Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

figure 27 . lithops dendritica nel
die oppervlakte ingedruk is kenmerk hierdie soort en dit is ’n eienskap wat
by geen ander soort van hierdie geslag voorkom nie (Fig. 27).
Lithops Dendritica Nel, spec. nov. Corpuscularia turbiniformia; folia aequalia
vel subaequalia, convexa vel plana; fenestra opaca, aurantiaco lutea, rugosa vel
subrugosa; inter rugas liniis atro rubris notata; exteriore margine bifurcata.
Flores ignoti.
S.W. Africa: M. Otzen.
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8. LITHOPS DINTERI
Lithops Dinteri. (Plate 6.) Growths solitary or few in a clump, turbinate;
more or less equal lobes; top of lobe flat or slightly convex; the sides coloured
purplish green; top of lobes with a large transparent window and a few islands,
seldom large, in which several white dots can be observed; window coloured
transparent brown green; in the window 10–15 very prominently coloured
blood red dots distributed unevenly over the surface; window bordered by a
coloured band, outer part of which is light to dark yellow tinged with brown,
this coloured margin more prominent and broader than the inner part of the
border; in the margin at both ends where the fissure ends several dark green
to dark blue green dots in the surface; inner margin practically straight and
scarcely lobed or laciniated; outer margin with irregularly shaped laciniae,
some projecting into the window and forming islands. Flowers yellow.
South West Africa: Witsand (E. Rusch, 1926); Eendoorn, south of
Warmbad.