Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

0–75 > 0.75
5, lateralia 2 diu erecta dum petala expansa sunt, 5.5–6 mm. longa, basi 3–5
mm. lata; petala 2–3 seriata, exteriora subaequilonga, obtusa vel saepius ro
tundata, e supra medium inferne angustata, nivea nitentia (sicca subatrata),
0.9–1.3 cm. longa, 1.5–2.25 mm. lata; stamina in columnam compressam, basi
ad 6 mm., apice 3 mm., diam., disposita, filamentis niveis, ad 7 mm. longis,
antheris pollineque luteis; discus crebre denticulatus, ad 7 mm. diam.; ovarium
gradatim ad 0.75 mm. elevatum, lobis leviter compressis; stigmata 5, lutea, 8
mm. longa.
Orange Free State: in dit. Fauresmith, “on the farm Rose Marie,” in
planitie salsa (“in brak pan”), Oct. 1935, I. C. Verdoorn, 1622.
Fl. hort. Feb. (Pretoria), Apr. (Cape Town) 1936, floribus apud me in
sole pleno a horis 4 ad 6 horas late expansis.
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41. LITHOPS SCHWANTESII
Lithops Schwantesii. (Plate 35a.) Growths usually 2 in a clump; top of lobe
convex; sides mauve grey; window opaque; top of lobes grey green, yellowish
brown, yellow reddish, all with a greenish tint or hue; in the young stage
slightly rugulose which tends to disappear in the older stage; in the slight
depressions fairly broad dark red lines and isolated dots of same colour, the
lines being the dominant feature, both with a slightly mauve green border,
giving the whole upper surface a suffused greenish tint; on the inner margin
very often 5 6 red dots; isolated few to many green to light green miniature
figure 99 . lithops schwantesii dtr.