It may not be out of place to point out that dried specimens of Mesembryanthemum chrysoleucum, Schlechter are so similar to Roodia digitifolia in general appearance, that the plant might easily be mistaken for a species of Roodia. It differs, however, by being destitute of bracts on its peduncle; by the leaves, peduncle, and calyx being papillate; by the calyx being lobed down to the top of the ovary, the stamens erect; and by having 7 stigmas and a 7-celled capsule.—N. E. Brown.
Plate 78.—Fig. 1, plant 2/3 nat. size; Fig. 2, longitudinal section through the flower; Fig. 3, calyx with 2 sepals; Fig. 4, longitudinal section through receptacle; Fig. 5, petals; Fig. 6, stamen; Fig. 7, bract; Fig. 8, fruit closed; Fig. 9, fruit open; Fig. 10, cross-section of leaf.
F.P.S.A., 1922.
