130 FICOIDE Æ. 
flowers; calyx 5-cleft. 2. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Haw. rev. p.95. Leaves 3-4 inches long. Petals ofa 
shining yellow above, and reddish beneath. 
Cultrate-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
53 M. téneum (Haw. obs. p. 177.) plant stemless; leaves 
elongated, tongue-shaped, shining, deep green; flowers pedicel- 
Clit. 1820. 
late. Y%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. 
elth. f. 227. M. lingueeférme 6, Lin. spec. p. 699. D.C. pl. 
grass. t.71. M. lucidum, Haw. rev. p. 95. Flowers yellow. 
Var. B, fldccidum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 421.) flowers almost ses- 
sile. M. longum a, Haw. rev. 96. M. depréssum, Sims, bot. 
mag. t. 1866. 
Long-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1725. Pl. 4ft. 
54 M. anscr’npens (Haw. syn. 220. rev. p. 96.) plant stem- 
less; leaves broadly tongue-shaped, very blunt, ascending, 
green ; flowers pedunculate. %. D. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. Probably only a variety of 
M. lóngum. 
Ascending Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt, 1805. Pl. 4ft. 
55 M. rusrura`rum (Haw. suppl. p. 88. rev. p. 96.) plant 
stemless; leaves tongue-shaped, ascending, elongated, furnished 
with large pustules on the inside at the base. %.D.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 5-6 inches long, and 
3-11 lines broad. Flowers yellow. 
Blistered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 foot. 
56 M. rincuxrorme (Haw. obs. p. 188. misc. p. 33. syn. p. 
221. rev. p. 97.) plant stemless ; leaves unequally tongue-shaped, 
thick, green, keeled on one side; flower on a very short pedun- 
cle; calyx 4-cleft. 2%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 226. M. lingueeforme y, Lin. spec. 669. 
M. obliquum, Pers. but not of Haw. Flowers yellow. 
Var. B, ruféscens (Haw. syn. p. 221.) leaves very closely im- 
bricated, rufescent. 
Tongue-formed-leaved Fig-marigold. 
1732. PI. 3 foot. 
57 M. ra`rum (Haw. obs. 186. misc. p. 32. syn. p. 220. rev. 
p- 98.) plant stemless; leaves tongue-shaped, green, obtuse, 
thick, usually sloping, and somewhat excavated ; flowers nearly 
sessile ; calyx 5-cleft ; capsule large, conical 2. D. G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 225. M. lin- 
guzeforme ß, Lin. spec. 699. Flowers yellow. 
Var. P, breve (Haw. rev. p. 99.) leaves short, very blunt, de- 
pressed on the ground ; capsule small, depressed. 
Broad-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Mar. Nov. Clt. 1620. Pl. i ft. 
58 M. perrr'ssum (Haw. misc. p. 33. syn. 221. rev. 99.) 
plant almost stemless, prostrate; leaves pale, narrow-tongue- 
shaped, obtuse, recurved, depressed, variously incurved at the 
apex ; capsule depressed. 2/.D.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 226.2 Flowers yellow. 
Var. P, lividum (Haw. 1. c.) leaves of a livid rufescent colour. 
Depressed Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1795. Pl. 4 ft. 
Fl. Mar. Nov. Clt. 
* * Cruciata (from crux, a cross; leaves disposed crosswise 
more or less). Haw. syn. p. 222.—Crucidta and Difformia, Haw. 
rev. 100. and 101. Leaves more or less cruciate, usually obliquely 
decussate. 
59 M. cructa‘rum (Haw. obs. p. 173. misc. 35. syn. 224, 
rev. 35.) plant nearly stemless; leaves linear-tongue-shaped, 
semi-cylindrical, very soft, cruciate ; peduncles 2-edged ; calyx 
4-cleft. 24.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Old 
stems 3 inches high, Peduncles 1-2 inches. Corolla large, 
yellow. 
f Cross-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1792. Pl. } ft. 
60 M. raunrt'num (Haw. syn. p. 224. rev. 100.) plant almost 
stemless ; leaves disposed in 2 rows, obliquely cruciate, semi- 
8 
I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
terete, obtuse, very thick, of a yellowish green colour, incurved; 
flowers sessile; calyx bifid? %4. D.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Calycine segments unequal. Styles 8. Old 
stem branched at the base, half a foot high. Flowers yellow, 
Bull’s-horn Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1795. Pl. ft, 
61 M. Sa'rmu (Haw. suppl. p. 89. rev. p. 100.) plant nearly 
stemless ; leaves decussate, semi-cylindrical, attenuated and acute 
at the apex, or oblique and bluntish; flowers exactly sessile; 
calyx 4-cleft; capsule half closed. %. D.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Salm-Dyck. obs. bot. 1820. Link. et 
Otto. abb. gew. t. 44. Flowers large, yellow. Leaves pustulate 
at the base, according to Haworth. 
Var. B, semi-cruciatum (Salm-Dyck. l. c.) leaves obliquely 
distich, straight, and more tongue-shaped than the species. 
Salm-Dyck’s Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4ft. 
62 M. surre’crum (Haw. rev. p. 101.) leaves decussate, 
erectish, or spreading, more or less semi-terete, subulate, acute, 
soft, usually pustulate at the base; ovarium exserted, some- 
what pedunculate. 2%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Flowers yellow. 
Raised Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1819. Pl. 2 ft. 
63 M. neteropny’tium (Haw. obs. p. 420. misc. 36. syn. 
225. rev. 101.) plant stemless; leaves green, difformed, with- 
out dots; upper ones the longest. %. D. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. Leaves obliquely cru- 
ciate: lower ones like those of M. cànum: upper ones like 
those of M. différme. 
Variable-leaved Fig-marigold. Clt. 1795. Pl. ġ foot. 
64 M. ancu’stum (Haw. obs. 176. misc. p. 34. syn. 222, rev. 
p. 101.) plant almost stemless; leaves linear-tongue-shaped, 
semi-cylindrical, very long; flowers nearly sessile; calyx 4 
cleft. 4.D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. | Flowers 
yellow, having the petals broader than any other species of this 
section. Calyx 4-cleft; stigmas 10, according to Haworth. 
Var. B, pallidum (Haw. rev. p. 101.) leaves paler, obliquely 
cruciate. Perhaps this plant appertains to M. heterophyllum. 
Andr. bot. rep. t. 540. : 
Narrow Fig-marigold. Fl. Mar. Oct. Clt. 1790. Pl4 fi, 
65 M. pirrórme (Lin. spec. p. 669.) plant nearly stemless; 
leaves obliquely cruciate, long, semi-cylindrical, oblique, 
furnished with 1-2 obscure teeth at the apex; flowers nearly 
sessile; calyx 4-cleft. 2%.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope.— Dill. elth. f. 242. Haw. obs. p. 169. misc. 35. sym 
225. rev. p. 103. Old stems 2-3 inches long, decumbent 
Flowers large, yellow, fading to a copper colour. Styles 8. 
Var. P, brevicatile (Haw. rev. p. 103.). Caudex shorter. 
Difformed Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1732. Pl. dee. 
66 M. sicresEeRa‘tum (Haw. in phil. mag. nov. 1825. p. $29.) 
leaves obliquely somewhat cruciate, semi-cylindrical, pale gree® 
varying at the apex, usually with 2 gibbosities; capsule de 
pressed. 2%.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very 
like M. différme, but smaller and slenderer. Flowers yakin i 
i Pe amen EET Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. +% 
z loot. 
67 M. srpenta'rum (Haw. suppl. p. 89. rev. p. 103.) ie 
stemless; leaves semi-cylindrical, thick, soft, oblique at : 
apex, and difformed, bearing 2 large, almost opposite, fleshy 
teeth in the middle. 2%. D. G. Native of the Cape of G 
Hope. Flowers large, yellow, on short peduncles; pet 
erosely toothed at the apex. Capsule a little depressed.— ie 
figure in Dill. hort. elth. f. 241. is referrible to this plant and 
to the next. i‘ 
Bidentate-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. Plz 
68 M.semicytrnpricum (Haw. obs. p. 238. misc. p- 5° § is 
225. rev. 103.) plant rather caulescent ; leaves very oad 
tongue-shaped, semi-terete, oblique towards the apex, furni 
