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figure 21 . lithops chrysocephala nel
longus; receptaculum valde compressum, subexsertum, 5 mm. longum, 8.5 et
4 mm. diam.; sepala 5, obtusa 8 mm. longa, 3–5 mm. lata, 3 anguste mar
ginata; petala 5 seriata, 1.5, 1.8, 2, et 2.2 cm. longa, ad 2 mm. lata, intima
pauca angusta acuminata, exteriora acuta vel subacuta, extima obtusa, inferne
leviter angustata, aurea; filamnenta parum supra basin constricta, alba, su
perne aurea, ad 8 mm. longa, exteriora e basi per 3 mm. papillate ciliata,
intima epapillata, antheris aurantiacis; discus conspicuus crenatus; ovarium
obscure lobatum, apicem versus gradatim leviterque elevatum, ibique alti
tudinem disce vix attingens; stigmata 5, superne aurantiaca, 1.2 longa.
In dit. Gordonia, prope Upington, Sept. 1933, H. Bromfield (N.B.G.
2286/33). Fl. Mart. 1934.
5. LITHOPS CHRYSOCEPHALA
✱Lithops chrysocephala. (Plate 6.) Corpuscularia 2–2 cm. longa, 1–1.5 cm.
lata, turbiniformia folio aequalia vel sub aequalia, subconvexa, pallide gri
seo albida, rugulosa; fissura 1.2 cm. longa, 5 lata; fenestra impellucida in
tus rugulosis lineis viridibus et semipellucidis notata et in lineis sparse ru
bro punctata; margo exterior simplex vel bifurcata; margo interior viridis et
semipellucida, lineis punctis rubris vel atrorubris notata; flos diam. 1.2 cm.;
sepala lineari ovata, acuta, fusco virida, 5 mm. longa, 2–3 mm. lata; petala
linearia, acuta, alba, 10 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, 1 seriata; stamina 5 mm.
longa, filamenta alba, antherae fulvidae; ovarium medio planum; discus crenu
latus; stigmata 5, 10 mm. longa. Capsula quinquelocularis.
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