New and Interesting Records of African Plants

In 1873 a paper by Welwitsch on “An undescribed species of Mesembryanthemum from the south of Portugal ” was published posthumously in J, Bot. 11: 289. In an explanatory note the editor, Trimen, said that Welwitsch had been struck by “ some remarkable instances of connection between the vegetation of the southern province of Portugal and the Cape of Good Hope, and had selected this new Mesembryanthemum (M. brachyphyllum) as the most striking example The paper includes a full description in Latin of the species, together with a tab. and reference to type material.