Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

the latter is usually very slightly tuberculate rugulose to the touch. Margins
absent. Flowers yellow. (Fig. 39, 40).
South West Africa Great Karasmountains; farm Grünau; Narudas
South.
The rust brown colour of the top of the leaves, with the many trans
parent windows raised above the surface, is the distinctive feature of this
species, and distinguishes it from all other Lithops species.
Lithops Fulviceps. (Plaat 14, 14a.) Planteliggaam enkel of 2 4 in ’n klomp;
boon ste vlak byna gelyk of effens konveks: mantel pers met ’n effens rooi
tint, kleur van boonste vlak varieer van ’n ligte bruin (roeskleur) tot ’n vuil
rooi roesbruin; die boonste vlak met baie, tamelike groot ronde donkergroen
deursigtige, waterige vensters (miniatuurvensters), vat effens in die nat toestand
bokant die oppervlakte van die venster uitstaan; tussen die miniatuurvensters
’n paar byna onsigbare tengerige donkerrooi of oranjerooi onreëlmatige lyne
of punte, vat gewoonlik in die effens vlakke duike van die oppervlakte lê,
sodat die oppervlakte gewoonlik puisieagtig gerimpeld voel. Geen some nie.
Blomme geel.
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Suidwes Afrika: Groot Karasberg; Grünau; Narudas Suid.
Die roesbruin boonste vlak met die groot getal deursigtige uitstaande
miniatuurvensters, wat soos druppels water lyk is die kenmerk, wat hierdie
soort van alle ander soorte Lithops onderskei. (Fig. 39, 40).
✱Lithops Fulviceps. Growths solitary or in a clump 2–4, up to 1 in. high,
1 1 – 4 in. broad and 1 in. thick, nearly flat or slightly convex at the top, which
varies from bright fulvous to dingy pinkish rust colour, thickly sprinkled with
rather large, round, dark green dots, which are usually slightly raised, but
sometimes almost even with the surface, and scattered among the dots are
few or several inconspicuous slender orange red irregular lines or dots, usually
placed in slight depressions of the surface so that the latter is usually very
slightly tuberculate rugulose to the touch. Calyx 4–6 lobed; lobes 2 1 – 2 –5 lines
long, 1 1 – 2 –3 lines broad, linear oblong, obtuse, brownish or brownish fulvous,
sometimes tinted with pale violaceous, dotted. Corolla 10 14 lines in diam
eter, expanding between 3 and 4 p.m. (Greenwich time) and closing at night,
lasting about a week, odourless; petals 40–45 in about 2 series, 4–5 lines long,
and less than 1 line broad, linear, subacute, the inner bright yellow on both
sides, the other whitish with a faint pink tinge on the back, with the tips
often becoming more or less red on both sides. Stamens about 3 lines long;
filaments deep yellow or ochreous fading to pale yellow at the base; anthers
yellow. Style short, up to 1 line long, stigmas 4 6, about 3 lines long, slightly
exceeding the stamens, filiform, rich ochreous yellow.
M. fulviceps, N. Br. in Kew Bull., 1914, p. 167; Bot. Mag. t. 8776a, an
extremely had figure of the plant.