Contents: --------- Foreword - Professor Desmond T. Cole ......................... ii Preface ...................................................... v 1 Introduction .......................................... 1 1 - 1 Genus of Lithops ...................................... 2 1 - 2 Discovery of Lithops .................................. 3 1 - 3 Entory to Japan ....................................... 14 1 - 4 Habitat and Environment ............................... 15 1 - 5 Predators ............................................. 49 1 - 6 Classification and Description ........................ 53 1 - 7 Morphology ............................................ 55 1 - 8 Seed Capsules ......................................... 57 1 - 9 Description and Names of Inner Leaves ................. 60 1 - 10 Stones in Habitat ..................................... 61 1 - 11 Annual Cycle .......................................... 64 1 - 12 Cultivation ........................................... 66 1 - 13 Propagation ........................................... 69 2 Description of the Taxa ............................... 79 2 - 1 Lithops aucampiae ..................................... 80 1) subsp. aucampiae var. aucampiae .................... 80 2) "Betty's Beryl" .................................... 82 3) "Jackson's Jade" ................................... 82 4) "Storms's Snowcap" ................................. 82 5) var. koelemanii .................................... 83 6) subsp. euniceae var. euniceae ...................... 83 7) var. fluminalis .................................... 84 2 - 2 Lithops bromfieldii ................................... 86 1) var. bromfieldii ................................... 86 2) var. glaudinae ..................................... 87 3) var. insularis ..................................... 88 4) "Sulphurea" ........................................ 89 5) var. mennellii ..................................... 89 2 - 3 Lithops coleorum ...................................... 90 2 - 4 Lithops comptonii ..................................... 91 1) var. comptonii ..................................... 91 2) var. weberi ........................................ 91 2 - 5 Lithops dinteri ....................................... 93 1) subsp. dinteri var. dinteri ........................ 93 2) "Dintergreen" ...................................... 94 3) var. brevis ........................................ 94 4) subsp. frederici ................................... 94 5) subsp. multipunctata ............................... 95 2 - 6 Lithops divergens ..................................... 96 1) var. divergens ..................................... 96 2) var. amethystina ................................... 96 2 - 7 Lithops dorotheae ..................................... 98 2 - 8 Lithops francisci ..................................... 100 2 - 9 Lithops fulviceps ..................................... 101 1) var. fulviceps ..................................... 101 2) "Aurea" ............................................ 102 3) var. lactinea ...................................... 103 2 - 10 Lithops gesineae ...................................... 104 1) var. gesineae ...................................... 104 2) var. annae ......................................... 105 2 - 11 Lithops geyeri ........................................ 106 2 - 12 Lithops gracilidelineata .............................. 107 1) subsp. gracilidelineata var. gracilidelineata ...... 107 2) "Café au Lait" ..................................... 108 3) "Ernst's Witkop" ................................... 109 4) var. waldroniae .................................... 109 5) "Fritz's white Lady" ............................... 110 6) subsp. brandbergensis .............................. 110 2 - 13 Lithops hallii ........................................ 111 1) var. hallii ........................................ 111 2) var. ochracea ...................................... 113 3) "Green Soapstone" .................................. 113 2 - 14 Lithops helmutii ...................................... 114 2 - 15 Lithops herrei ........................................ 115 2 - 16 Lithops hookeri ....................................... 117 1) var. hookeri ....................................... 117 2) var. dabneri ....................................... 119 3) var. elephina ...................................... 120 4) var. lutea ......................................... 121 5) var. marginata ..................................... 121 6) "Shimada's Apricot" ................................ 122 7) var. subfenestrata ................................. 122 8) var. susannae ...................................... 123 2 - 17 Lithops julii ......................................... 125 1) subsp. julii ....................................... 125 2) "Peppermint Crème" ................................. 127 2 - 18 Lithops julii subsp. fulleri .......................... 128 1) var. fulleri ....................................... 128 2) "Fullergreen" ...................................... 130 3) var. brunnea ....................................... 130 4) var. rouxii ........................................ 131 2 - 19 Lithops karasmontana .................................. 132 1) subsp. karasmontana var. karasmontana .............. 132 2) var. aiaisensis .................................... 135 3) var. lericheana .................................... 136 4) var. tischeri ...................................... 136 5) subsp. bella ....................................... 136 6) subsp. eberlanzii .................................. 137 7) "Avocado Cream" .................................... 138 2 - 20 Lithops lesliei ....................................... 139 1) subsp. lesliei var. lesliei ........................ 139 2) "Albiflora" ........................................ 143 3) "Albinica" ......................................... 143 4) "Storms's Albinigold" .............................. 143 5) var. hornii ........................................ 144 6) "Greenhorn" ........................................ 144 7) var. mariae ........................................ 144 8) var. minor ......................................... 145 9) "Witblom" .......................................... 146 10) var. rubrobrunnea ................................. 146 11) var. venteri ...................................... 147 12) subsp. burchelli .................................. 147 2 - 21 Lithops marmorata ..................................... 149 1) var. marmorata ..................................... 149 2) "Polepský Smaragd" ................................. 150 3) var. eliseae ....................................... 150 2 - 22 Lithops meyeri ........................................ 152 1) L. meyeri .......................................... 152 2) "Hammeruby" ........................................ 152 2 - 23 Lithops naureeniae .................................... 154 2 - 24 Lithops olivacea ...................................... 155 1) var. olivaceae ..................................... 155 2) var. nebrownii ..................................... 156 3) "Red Olive" ........................................ 156 2 - 25 Lithops optica ........................................ 157 1) L. optica .......................................... 157 2) "Rubra" ............................................ 158 3) "Rubra Yellow Flower form" ......................... 158 2 - 26 Lithops otzeniana ..................................... 159 1) L. otzeniana ....................................... 159 2) "Aquamarine" ....................................... 160 2 - 27 Lithops pseudotruncatella ............................. 162 1) subsp. pseudotruncatella var. pseudotruncatella .... 162 2) "Albiflora" ........................................ 163 3) var. elisabethiae .................................. 164 4) var. riehmerae ..................................... 164 5) subsp. archerae .................................... 165 6) subsp. dendritica .................................. 165 7) subsp. groendrayensis .............................. 166 8) subsp. volkii ...................................... 167 2 - 28 Lithops ruschiorum .................................... 169 1) var. ruschiorum .................................... 169 2) var. lineata ....................................... 170 2 - 29 Lithops salicola ...................................... 171 1) Lithops salicola ................................... 171 2) "Malachite" ........................................ 172 3) "Sato's Violet" = "Bacchus" ........................ 172 2 - 30 Lithops schwantesii ................................... 174 1) subsp. schwantesii var. schwantesii ................ 174 2) var. marthae ....................................... 176 3) var. rugosa ........................................ 176 4) var. urikosensis ................................... 177 5) subsp. gebseri ..................................... 178 2 - 31 Lithops steineckeana .................................. 179 2 - 32 Lithops terricolor .................................... 180 1) Lithops terricolor ................................. 180 2) "Silver Spurs" ..................................... 181 3) "Speckled Gold" .................................... 181 2 - 33 Lithops vallis-mariae ................................. 183 2 - 34 Lithops verruculosa ................................... 185 1) var. verruculosa ................................... 185 2) var. glabra ........................................ 186 3) "Rose of Texas" .................................... 187 2 - 35 Lithops villetii ...................................... 188 1) subsp. villetii .................................... 188 2) subsp. deboeri ..................................... 189 3) subsp. kennedyi .................................... 190 2 - 36 Lithops viridis ....................................... 191 2 - 37 Lithops werneri ....................................... 192 Japanese Name versus Scientific Name Chart ................... 193 Sctientific Name versus Japanese Name Charrt ................. 202 References ................................................... 217 Postscript ................................................... 219 Index ........................................................ 220