132 FICOIDEE. 
acute at the angles, toothed at the apex. Flowers solitary, pe- 
dicellate. Petals purple on the ribs and white on the margins. 
Calyx 5-cleft. Capsule 5-celled. Stigmas numerous, small, 
hair-formed. 
81 M. BELLIDIFLÒRUM (Lin. spec. p. 690.) caudex short, suf- 
fruticose ; leaves triquetrous, compressed, rather acinaciform, 
denticulated at the apex; pedicels short. Y%.D. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals red and white. 
Var. B, glaucéscens (Haw. rev. p. 105.) leaves rather glau- 
cous, with the teeth in 3 rows at the apex.—Dill. elth. f. 233. 
Var. y, viride (Haw. rev. p. 105.) leaves pale green, toothed 
beneath on the keel. 
Daisy-flowered Fig-marigold. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
82 M. susuLra`rum (Mill. dict. ed. 8. no. 10.) caudex branched ; 
leaves rather glaucous, triquetrously subulate, denticulated at 
the apex. %. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Haw. syn. 208. M. bellidiflòrum simplex, D. C. pl. grass. t. 
41. Flowers reddish. The plantis very like M. bellidiflòrum, 
but is much smaller and more branched. 
Subulaie-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.? Pl. 4ft, 
83 M. Burma’nni (Haw. rev. p. 106.) floriferous stems erect, 
simple ; leaves triquetrous, with 3 rows of teeth at the apex ; 
pedicels rather elongated. %. D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope.—Burm. afr. t. 25. This species is hardly. known. 
Burmann’s Fig-marigold. Pl. 4 foot. 
Fl. June, Aug. Clit. 1717. 
§ 14. Acùta (from acutus, acute; leaves acute). Haw. 
rev. 107. Plants stemless or nearly so. Leaves semiterete, su- 
bulate, incurved, triquetrous at the apex, green, full of pellucid 
dots. Flowers pedicellate ; petals deep purple. Calyx 5 cleft. 
Stegmas 10 ? 
84 M. acu rum (Haw. misc. p. 26. syn. 207. rev. 107.) plant 
stemless ; leaves semi-cylindrical, acute, green, full of pellucid 
dots, finely wrinkled. 2. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. M. subulatoides, Haw. obs. p. 141. M. subrostratum, 
Willd. enum. p. 529. ex Haw. Allied to M. diminitum, but 
larger. Scape bibracteate at the base; bracteas filiform. Calyx 
5-cleft. Petals purple, cleft at the apex. Stigmas 10, length 
of filaments. 
Acute-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Apr. Nov. Clt. 1793. Pl. 2 ft. 
85 M. pvuncra‘tum (Haw. obs. p. 411. rev. p. 107.) plant 
smooth, stemless ; leaves semiterete, triquetrous at the top, flat 
above, full of pellucid dots, pale green, furnished with a minute 
white point at the apex. ¥. D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers unknown, Perhaps only a variety of M. 
diminitum. 
Dotted-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. April, Nov. Clt. 1793. 
PI. 4 foot. 
86 M. pmınu`ru{m (Haw. misc. p. 26. syn. p. 230. rev. 107.) 
plant nearly stemless, smooth, shining ; leaves semiterete, trique- 
trous at the apex, flat above, full of pellucid dots, terminating in 
a white point at the apex. %. D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. M. corniculatum, Haw. obs. p. 226. exclusive of 
the synonymes. M. loreum, Lin. spec. and Haw. exclusive of 
the synonyme of Dillenius ex Haw. Flowers red or purplish. 
Var. B, cauliculatum (Haw. suppl. 90. rev. 107.) stem half 
erect; leaves longer, and with larger dots, but is perhaps only 
an old plant. 
Diminished Fig-marigold. Fl. Apr. Clt. 1789. Pl. 1 ft. 
§ 15. Macrorhiza (from paxpoc, makros, long, and pića, 
rhiza, a root; root large and tuberous). D. C. prod. 3. p. 425, 
Plant nearly stemless, Leaves opposite, connate, triquetrous, 
I. MresemBrYANTHEMUM. 
cronded. Flowers pedicellate, white. 
Calyx 5-cleft, having 2 
of the lobes very long. Stigmas 5. 
Capsule subgloiose. 
87 M. macroruizum (Haw. l. e. D. C. 1. c.) stem very 
short; root large, tuberous ; leaves connate, bluntly triquetrous, 
crowded, spreading ; branches erect, bent; flowers 1-3 together, 
nearly terminal, pedicellate. 2%. D. S. Native of the Island 
of Bourbon, among scoria near the sea. Stems 3 inches high. 
Flowers small, white, numerous. The leaves have an acrid 
taste when eaten, as those of Salsdla. La Lavangere, Comm. 
mss. and figure. Ficoide, De Pet. Th. mel. bot. p. 37. 
Large-rooted Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1823. Pl. 4 ft. 
Susprviston II. CErHALOPHY'LLA (from xepadn, cephale, a 
head, and ¢vAdov, phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the leaves 
being collected in heads at the tops of the branches). Haw. 4 
rev. 108. Stems suffruticose, decumbent. Leaves long, tri- 
quetrous, or nearly cylindrical, disposed in heads. Flowers 
pedunculate, yellow. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 10-20.—This 
division is perhaps not very natural. 
§ 16. Corniculata (from corniculdtus, horned; shape of 
leaves). Haw. rev. p. 108.—Prostrata, Haw. misc. p. 38. syn. 
220.—Calamiférmia prostrata, Salm-Dyck. Caudex branched, 
prostrate, rather strumose at the knots, and nearly sarmenta- 
ceous. Leaves cronded at the nodi, elongated, triquetrous, or 
nearly cylindrical, glabrous, and without any papule. Flowers 
pedunculate, yellow. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 10-20. Ovarium 
depressed. 
88 M. toreum (Haw. syn. p. 229. rev. 108.) stems prostrate, 
rather nodose: adult ones nearly terete; leaves crowded in 
heads, semi-cylindrically triquetrous, elongated, recurved, ra- 
ther glaucous. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
—Dill. elth. f. 255. | Peduncles solitary, an inch and a half Jong, 
bibracteolate at the base. Flowers straw-coloured. Calyx 5-6- 
cleft. Styles 15-18. 
Var. B, congéstum (Haw. 1. c.) plant more greenish ; lower 
pair of leaves very long. 
Thong Fig-marigold. FI. Sept. Clt. 1732. Pl. pr. 
89 M. piversiréxium (Haw. misc. p. 38. syn. p. 290. rev. 
p- 108.) stems prostrate, rather nodose: adult ones robust, a- 
gular, red, and yellow; leaves very long,. triquetrously semi- 
cylindrical, rather recurved, green, crowded in heads. hk: 
Natives of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 252, M. 
diversiphyllum, Haw. obs. p. 228. M. corniculatum p, Willd. 
Flowers pedunculate. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals of yellowish brown 
colour, striated by a red line on the outside. Styles 17. ex Haw. 
Var. a, glaúcum (Haw. |. c.) leaves rather glaucous. © f 
Var. ÌB, brevif dlium (Haw, 1. c.) leaves shorter than in any ° 
the other varieties. 
Var. y, læ te-virens (Haw. 1. c.) leaves pale green. 
Var. 6, atrovirens (Haw. |. c.) leaves dark green. 
Diverse-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Mar. Oct. Clt. 1726. Pl. pr. 
90 M. vecr'prens (Haw. rev. p. 110.) stems prostrate; wit 
rather distant nodi; leaves rather crowded, long, arcuate y 
ascending, triquetrously semi-cylindrical, green, shining, p 
nutely and finely wrinkled. p. D.G. Native of the Cape 0 
Good Hope. Flowers pale yellow. 
Deceiving Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Cl. 1820. Pi. pr. ir 
91 M. pu‘stus (Haw. misc. p. 39. syn. 231. rev. 110.) ae 
prostrate, nearly terete, with the nodi contiguous ; leaves ri 
crowded, longish, triquetrously semi-cylindrical, ascen ing, 
green, shining; stigmas 12. h. D. Ġ. Native of the ora 
Good Hope.—Bradl. suce. t. 40. Petiv. gaz. TT. pies 
Leaves 2 inches long, but shorter than those of M. cormcu ie 
Peduncles terminal, shorter than the leaves. Petals sup 
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