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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM capitatum. 
Short dagger-leaved Fig- Marygold. ^ 
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ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNLA. 
Nat. ord. Fico1DEx. Jussieu gen. 315. Div. IL Germen inferum, 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. Supra vol. 3. fol. 260. 
Div. IV. Capitata. Foliis dens? alternéque imbricato-capitatis longissimis, 
absque punctis aut papulis; caudice pre foliorum pondere decumbente, 
petalis angustissimis deorsüm plus minus ciliatis; stylis numerosis, germi- 
nibus depressis, Haworth MSS. 
M. capitatum, folis sequilateri-triquetris glaucescentibus, membranis caly- 
cinis pallidis, petalis luteis longitudine calycis, exterioribus purpurascenti- 
bus, stylis strictis setaceis. Haworth misc. nat. 41. 
Mesembryanthemum capitatum, Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 9. 223. Haw. mesembr. 
390. a. 227; et ejäsd. synops. pl. succ. 228, n. 68. 
Mesembryanthemum pugioniforme. , Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. 1. 690. Mill. dict. 
ed. 8. n. 46. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1050. Ejusd. enum. 1. 538. 
Ficoides capensis caryophylli folio, flore aureo specioso. Bradl. suec. 2. 5. t. 
14. 
Astero aizoide del Capo di Buona Speranza. Zanon. ist. bot. 35, t. 13, 
Suffrutex stolonibus perennans radice fibrosi, caudice simplici, seniori 
pedali v. ultra, procumbente. Folia summo caudice congregata, interiora 
erecta, exteriora patentia sesuncialia, subulata, equilateri-triquetra, glau- 
ciuscula efflorescentiá papillosá nulli, ad angulos plus minus canaliculata. 
Rami infra folia provenientes, subverticillati foliosi elongati procumbentes. 
Pedunculi ramorum continui, subpaniculati, quadriunciales, obsolet? angulosi, 
asperiusculi. Folia ramea breviora, sepé remota, terna vel sparsa, brac- 
teacea. Cal. amplus, 5-angularis, 6-fidus, segmentis subaequalibus, è basi 
rotundiusculá caudato-attenuatis, interioribus ut sepiùs membrand latà in- 
struetis. Cor. ampla diametro triunciali: petala ordine multiplici numerosa, 
infra medium subciliata; exteriora linearia acuta purpurascentia, media 
lineari-lanceolata lucido-lutea, intima capillaria conniventia. Filamenta 
numerosa, à stylis distantia; anthe» lutea, polline luteo. Germ. hex 
ricum, depressius quam in speciebus effi: styli 16, à filamentis distantes, 
breves, erecti, setacei, lutescentes. aw. misc. 41; (phraseologià plurimis 
mutatä.) 
Cultivated here in 1717. Came originally from the 
Cape of Good Hope. Lasts sometimes from eight to nine 
years in a warm greenhouse. 
The prior name of pugioniforme has been transferred by 
Mr. Haworth from this ‘to the plant constituting the 72d 
article of the “ Plantes Grasses ;” differing from capita- 
tum in being scarcely more than biennial, in being larger, 
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