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figure 76 . lithops meyeri l. bol.
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33. LITHOPS MEYERI
Lithops Meyeri. (Plate 27, 28.) Growths solitary or forming clumps of 3 4;
sides and margin of top a dove grey or a violaceous tint; lobes more or less
unequal, divergent; top of lobes oblique; window scarcely visible, opaque or
consisting of a number of dark green more or less inter connected slight de
pressions or window large, transparent, very light olive green, with a more or
less irregular margin; top of lobes with few to many dark green dots; minute
miniature windows. Flowers yellow.
Namaqualand; Brakfontein. (Fig. 76, 77.)
Lithops Meyeri. (Plaat 27, 28.) Plante enkel of vorm klompe van 3–4; man
tel en rand van boonste vlak ’n duifgrys met effens persagtige tint; die twee
blare ongelyk, van mekaar wegstaande; boonste vlak skuins; venster nouliks
sigbaar of bestaan uit ’n aantal donkergroen mm of meer klein duike met
mekaar verbind of die venster is groot, deursigtig, baie lig olyfgroen met ’n
mm of meer onreëlmatige soom; die boonste vlak met ’n paar tot baie donker
groen kolle; klein miniatuurvensters. Blomme geel. (Fig. 76, 77.)
Namakwaland: Brakfontein, Richtersveld.
✱Lithops Meyeri. Folia paris saepe inaequalia majora 3.5–4.5 cm. l., ad
1.5–2 cm. lata, apice ad 1 cm. diam., vagina 2–3 cm. l., mox divergentia,
margine altero obliquo, glance olivacea, fenestra inconspicua grisea, obscure
saturateque marmorata; receptaculum valde compressum, 7 mm. 1., 5 mm.