Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

transparent, light green or whitish green, provided with numerous lines or dots
which at times become confluent and form one large window in the middle in
the grey white covering of the windows minute circular openings; outer mar
gins denticulate, inner margin denticulate, very often projections from the mar
gins projecting into the window and forming irregular islands in the window.
In the old stage whole tipper surface is covered with an opaque covering and
in this are irregularly distributed more or less circular openings. Flower yellow.
South West Africa: Halenberg near lüderitzbucht; Kovisbergen.
The miniature circular transparent windows in the opaque covering is
a distinctive character of this species and this is only found in L. Lesliei and
L. Venteri. From the former this species differs in colour as the L. Lesliei
is rust brown. The upper lobes of L. Venteri are far rougher in appearance
and the plant as a whole is much larger than this species, so that one could
hardly mistake the one for the other. A reference to Fig. 37 and Plate 11
will make this plain.
Lithops Franciscii. (Plaat 11.) Plante enkel of klompe van 2 of meer; boonste
vlak rond konveks of effens plat; venster groot, deursigtig, liggroen of effens
witgroen, voorsien met baie lyne of punte, mat soms saamvloei en dan ’n groot
venster vorm; in die fyn grys, ondeursigtige bedeksel van die venster is ’n aan
tal ronde openinge, wat deursigtig is; buitenste en binneste soom fyn getand,
dikwels is daar uitsteeksels van die twee some wat in die venster inprojekteer
en die vorm dan onreëlmatige eilande met ronde openinge daarin. In die ou
figure 37 . lithops franciscii (dtr. et schwant.) n.e. br.
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