Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

nentibus, saturata rubre brunneis, sat copiose notata, notis circa marginem
exteriorem crebris brevibus; fibres pomeridiani; receptaculu 5–6 mm. diam.;
sepala 5, 5.5–6 mm., vel in flore altero 7 mm. longa; basi 2–4 mm. lata;
petala 2–3 seriata, obtusa vel rarius emarginata, inferne sat conspicue an
gustata, laete lutea, ad 1.5 cm. longa, ad 2 mm. lata; filamenta alba, ad 6
mm. longa, antheris pollineque albidis; discus crenulatus; ovarium demum
ad 1 mm. elevatum, lobis inconspicuis; stigmata 5, gracilia, ad 8.5 mm.
longa.
In dit. Gordonia; in insuta Keimoes in flum. Orange, C. W. Wilmot
(N.B.G. 1353/34). Fl. Apr. 1935. Flores e dissectis siccis et pictura descripti.
23. LITHOPS JULII
Lithops Julii. (Plate 19.) Growths forming clumps of 2 or more; top of lobe
flat or slightly convex; sides coloured pate to very pate (bordering on slightly
yellowish white); in the young stage rugulose, the islands irregular in shape,
coloured same as sides; the depressions of a dark yellowish brown coloura
tion forming a fairly broad network, in the depressions isolated dark red dots
and very short prominent, broad dark red tines, sometimes all the tines inter
connected with one another, thereby giving the whole depression a deeper
tint; in the older stage the islands are fewer, due to the depressions flowing
into one another and forming a fairly large window of a much tighter colour,
with here and there the remains of a dot or tine; these entirely absent after
wards, giving the whole a much tighter colour and the appearance of a differ
figure 56 . lithops julii (dtr. et schwant.) n.e. br.
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