142 FICOIDEZ. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
209 M. sicoròrum (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 485.) stem shrubby, 
erect ; leaves rather triquetrous, acute, green; peduncles and 
calyxes scabrous ; calycine lobes unequal. h.D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 258. Haw. obs. 241. 
misc. 85. syn. 265. rev. 151. This species is usually confused 
with M. coccineum, but the leaves are longer and the petals are 
yellow inside and scarlet outside. Stigmas shorter than the fila- 
ments. There are 2 varieties of this plant, one with erect 
branches and the other with spreading branches. 
Two-coloured-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 
1732. Shrub 14 foot. 
210 M. inzqua'LE (Haw. syn. 266. rev. 151.) stem shrubby, 
erectish ; branches effusely decumbent; leaves rather trique- 
trous, deep green; fructiferous peduncles compressedly clavate ; 
lobes of calyx very unequal. h.D.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Brad]. succ. 7. bad. ex Haworth. Very like 
M. bicolorum, but differs in the branches being effuse, the flowers 
being paler on the outside, and in the calycine lobes being longer 
than the membrane. 
Unequal-calyxed Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1716. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
211 M. renurrorrum (Lin. spec. 693.) stem shrubby, erect- 
ish; leaves semi-terete, rather compressed, subulate, green, 
glabrous, longer than the internodes; peduncles elongated, 
naked. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. 
elth. E 236. D.C. pl. grass. t. 82. Bradl. succ. t. 9. Haw. 
obs. 239. misc. p. 86. syn. 267. rev. 151. Flowers of coppery 
red colour, There are varieties of this species with erect and 
procumbent stems. 
Slender-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1700. 
Shrub 1 foot. : 
212 M. varia’site (Haw. mise. 85. syn. 266. rev. 152.) 
stem shrubby, effuse, rather decumbent ; leaves somewhat tri- 
quetrous, compressed, glaucous, scabrous ; lobes of calyx nearly 
equal. kh.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals 
yellow, at length becoming reddish. There are varieties of the 
species with distant and crowded leaves and branches. 
Variable Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt.1796. Sh. 14 ft. 
§ 40. Adiinca (from aduncus, hooked; leaves hooked at the 
apex). Salm-Dyck, obs. 25. Haw. rev. 152.—Adiinca clau- 
déntia, Haw. misc. 87. Stems suffruticose, hardly half a foot 
high. Leaves nearly terete, subulate, usually incurved, acutely ` 
hooked at the apex. Flomers solitary, expanding before meridian, 
and closing in the evening, small, reddish. Petals usually striated 
or white at the base. 
213 M. sprntrérme (Haw. obs. 240. misc. 87. syn. 291. rev. 
152.) stem suffruticose, with erect branches ; leaves cylindrical, 
subulate, spine-formed, erect, recurved at the apex; peduncles 
and keels of the bracteas rather scabrous. hi*DG. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Bark of branches dark. Flowers 
small, pale red, with the petals paler at the base. E 
Var. B, subadúncum (Haw. suppl. 96. ex rev. 152.). Leaves 
less hooked. r 
Spine- shaped Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. O@. Clt. 1793. Sh. } ft. 
214 M. curviròrium (Haw. misc. p. 88. syn. 290. rev. 152.) 
stems suffruticose ; branches firm, erectish, roughish, angularly 
compressed ; leaves rather distant, expanded at the base, and 
incurvedly recurved at the apex. h.D.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Flowers numerous, middle-sized, pale red. 
Stigmas blackish. M. ceratophyllum, Willd. enum. suppl. p- 
37. is referred to this species by the Prince de Salm-Dyck, but 
this is doubted by Haworth, who gives a different character to 
the plant. 
Curve-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Oct. Clt.1799. Sh. 4ft. 
215 M. rLexròLum (Haw, suppl. 98. rev. 153.) stem suf- 
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fruticose; branches filiform, compressed, flexuous, decumbent, 
crowded ; leaves subulate, triquetrous, incurved below, recurved 
and rather flexuous above, and a little hooked at the apex. h.D. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. This plant is 3 times 
smaller than the preceding species, and more depressed. Flowers 
unknown. There are varieties of this species with pale green 
and dark green leaves. 
Bent-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1820. Sh. dee. 
216 M. inconspr‘cuum (Haw. in phil. mag. aug. 1826, 
p. 128.) stems suffruticose, very stiff; leaves trigonal-semi- 
terete, small, hooked ; flowers solitary, minute, terminal. h, 
D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. A small, bushy 
subshrub, with spreading, ascending, or incurved, hard, glitter- 
ing branches; leaves glittering in the sunshine from papula, 
Flowers deep red, expanding in the morning. 
Inconspicuous Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. 4ft. 
217 M. apu’ncum (Haw. syn. 291. rev. p. 153.) stem shrubby; 
branches erect, much crowded ; leaves crowded, semi-cylindrical, 
acuminated, very much recurved at the apex. h. D. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, reddish, tipped 
with a deeper colour. Stigmas subulate, spreading, greenish 
yellow. This species is very like M. flexifòlium, but is less 
erect. 
Hooked-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt. 1795. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
218 M. riticav'te (Haw. syn. 291. rev. 153.) stems tufted, 
suffruticose, filiform, very weak, creeping ; leaves much crowded, 
semi-cylindrical, acuminated. h. D. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Peduncles elongated, flexuous, bibracteate m 
the middle. Petals pale red inside, but of a deeper colour on 
the outside, and more so at the apex. Stigmas erect, subulate, 
reen. 
: Thread-stemmed Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1808. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
§ 41. Haworthiana (in honour of A. H. Haworth, F.L.S.; 
who has done more to elucidate the succulent tribes of plants than 
any other individual). D.C. prod. 3. p. 439.—Cordllina, Haw. 
rev. 154. exclusive of M. cordllina perhaps.—Teretiiscula, Han. 
syn. 801.—Rubicinda, Salm-Dyck. obs. 23. Stems suffrut 
cose, smooth, erect; branches decussate, numerous, of a chesinut 
colour. Leaves somewhat cylindrical, subulate, elongated, glaw 
cous. Flowers solitary, showy, reddish, or white. 
219 M. propvu’crum (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. p. 424.) stem 
suffruticose, erect; branches finely decussate, numerous ; leaves 
crowded at the tops of the branches, semi-cylindrical, glau- 
cous, rather incurved, full of pellucid dots; flowers termina’ 
by threes ; calycine lobes unequal, two of which are long an 
the other three short. 2/.D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Corolla rose-coloured. Stigmas 5, erect. 
Produced-calyxed Fig-marigold. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. 
Shrub 1 foot. i 
220 M. stipuza‘ceum (Lin. spec. 693.) stem shrubby, and 1s 
as well as the branches erect; leaves teretely triquetrous, long, 
subulate, incurved, glaucous, full of pellucid dots, margined at 
the base. h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope— 
Dill. elth. f. 267. and 268. Haw. obs. 256. misc. 65. syn. eee 
rev. 154, Axils usually bearing leaves, hence the metaphoric’ 
name of stipuldaceum, there being no stipules. Corolla light red, 
paler on the under side, 2 inches in diameter. fi 
Stipulaceous Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1723. Sh. 1 i 
221 M. Hawértun (Willd. enum. suppl. 36. Donn, hor 
cant. ed. 6.) stem shrubby, erect; leaves crowded, compresse y 
cylindrical, attenuated at both ends, erect when young, bu 
spreading and glaucous when old. (Salm-Dyck. inlitt.). 2+ i 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. syn. 302. 1°% 
