Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

✱Lithops Helmuti. Corpuscula in reliquis dense vestita; fol. inaequalia, 2.7
cm. et 3.1 cm. l., vagina 1.5 cm. l., 1.2 cm. lata, 8 mm. apice in statu florente
per 4 mm. divergentia, fenestra alte convexa, notis ramosis inconspicuis, haud
prominentibus, columbine griseis; ped. compressus, 1.6 cm. l., apice 6 mm.
diam., in recept. gradatim abeuns; recept. 4 mm. l., 7 mm. et 5 mm. diam.
sep. 5, apicem versus tuberculata, 6–7 mm. l., basi 3–4 mm. lata, exteriora
obtusa, in acuta, 3 marginata; pet. 2 seriata, emarginata vel obtusa inferne
angustata, aureo lutea, basin versus alba, externe pallidiora, 1.1–1.4 cm. l.
1–2 mm. lata; filamenta erecta alba, ad 6 mm. l., exteriora inferne ciliate
papillata, int, in ovarium incumbentia, aupra, basin papillata, antheris pol
lineque sordide diluteque luteis; discus conspicuus, crebre profundique di
visus; ovarium concavum medio etiam haud elevatum, sparse tubereulatum
lobis vix visis; stigmata 5, superne leviter angustata 6 mm. l.; capsula supra
plana; suteris leviter elevatis, compressis, nigre punctata, 3 mm. l., 6 mm.
et 4 mm. diam.
Namaqualand; inter Steinkopf et Arrabies, Jun. 1933 G. Meyer (Stellen
bosch University Gardens, No. 10106).
Our species bears the name of Mr. Meyer’s son, Helmut, who for some
years has helped his father in collecting succulents, more especially in the
Steinkopf area, and who has himself already discovered new species and has
been associated with finding several other novelties recorded from there.
Of the two plants seen, one consisted of three, and the other of four
figure 48 . lithops helmuti l. bol.
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