FICOIDE Æ. 
denticulated ; scape bibracteate, 1-flowered ; styles 15. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
colour, 3 inches in diameter. 
Var. a, canum (Haw. obs. 149.) leaves canescent from minute 
down. 
Var. Ì3, glaúcum (Haw. obs. p. 151.) leaves glaucous-white, 
rather dilated at both ends, a little toothed. : 
Var. y, candidissimum (Haw, |. c.) leaves white, elongated, a 
little toothed, compressed on both sides. 
Denticulated Fig-marigold. Fl. April. Clt. 1793. Pl. 2 ft. 
39 M. rosu'stum (Haw. misc. p. 28. syn. 211. rev. p. 91.) 
stem robust, a little branched, short, decumbent; leaves obtuse, 
dotted, subulate, pustulate inside at the base. XY. D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. 
Robust Fig-marigold. Clt. 1795. Pl. 4 foot. 
40 M. compa’crum (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 191.) plant stem- 
less ; leaves connate, dotted, semi-terete, triquetrous at the apex, 
rather reflexed, acute ; flowers sessile ; calyx subcylindrical, 6- 
cleft. Y%.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. 
syn, 211. rev. 91. Flowers yellow. A very doubtful species, 
and probably the same as M. nóbile, no. 20. 
Compact Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt.1780. Pl. 2 foot. 
41 M. quapriripum (Haw. misc. 28. syn. 212. rev. 91.) 
plant almost stemless, at length branched ; leaves subulate, ob- 
tuse, hoary-glaucous, marked by a few dots towards the apex ; 
scape terminal, 1-flowered, longer than the leaves ; calyx 4-cleft. 
%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Old stems 
2-3 inches long. Flowers yellow. Styles about the length of 
the stamens. 
Four-cleft Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1795. Pl. 4 foot. 
42 M. zi'ripum (Haw. mise. p. 29. syn. 212. rev. p. 92.) 
plant almost stemless; leaves subulate, glaucous, obtuse, with 
many dots; scape nearly terminal, 1-flowered: calyx bifid. 
%.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 
Lobes of calyx 2, unequal. Allied to M. quadrifidum, but 
weaker, and the leaves are shorter and blunter. 
Bifid Vig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt.1795. Pl. 4 foot. 
43 M. prpracrea‘trum (Haw. syn. p. 215. rev. 92.) plant 
almost stemless, branched ; leaves elongated, subulate, dotted, 
very glaucous ; bracteas 4, decussate, shorter than the scape; 
calyx 5-cleft. 2%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Very like M. rostratum. Flowers yellow, expanding in the sun. 
Styles 10, subulate, erect, length of stamens. 
Bibracteate Fig-marigold. Fl. April, Nov. Clt. 1803. Pl. 3 ft. 
44 M. purpura’scens (Salm-Dyck, obs. bot. ann. 1822.) 
plant almost stemless, branched ; leaves dotted, smooth, gibbous 
Inside at the base, of a bluish glaucous-colour, obtuse, and trique- 
trous at the apex; keel usually extended ; sheaths purplish. Y. 
D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Purplish Fig-marigold. Pl. } foot. 
45 M. rostra‘rum (Lin. spec. p. 696.) plant stemless ; leaves 
subulate, elongated, acute, dotted ; bracteas 2, longer than the 
Scape ; calyx 4-cleft. %. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 229. without a flower. Haw. obs. P: 152. 
Misc. 29, syn. 214, rev. 92. Flowers yellow, expanding in the 
sun. Styles very short, approximate. 
Var, (3, tuberculàtum (Mill. dict. ed. 8. no. 32.) leaves tuber- 
cular on the outside. 
Beaked Fig-marigold. Fl. April. Clt. 1742. Pl. 4 foot. 
46 M. ramuròsum (Haw. misc. 29. syn. 215, rev. p. 92.) 
Young plant nearly stemless ; old stem 3 inches high, branched, 
and decumbent; leaves subulate, obtuse, pustulate inside at the 
base : when old expanded ; scape terete, bracteate at the hese ; 
calyx 5-cleft, y. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
- Tostratoides, Haw. obs. 154. Flowers yellow. This is the 
smallest of all the section. 
VOL. Ir. 
YD: 
Flowers pale straw- 
I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 129 
Small-branched Fig-marigold. Fl. March, Nov. Clt. 1791. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
§. 8. Linguæfórmia (from lingua, a tongue, and forma, a 
form ; shape of leaves). Ham. misc. p. 32. rev. p. 93. Salm- 
Dyck, obs. 18. Plants stemless or nearly so. Leaves more or 
less tongue-shaped, flat above, and convex beneath, soft, and shin- 
ing. Flowers solitary, large, sessile, or pedunculate. Calyx 
usually 4-cleft, rarely 5-cleft. Petals shining, yellow, broadish. 
Stigmas 8, rarely 10. Capsule 8-10-celled. 
* Disticha (from ĉıorıyoc, distichos, having two rows, a distich ; 
leaves disposed exactly in two opposite rows). Haw. mise. p. 32. 
—Linguæfórmia, Haw. rev. p. 93.—Glossoùdea, Spreng. syst. 2. 
p. 514. Leaves exactly distich—Perhaps all the plants con- 
tained in this division are nothing more than varieties of one 
species, and probably of garden origin. The whole havc been 
collected under the name of M. linguæfórme in Lin. spec. p. 699. 
and D. C, pl. grass. no. 71. 
47 M. scarrra`rum (Haw. obs. p. 187. misc. p. 32. syn. p. 
220. rev. p. 94.) plant stemless; leaves sloped down much, scal- 
prate, very broad, one of the margins thicker than the other, 
pustulate inside at the base; flowers sessile. %. D. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 224. M. obliquum, 
Willd. spec. 2. p. 1027. ex Salm-Dyck, obs. 1820. p. 19. M. 
linguæfórme a, Lin. spec. p. 669. Flowers yellow. 
Knife-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1714. Pl. 
1 foot. 
ora FRA GRAYS (Salm-Dyck, obs. 1820. p. 8.) plant almost 
stemless; leaves tongue-shaped, thick, one side rather convex. 
and obtuse at the apex, the other side thrown out into a keel; 
flower on a short peduncle. %. D.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Haw. rev. p. 95. Hoffmans. verz. 1. p. 220. 
Otto et Link, abb. gew. t. 43. Flowers fragrant, yellow, 3 inches 
in diameter. Calyx 5-cleft. Allied to M. scalpratum, but the 
leaves are narrower and thicker. 
Fragrant Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Pl. foot. 
49 M. prepineve (Haw. obs. 179. misc. p. 35. syn. p. 222. 
rev. p. 95.) plant stemless ; leaves obliquely tongue-shaped, pale 
green, very soft, when young ciliated with pubescence, ending in 
an incurved point at the apex; flowers nearly sessile; calyx 4- 
cleft. 4%. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. 
enum. p. 529. M. heterophyllum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 540.? but 
not of Haw. Capsule 8-celled, conically depressed. Old stem 
half a foot long, procumbent. Flowers yellow. 
Very-fat-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl, Aug. Oct. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
50 M. cranpir1orvM (Haw. in phil. mag, nov. 1826. p. 328.) 
leaves broad tongue-shaped, long, thick, having a large pustule 
on the inside at the base; petals very broad. 2%. D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow, almost scentless, 
large, sessile; petals 3-4 lines broad. Leaves 3% inches long, 
and 15 lines broad. Capsule subconical. This is the largest 
species in the present section. 
Var. B (Haw. 1. c.) leaves deeper green. 
Great-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. Pl. 3 ft. 
51 M. me‘p1um (Haw. suppl. p. 88. rev. p. 95.) plant almost 
stemless ; leaves tongue-formed, sloping, cultrate, deep green, 
without any claw-like point at the apex; peduncles longer than 
the flowers. 2%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Leaves 4 inches long, and an inch broad. Peduncles an inch 
long. Flowers yellow. 
Middle Fig-marigold. -Fl. Aug. Oct. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
52 M.cuttra'tum (Salm-Dyck, obs. 1820. p. 7.) plant almost. 
stemless ; leaves distich, exactly tongue-shaped, cultrate at the 
margin and apex; peduncles compressed, rather Jonger than the 
Cit. 1792. 
