138 FICOIDE#. 
preceding species, but smaller. Stigmas erect, hardly the length 
of the filaments. Capsule more depressed. 
Muricated Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Clt. 1731. Sh. 14 foot. 
§ 29. Falcata (from falcatus, hooked ; leaves hooked or fal- 
cate). Haw. misc. p. 69.—Lunata and Falcata, Salm-Dyck, obs. 
31. and 32. Lunàta, Pallidiflora, and Glomerata, Haw. rev. 
135. 138. Stems fruticose or suffruticose ; branches erect or di- 
varicate. Leaves opposite, distinct, compressed, triquetrous, fal- 
cate, glaucous, usually dotted. Flowers pedunculate, flesh-colour- 
ed or pale red. 
* Flowers aggregate, reddish. 
157 M. ma’ximum (Haw. obs. p. 402. misc. 66. syn. 292. rev. 
135.) stem woody, erect, bushy; leaves crowded, large, very 
much compressed, triquetrous, incurvedly half-moon shaped, 
quite glaucous, obtuse, full of pellucid dots, half-stem-clasping. 
hk. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Andr. bot. 
rep. t. 358. Willd. enum. 539. Flowers small, terminal. Pe- 
duncles bibracteate. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla reddish. 
Largest Fig-marigold. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1787. Sh. 14 ft. 
158 M. tuna‘trum (Willd. enum. p. 538.) stem woody, erect ; 
branches aggregate ; leaves small, much crowded, dotless, rather 
connate, compressed, triquetrous, incurvedly half-moon shaped. 
h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. rev. 136. 
Flowers rose-coloured. 
Lunate-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1812. Sh. 1 ft. 
159 M. rarcirórme (Haw. syn. 299. rev. 127.) stem suffru- 
ticose, at length decumbent ; leaves much crowded, small, thick, 
faleate, acinaciform, glaucous, largely toothed; flowers some- 
what fastigiate. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers reddish, showy, an inch and a half in diameter. 
Sickle-formed-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805. 
Shrub 14 foot. 
160 M. Farca‘tum (Lin. spec. 694.) stem woody, erect; 
branches numerous, panicled, filiform; leaves minute, distinct, 
compressed, triquetrous, falcate, rather glaucous. h. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 275. and 276. 
Haw. obs. 366. misc. 72. syn. 298. rev. 136. Flowers small, 
numerous, pale red, expanded through the day, sweet scented. 
Falcate-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1727. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
161 M. virca‘tum (Haw. misc. p. 88. syn. 290. rev. 142.) 
stem suffruticose, weak ; branches twiggy, distant; leaves com- 
pressed, triquetrous, acute, rather glaucous, remote, dotted ; 
flowers few. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
M. compréssum, Haw. obs. 416. not 326. Flowers small, light 
red. Stigmas 5, longer than the filaments, subulate, revolute. 
Peduncles bractless. 
Twiggy Fig-marigold. Fl. Feb. Apr. Clt. 1793. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 
* * Flowers solitary, rose-coloured or pale red. 
162 M. vecu’mBens (Haw. obs. 352. misc. 69. syn. 300. rev. 
136.) branches much crowded, decumbent ; leaves compressed, 
triquetrous, incurved, attenuated at both ends, very glaucous. 
h D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 2 inches 
in diameter, almost white, or very pale red. 
Decumbent Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1759. Shrub 
decumbent. 
163 M. incu’rvum (Haw. mise. p. 69. syn. 300. rev. 136.) 
stem suffruticose, erect; branches slender, effuse, leafy ; leaves 
compressed, triquetrous, very glaucous, attenuated at both ends, 
acinaciform. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers pale red. 
Var. B, dilatans (Haw. syn. 300, rev. 137.) leaves gibbously 
dilated below, at length deflexed, 
I. MesEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
Var. y, ròseum (Willd. enum. p. 535.) leaves obtuse, attenu- 
ated at the base. 
Var. ò, multiradidtum (Jacq. fragm. t. 53. f. 2.) leaves acute, 
spreading, blunt on the back. 
Incurved-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June. Clt.1802. Sh. 14 ft. 
164 M. conre’rtum (Haw. syn. p. 301. rev. 137.) stem 
erect, much branched ; leaves triquetrous, crowded, robust, in- 
curved, very glaucous. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Flowers showy, pale red. Perhaps only a variety of M. 
incúrvum. 
Crowded Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1805. Sh. 14 ft. 
§ 30. Sténa (from orevoc, stenos, narrow ; leaves and petals). 
Haw. in phil. mag. Sept. 1831. Small subshrubs, with the 
branches nearly half a foot high, effuse, and are, as well as the 
leaves, filiform. Petals very narrow, or setaceous, very pale red. 
165 M. sre'num (Haw. in phil. mag. 1831. p. 420.) branches 
effusely decumbent, flexuous, filiform; leaves slender, falcately 
incurved, triquetrously terete, mucronate, with few dots, glau- 
cescent ; flowers 1 or 3 together, terminal. h. D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers expanding before meridian, 
of a violaceous reddish-colour. 
Narrow Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1829. Shrub 4 foot. 
166 M. pE BiLe (Haw. in phil. mag. Nov. 1826. p. 331.) 
smooth ; branches filiform, a little compressed ; leaves crowded 
at the nodes of the reptant stems, bluntly and acinaciformly tri- 
quetrous, glaucescent; flowers few, terminal. h.D. G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers very pale red, or 
nearly white, expanding before meridian. É 
Weak Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. July. Clt. 1824. Pl. creeping. 
§ 31. Microphylla (from puxpoc, micros, small, and vdov, 
phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the small leaves of the species). 
Salm-Dyck, obs. 33. Haw. rev. 134. syn. 297. exclusive of some 
species. Plants small, suffruticose, much branched ; branches 
very humble, procumbent, divaricate. Leaves very small, con- 
nate, triquetrous, mucronate, crowded, remaining on the plant 
even when dried. Floners solitary, small, reddish. 
167 M. micropny’tLtum (Haw. obs. 417. syn. 297. rev. 134.) 
stem short, densely branched, decumbent ; leaves connate, tri- 
quetrous, acuminated, a little awned, green, dotted, pustulate on 
the inside at the base; flowers solitary on short peduncles. R: 
D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, 
reddish. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5-6, green, with spreading 
subulate tops. 
Small-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Clt. 1795. Sh. dee. 
168 M. mucrona'rum (Haw. misc. 73. syn. 297. rev. 184) 
stem very short, erect, branched; leaves oblong-ovate, trique- 
trous at the apex, connate at the base, glaucescent, terminating 
in a white mucrone, coarsely dotted. h. D. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. Leaves 3 lines long: 
Mucronate-leaved Fig-marigold. Clt. 1794. Sh. 4 to 3 ft. 
169 M. pyema‘um (Haw. suppl. 99. rev. 134.) stem very 
short, branched ; leaves connate at the base, oblong-ovate, semi- 
terete, awnless, in winter united nearly to the top. . D. G 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown, but pro- 
bably pale red. 
Pygmy Fig-marigold. Clt. 1805. Shrub 4 foot. 
170 M. PULCHELLUM (Haw. misc. 72. syn. 298.) stems de- 
cumbent; leaves acutely triquetrous, with equal sides, somewhat 
boat-shaped, hoary, obsoletely dotted, ciliated with pubescence 
on the angles, but especially on the keel, terminating in a re 
curved mucrone. k.D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope: 
M. canéscens, Haw. rev. 135. M. pulchéllum, Willd. enum. 
537. Corollas small, red. Stigmas 5, subulate, longer than the 
filaments, greenish, recurved at the apex. 
