 cm., 
rarius 6 mm. longa, ad 6 mm. lata crassaque, supra levissime convexa, 
carinata, lateribus convexis, acuta vel lateraliter visa subacuta, glauca 
purpureo-suffusa ; flores solitarii diurni, ca. 2-5 cm. diam., pedunculo 
1-3 cm. longo, medio bracteato, bracteis 7 — 8 mm. longis, receptaculum 
globose turbinatum, subverrucosum, apice 7 mm. diam., includentibus; 
sepala 5, inter se subaequilonga, 5 mm. longa; petala haud bene visa, 
purpureo-rosea, ca. 1-1 cm. longa; stamina collecta, filamentis purpureis, 
glabris vel inferne parce pilosis, antheris pollineque albidis. Discus 
annularis crenulatus; ovarium supra profunde obtuseque 5-lobatum, 
stigmatibus 5, subulatis purpureis, 2 mm. longis, capsula 7 mm. diam., 
profunde 5-lobatis, lobis valde compressis, seminibus minute areolatis, 
atro-brunneis, fere orbicularibus. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; near Ladismith, J. Archer (Bolus 
Herbarium, No. 18748). 
Described from living specimens which flowered at Whitehill, July 1927. 
Another collection which belongs here is that of A. M. Krige (Mrs Tugwell) 
from near Prince Albert, in fruit Jan. 1908 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 12966). 
Aridaria vespertina, L. Bolus (Aizoaceae-Mesembrieae). Rigida glabra, ca. 
15 cm. alta, caule lignoso incrassato, ad 1-5 cm. diam., cuticula saturate 
brunnea, ramis rigidis tortuosis, 7 — 8 mm. diam., ramulis ultimis gracili- 
bus, ad 3-5 cm. longis, 6 — 8-foliatis, foliis 2 — 4 tantum persistentibus ; 
folia patentia, fere globosa, 6 — 9 mm. longa, ad 6 mm. diam., supra 
subplana, basi abrupte angustata distinctaque, pallide glauca pruinosa; 
flores 3-nati vel abortione saepe solitarii, vespertini (6 — 9.30 p.m.), ad 
3 cm. diam.; pedunculi 2 — 8 mm. longi, cum aetate laterales late patentes 
indurati, bracteis prope apicem positis; receptaculum clavato-cyathi- 
