Contents:
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      Foreword ........................................................  vii

      Acknowledgements ................................................ viii

      In Grateful Recollection ........................................ xvii

    I Town Life and the Wonders of the Desert .........................    1

   II Mesembryanthemaceae: Sub-Family Aptenioideae ....................    5

  III Summary of the Sub-Family Aptenioideae ..........................   33

   IV Mesembryanthemaceae: Sub-Family Ruschioideae ....................   36

    V Summary of the Sub-Family Ruschioideae ..........................  334

   VI The Enigma of the Capsule .......................................  343

  VII Mimicry an Hypothesis ...........................................  366

 VIII To the Limits of Knowledge and Beyond ...........................  370

   IX Recapitulation of the Cultivation of the Mesembryanthemaceae ....  383

      Index to the Generic Names ......................................  414

      Index to Lithops Species ........................................  416

      Index to Conophytum Species .....................................  418