FICOIDE Æ. 
10 M. uvarorme (Haw. rev. p. 84.) plant stemless, nearly 
globose, green, form and size ofa grape berry, with small, rather 
confluent deeper dots. 2/.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Burm. afr. t. 10. f. 2.2 
Grape-formed Fig-marigold. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Pl. 3 inch. 
11 M. nucirérme (Haw. obs. 129. misc. 22. syn. 204. rev. 
84.) plant stemless, glaucous, without dots, nearly spherical ; 
tops of leaves unequal, distinct, flat above. %. D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. 
Nut-formed Fig-marigold. Clt. 1790. Pl. 1 inch. 
§ 2. Subquadrifòlia (the plants belonging to this section are 
usually furnished with about 4 leaves). Salm-Dyck, obs. 17.— 
Semiovata and Obtisa, Ham. rev. p. 85. Plants almost stem- 
less. Leaves 4-6, decussate, quite entire, obtuse, flat above, con- 
vex beneath. Flowers nearly sessile, solitary. Calyx 4-6-cleft. 
Stigmas 4-6. The upper leaves are usually connate, as in sec- 
tion Spheroidee, and at length separate, but more distinctly. 
12 M. TRUNCA TUM (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 412.) plant stemless ; 
leaves spheroid-obconical, umbilicately truncate; peduncle soli- 
tary, 1-flowered, compressed ; calyx 4-cleft. 4%. D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Truncate Fig-marigold. Pl. 1 to 2 inches. 
13 M. resricuza‘re (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 181.) plant stem- 
less; leaves 4-8, white, smooth, semi-terete, ovate or parabolic, 
expanded. 2%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
M. testiculare, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 412. Hew. obs. 133. syn. 
205. exclusive of variety 8 and y, misc. 24. rev. 85. Flowers 
~ white. 
Testicular Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1774. Pl. 1 inch. 
14 M. ocrorny’ttum (Haw. rev. p. 85.) plant stemless ; 
leaves 6-8, white, smooth, rather erectish, convex beneath, flat 
above, u.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 
testiculare y, Haw. mise. p. 24. M. testiculare B et y, Haw. 
syn. 205. M. testiculare 3, Sims, bot. mag. 1573. Flowers 
yellow, and when expanded they are 8 or 10 lines in diameter. 
alyx 6-cleft, furnished with two leaf-formed bracteas at the 
base. According to the Prince de Salm-Dyck, this is merely a 
variety of M. testiculdre. 
Eight-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 ft. 
15 M. osru'sum (Haw. misc. 25. syn. 206. rev. 86.) plant 
green, almost stemless ; leaves unequal, semi-terete, acinaciform, 
obtuse ; flowers almost sessile ; calyx 6-lobed. 2%.D. G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. M. fissoides, Haw. obs. 135. 
Old stem 2 inches high. Flowers pale red, bibracteate at the 
‘ase; petals an inch long. Styles 6. 
Blunt Fig-marigold. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1792. Pl. 4 ft. 
16 M. rr’ssum (Haw. obs. 134. misc. 25. syn. 205. rev. 86.) 
plant almost stemless; leaves equal, half-terete, very blunt, 
glaucescent, u.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
stem 1 or 2 inches high; branchlets very short, and alter- 
nate. Flowers unknown. 
Cleft Fig-marigold. Clt. 1776. Pl. 4 foot. 
l - DIGITIFO’RME (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 412.) plant stemless ; 
Kia 3-4, terete, smooth, obtuse ; flowers sessile, solitary, axil- 
A XX%+ D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 
igitatum, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 181. Flowers white, according 
= Thunberg. Leaves alternate. Perhaps belonging to a dif- 
erent section, 
Finger-shaped Fig-marigold. Clt. 1775. Pl. 1 inch. 
§3. Moniliformia (from monile, a bracelet, and forma, form ; 
appearance of stems). Haw. and Salm-Dyck, l. c. Stems very 
short, moniliform, leafless in the summer. The two first leaves 
a even to the apez, and deciduous; the two following leaves 
elongated, and joined at the base, marcescent,and deciduous. Calyx 
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4-6-cleft, and is, as well as the leaves, full of crystalline pa- 
pule. Stigmas 7-8. 
18 M. pisiro’RMe (Haw. misc. 23. syn. 205. rev. 93.) leaves 
full of crystalline papule ; the first two united into the form of a 
pea; the following 2 semi-terete; caudex much branched, and 
very dwarf. y.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
The first leaves are produced in autumn, and the second in win- 
ter. Flowers unknown. 
Pea-formed Fig-marigold. Clt. 1796. PI. 1 inch, 
19 M. moniuiro’rmeE (Haw. obs. 132. misc. 24. syn. 207. rev. 
93.) first leaves joined into a spherical form; the following ones 
half-terete, subulate, very long, green, and somewhat recurved. 
4. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. ‘Thunb. fl. cap. 
p. 413. Peduncles 2 inches long, terminal. Calyx 4-cleft. 
Petals snow white. Styles 7, ex Haw. 
Necklace-formed Fig-marigold. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1791. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
§ 4. Aloidea (plants resembling Aloe in habit). D. C. prod. 
8. p.419. Aloidea and Magnipincta, Ham. rev. p. 86. and 87. 
Ringéntia intègra, Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 20. Plants stemless. 
Leaves triquetrous, gradually thickened towards the apex, having 
the carinal angle gibbous; the two superior ones entire. Flowers 
central, sessile, yellow. 
20 M. xo'sire (Haw. in phil. mag. 1823. p. 381.) plant rather 
caulescent; leaves coarsely and triquetrously clavate, obtuse, 
somewhat recurved, rather concave above, marked by large 
elevated tubercles. 2%.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Flowers large, sessile, opening before meridian, yellow, 
scentless, bibracteate at the base. Calyx 6-cleft, according to 
Salm-Dyck. 
Noble Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Pl. 4 foot. 
21 M. macniru'nctum (Haw. rev. p. 86.) plant stemless ; 
leaves perfect, usually about 4, large, clavately triquetrous, very 
thick, glaucescent, flat above, keeled beneath, obtuse at the 
apex, marked with very large and numerous dots. 2%. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. magnipunctatum, Haw. 
suppl. p. 87. Flowers yellow, sessile. 
Large-dotted Fig-marigold. Clt. 1822. Pl. } foot. 
22 M.ca‘num (Haw. obs. p. 158. misc. 25. syn. 219. rev. 87. 
but not of Salm-Dyck,) plant stemless; leaves hoary, semi- 
terete at the base, attenuated, gibbously keeled at the apex. 2. 
D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very like M. mag- 
nipiinctum, but is easily distinguished by its hoary aspect. 
Flowers unknown. 
Hoary Fig-marigold. Clt. 1795. PI. 1 to 2 inches, 
23 M. atoipes (Haw. suppl. 88. rev. 87.) plant stemless ; 
leaves entire, semi-terete, green, marbled with white dots, acute 
upwards, rather concave above, carinately triquetrous at the 
apex. %. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Old 
plant tufted; root fusiform. Flowers sessile, central, yellow, 
middle-sized. Perhaps the same as M. compdctum, no. 86. Per- 
haps M..,aloides, Burch. trav. afr. 2. p. 332. 
Aloe-like Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1819, PI. 4 foot. 
§ 5. Albindta (from albus, white, and nota, a mark ; plants 
marked with white). Haw. in phil. mag. Aug. 1826. p. 126. 
Plants almost without stems, tufted. Roots perennial. Leaves 
decussate, entire, obliquely incurved, green, spreading, full of 
large tubercular white dots, semi-terete at the base, acinaciformly 
triquetrous at the apex, or nearly equal-sided, more or less muero- 
nulated. Flowers central, solitary, sessile, yellow. Stamens 
erectly spreading, as in those of section Ringéntia. 
24 M. axprnotum (Haw. in phil, mag. Aug. 1826. p. 126.) 
leaves acinaciformly triquetrous upwards, with a recurved 
