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figure 74 . lithops mennelii l. bol.<br />

oppervlak en de dikwyls zeer mooie bloedroode teekening in het venster is<br />

de plant zeer opvallend en tevens goed te onderscheiden van andere Lihtops<br />

soorten. Als geelbloeier staat ze misschien in de nabyheid van L. Schwantesii<br />

Dtr.<br />

118<br />

32. LITHOPS MENNELLII<br />

<strong>Lithops</strong> Mennellii. (Plate 27.) Growths up to 8 in a clump; subconvex; top<br />

surface slightly greyish buff coloured; window opaque, rugose, between the<br />

slightly buff coloured wrinkles in the depressions dark blood red lines and<br />

dots, not connected with one another, giving the whole upper surface the<br />

appearance of Hebrew script; these depressions ending in bifurcations in the<br />

outer margin; inner margin more or less straight. Flowers yellow. (Fig. 74, 75.)<br />

Louisvale, near Upington.<br />

<strong>Lithops</strong> Mennellii. (Plaat 27.) Planteliggaam tot 8 in ’n klomp; boonste<br />

vlak ondeursigtig effens grysgeel gekleurd, gerimpeld; tussen die effens geel<br />

gekleurde plooie is daar donker bloedrooi lyne en kolle in die weefsel waar<br />

deur die geheel ’n voorkoms van Hebreeuse skrif by; die duike tussen die<br />

plooie eindig in die vurke van die buitenste soom; binneste soom mm of meer<br />

reguit. Blomme geel. (Fig. 74, 75.)<br />

Louisvale, naby Upington.<br />

✱<strong>Lithops</strong> Mennellii. Corpusculum 1.7–2 cm. longum, fissura 3 mm. lon<br />

ga, 1.5–1.8 cm. latum, ante anthesin ad 2.4 em. diam., fenestra translucenta

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