straight, stigma distinct. Stamens few in mere rod. Calyx spreading wide after anther fall but concave (not plan Costa), the spread 1 cm diam. Capsule 5 mm high with 3 very obtuse angles; very faintly hairy at top or outside (Costa) Inner lining? The calyx separated from the out- side. Sepals with 3 very distinct nerves usually a less distinct 4?, broadly ovate, acute. The 2 bracts of epicalyx about 1/2 as long, narrowly lanceolate, 1-nerved. Stiplet much as ill (Costa). Seeds many, small (1 mm), prismatic in sect and flattened facets fin- ely papillate on angles. 674 5-18-32 Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum L. Kut 447, Bar 186, Bon 112, Costa II 122. Ft Torreden Pass. This agrees with dise. vill which plant of 3-23-32 # 626 did not. Stems fleshy, glabrous, often curved around with climbing habitus. Central st ending in fl so aloft that flower is sessile; others to 6 in a spreading on ground as that plant forma little mat. Nodes of cylindric (or at least club shaped by base having a tip a little larger diam at tip than at base), sessile, partly clasping, very rounded at apex, no nerves showing. Largest if 19x3 mm. Leaves ciliate at base with a few hairs like flattened scales (20X), no edge discerned. Fle seem sessile in axils of bracts or [mostly] terminal. Calyx tube clearly distinguished Calyx? Here at the from stem, bases of sepals. Sepals 5, obviously unequal (the longest about 8 mm) the out sides are cylindrical v just like lobes (with the same