Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

is. Hierdie drie plante was deel van die plante van L. marmorata soos deur
hom oorspronklik beskrywe.
✱Lithops marmorata. Growths solitary or few in a clump, increasing very
slowly, up to 11 – 3 in. high, 11 – 4 in. broad, and 3 – 4 in. thick, with the top of the
lobes slightly convex, grey green, mottled with pale grey or creamy grey. Ca
lyx 6 lobed, lobes 2–3 lines long, and about 2 lines broad, ovate or oblong,
obtuse. Corolla about 11 – 4 in. in diam., expanding after midday in full sunshine
and closing at dusk, scented. Petals about 40, of about 2 closely overlapping
series, 6–7 lines long and 1–11 – 2 lines broad, obtuse, pure white on both sides,
very shining. Column of stamens + in. long, white with yellow anthers. Top
of ovary flat; style very short; stigmas 6, finally about 5 lines long, at first
erect, but when the petals fade they spread widely from the base, pushing the
stamens away so that the latter form a sort of ring around them, and they
are revolute at the tips.
Journ ‑> Journ.
M. marmoratum N. E. Br. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot., V. 45, p. 68.
South Africa: locality unknown (Pillans).
31. LITHOPS MARTHAE
Lithops Marthae. (Plate 26.) Growths solitary forming a lump of 4–6; top of
lobe very slightly convex; sides grey with a purplish tint; upper surface with
figure 71 . lithops marmorata n.e. br.
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