128 FICOIDE Æ. 
mucrone, full of scattered, rather elevated whitish dots. 0 
D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 
White-marked Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1824. Pl. 4ft. 
25 M. arsreuncra‘tum (Haw. l. c.) leaves semi-terete, beset 
with white tubercular dots. %.D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers yellow. Very like M. albindtum, but 
the leaves are twice or thrice smaller, and more numerous. 
There is also a larger variety of this species mentioned by 
Haworth. 
White-dotted Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1824. PI. 4ft. 
§ 6. Ringéntia (from ringens, gaping ; appearance of the two 
upper leaves of the plants). Haw. syn. p. 216. phil. mag. 64. 
p: 110. Spreng. syst. p. 515. D. C. prod. 3. p. 419.—Ringéntia 
ciliata, Salm-Dyck.—Ringéntia et Scapigera, Ham. rev. p. 87, 
88. Plants stemless. Leaves triquetrous, gradually thickening 
to the top or gibbous, usually ciliately toothed, without papule. 
Floners yellon, opening after meridian. Calyx 4-5-cleft. Stig- 
mas 4-5. 
26 M. mustexti'num (Salm-Dyck and Haw. suppl. p. 87. 
rev. p. 89.) plant almost stemless, green, full of pellucid dots ; 
leaves triquetrous, gradually thickening towards the apex, cili- 
ately toothed, pustulately gibbous on the inside at the base; 
flowers on short pedicels; calyx 4-cleft. 4. D.G. Nativeof 
the Cape of Good Hope. Salm-Dyck, obs. 1820. p. 9. Flowers 
yellow, expanding in the evening, sweet-scented. 
Weasel-chop Fig-marigold. Clt.1820. Pl. 4 foot. 
27 M. exmininum (Haw. in phil. mag. Aug. 1826. p. 126.) 
plant almost stemless, glaucous; leaves wrinkled from large 
dots ; margins with short teeth at the apex. ¥/.D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Herb densely tufted. Flowers 
solitary, terminal, yellow, opening in the evening, Nearest 
allied to M. murinum. 
Var. 3, magus (Haw. |. c.) corolla yellow, red at the apex. 
Ermine-chop Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1824. Pl. 4ft. 
28 M. acninum (Haw. in phil. mag. Aug. 1826. p. 126.) 
plant almost stemless, canescent, wrinkled from dots; leaves 
semi-terete, serrulated from elevated dots, and hence somewhat 
toothed, pustulate on the inside at the base. 4. D. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves with a large white pustule 
on the inside at the base. Flowers sessile, solitary, central, ex- 
panding in the evening. 
Var. B ; plant a little smaller ; teeth of leaves more obscure. 
Var. y; leaves more erect, entire. 
Lamb-chop Fig-marigold. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. Pl. 4 ft. 
29 M. murinum (Haw. obs. p. 165. mise, p. 30. syn. 217. 
rev. 90. phil. mag. 64. p. 111.) plant almost stemless, glaucous ; 
leaves ciliately denticulated, 3 rows on each side, and full of 
tubercular dots, with the margins and keel ciliately denticulated 
at the apex ; flower sessile. 2.D.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers small, yellow. Styles 5, very short, erect, 
green, a little thickened towards the apex. 
Mouse-chop Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1790. Pl. + ft. 
30 M. retinum (Haw. obs. p. 161. misc. p- 31. syn. p. 216. 
rev. p. 89.) plant stemless, glaucescent ; leaves ciliated with long 
teeth, obsoletely dotted, cartilaginously keeled at the apex, 
full of pellucid dots when examined by the light ; flowers sessile. 
4%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D.C. pl. grass. 
t. 158.—Dill. hort. elth. f. 220. M. ringens ĝ, Lin. spec. p. 
698. Flowers yellow, expanding after meridian. Styles 5, fili- 
form, equal in length tothe stamens. 
Cat-chop Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1730. Pl. 4ft. 
31 M. turixum (Haw. in phil. mag. 64. p- 111.) plant stem- 
less; leaves glaucescent, marginal ciliæ very long, and very 
numerous. 2. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Very like M., felinum, but differs according to Salm-Dyck in the 
I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
leaves being narrower, more attenuated, and in the cilie being 
longer and more numerous, but probably it is only a mere 
variety of it. 
Wolf-chop Fig-marigold. Pl. } foot. 
32 M. ticrinum (Haw. obs. p. 164. misc. p. 21. syn. 216, 
rev. p. 89.) plant stemless, greenish ; leaves stem-clasping, ovate- 
cordate, expanded, marbled with white, flat above, ciliated with 
long hairs, cartilaginously keeled at the apex ; flowers sessile. 1. 
D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ker. bot. reg. t 
280. Flowers yellow, expanding after meridian, large, central. 
Styles 4, filiform, equal in length to the stamens. 
Tiger-chop Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1790. Pl. 
1 foot. 
* 33 M. caninum (Haw. obs. p. 159. syn. 217. rev. p. 87.) 
plant almost stemless; leaves glaucous, carinately triquetrous, 
rather club-shaped, incurved towards the apex, and somewhat 
toothed, as well as the bracteas ; peduncles longer than the leaves. 
4%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D.C. pl. 
grass. t. 95.—Dill. elth. f. 231.—Bradl. succ. t. 17. M. rín- 
gens a, Lin. spec. 698. Flowers of a yellowish orange-colour, 
opening after meridian. 
Dog-chop Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1717. Pl. 4 ft. 
34 M. vurrìxum (Haw. syn. p. 417. rev. p. 88.) plant almost 
stemless; leaves glaucous, carinately triquetrous, rather club- 
shaped, with large teeth at the apex or entire; old leaves hori- 
zontal; bracteas entire ; peduncles longer than the leaves. J. 
D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. caninum , 
Haw. mise. p. 32. Very like M. caninum, but taller, and the 
leaves are longer and greener, with fewer teeth. It is, however, 
perhaps only a variety of it. Flowers yellow. 
Fox-chop Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1795. Pl. 4 ft. 
35 M. ny’sripum (Haw. syn. 218. rev. p. 88.) plant stemless, 
smooth, white; leaves semi-terete, entire, carinately triquetrous 
above, and a little thickened, ending in a recurved mucrone 
each, 2%.D.G. Raised in the gardens from the seeds of M. 
albidum, impregnated by the pollen of M. caninum. 
Hybrid Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. PI. 4 foot. 
36 M. muscuzinum (Haw. in phil. mag. nov. 1826. p. 328.) 
margins and keel of leaves usually bearing but one tooth each; 
branches prostrate, half a foot long. %. D. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow, opening in the morning; 
scentless. This plant is very like M. murinum, but differs in the 
prostrate branches, and in the teeth of the leaves being fewer. 
It comes perhaps nearest in habit to M. ermininura, but differs, 
in the petals being a line broad, not capillaceous. 
Little-mouse-chop Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824 
Pl. prostrate. 
§ 7. Rostrata (from rostrum, a beak). Haw. syn. p. 211. Salm- 
Dyck, obs. bot. 1820. p. 20. Plants stemless or nearly 8% 
Leaves 4-6, erectish, connate, semi-terete, attenuated, rather 
keeled, and somewhat denticulated at the apex. Flowers solitary, 
pedunculate, yellow. Calyx 4-8-cleft. Stigmas 8-12. 
37 M. a'rgivum (Lin. spec. p- 699.) plant stemless, smooth, 
whitish ; leaves thick, subulate, triquetrous, obtuse, with am 
acumen, but semi-terete at the base : all quite entire. 14. D. 2, 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.— Dill. hort. elth. f. e 
Bradl. succ. t. 43. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1824. Haw. rev. P ; 
Flowers large, yellow, opening early in the morning, but pt 
wards remaining expanded through the whole day, det 
scented. Stigmas 11. This plant is intermediate between t ; 
section Ringéntia and Rostràta. 1 foots 
White Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1714. PI. 3 15 
38 M. penticuta‘tum (Haw. obs. 149. misc. 30. syn. p. ai 
rev. 91.) plant stemless; leaves very glaucous, subulately 
quetrous, compressed, dilately keeled at the apex ; keel us 
