Lithops - Au Cactus Francophone

figure 102 . lithops terricolor n.e. br.
In habitat. Laingsburg
vensters); los kolle op die some en kante; soms ’n groot aantal ± 20 swart
kolle mm of meer eweredig versprei oor die boonste oppervlakte of soms net
’n paar op die een vlak of some geheel en al afwesig; oppervlakte glad, kaal.
Blomme gee!.
Kaapland; Laingsburg; naby Prins Albert; naby Beaufort Wes; op
pad na Aberdeen van Willowmore; Millerstasie; Steytlerville; Springbok
Vlakte, naby Uitenhage.
Hierdie portrette (Fig. 100–102) toon die plant in sy natuurlike woon
plek in die nabyheid van Laingsburg en ook die baie miniatuur vensters van
die boonste vlak.
✱Lithops terricolor. (Plates 36, 36a.) Growths solitary or few to a plant, two
only of the four of the plants seen, 3 – 4 –1 in. high, 8–11 lines broad and 6–8
lines thick, with the top of the lobes convex and rounded into the sides, of
the colour of dried earth, or grey brown, marked with dark fuscous dots all
over or the central area with a dark fuscous patch composed of crowded or
confluent dots, and some separate dots on the marginal part. Calyx 5 lobed,
lobes about 2 1 – 2 lines long, ovate, obtuse. Corolla about 3 – 4 in. in diameter, not
seen in a fresh state. Stamens about 1 – 4 in. long, style very short, stigmas 5,
over topping the stamens, filiform, bright yellow.
Laingsburg Division: Grootfontein (Frith). Living plants of this spe
cies were kindly sent to me by Mr. Frith, who informs me that the plant
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