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Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

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figure 31 . lithops divergens l. bol.<br />

Knersvlakte: Omtrent 30 myl van Van Rhynsdorp op pad na Nuwe Rus<br />

in kleiagtige grond op die heuwels; naby Nuwefontein; tussen Bitter fontein<br />

en Garies.<br />

Fig. 30 is ’n portret van ’n aantal plante vars van die veld, terwyl Fig.<br />

31 die plante aantoon nadat hulle ’n tyd lang gekweek is en dus uit die droë<br />

lug na ’n vogtige klimaat verwyder is.<br />

✱<strong>Lithops</strong> Divergens. Corpusculum dorso folii majoris 3.5 cm., folii minoris 3<br />

cm., longum metiens, pagina interiore 3 cm. et 2.5 cm. longa, 2.5 cm. diam.<br />

cum rima apice per 9 mm. ringente; folia per 1.5–1.8 cm. coalita, apice vagi<br />

nae 1.4 cm. diam., alterum 1.2 cm. latum, 1 cm. diam., alterum 1 cm. latum,<br />

8 mm. diam., fenestra bene visa, convexa obliqua, subgrisea, rugis tenuissimis<br />

crebris, levissime prominentibus, pallidiore griseis, et punctis paucis minutis,<br />

obscuris vel vix visis, saturate griseis, onusta; flos post horas 3 p.m. expansus;<br />

pedunculus prope apicem leviter constrictus, ad 1.5 cm. longus, ad 6 mm.<br />

diam.; receptaculum subexsertum, leviter compressum, 3 mm. longum, 6 mm.<br />

et 4 mm. diam.; sepala 5, obtusa, rubide brunnea, 4–5 mm. longa, basi 3–4<br />

mm. lata, 3 marginata; petala 2 seriata, subaequalia, obtusissima, integra vel<br />

obscurius emarginata, inferne angustata, aurea, basin versus alba, 0.9–1 cm.<br />

longa, saepius 1.5–2 mm. lata; filamenta alba, basi obscure ciliate papillata,<br />

ad 6 mm. longa, antheris pollineque luteis; discus acute profundeque divisus,<br />

luteus vel rubide viridis; lobi ovarii bene visi, dorso complanati, e margine<br />

ad medium ad per 0.75 mm. gradatim elevati, altitudinem disci parum super<br />

antes; stigmata gracilia 5.5 mm. longa.<br />

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