Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

Transvaal: Vereeniging; naby Klerksdorp in ou klip; naby Pretoria;
Bloemhof; Warrenton; Koster, TA.
O.V.S.: Bethlehem, op verweerde ysterklip tussen gras saam met
Euphorbia truncata; naby Senekal; Verkeerde Vlei.
Kaap: Windsorton; naby Kimberley; Warrenton.
Hierdie soort is maklik te herken deur (i) die roesbruin kleur op die
groenerige venster, en (ii) die ronde openinge in die bedeksel van die venster.
✱Lithops Lesliei. Growths solitary or 3–4 in a clump, up to 1 1 – 2 in. high; 1 3 – 4
in. broad; 1 1 – 4 in. thick, flat on top, smooth or slightly harsh or irregular to the
touch, but without an impressed reticulation, dark green or olive green, densely
or sparsely covered with dull orange or rust coloured, irregular spots, or den
dritic markings. Calyx 5–6 lobed; lobes 2 1 – 2 –4 lines long, 1 1 – 2 –2 lines broad, ob
long or ovate, obtuse or green brownish tinted. Corolla 1–1 1 – 2 in. in diameter,
expanding in the latter part of the afternoon (at Pretoria about 5 p.m. accor
ding to Professor Pole Evans) in bright sunshine only, scentless. Petals 50–60,
in about 3 series, rather lax., 5–7 lines long and nearly 1 line broad, linear,
acute, obtuse or slightly notched at the apex; bright yellow, whitish or pinkish
white on the back. Column of stamens about + in. long, whitish or pale yellow,
anthers yellow. Style short; stigmas 4–5, about 4 1 – 2 –5 1 – 2 lines long, as long as
the stamens, pale greenish yellow.
M. Lesliei N.E. Br. in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr., V. II, p. 369, with
Fig. (1912).
figure 65 . lithops kunjasensis dtr.
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