144 FICOIDE Æ. 
Haw. obs. 288. misc. 103. syn. 276. rev. 189. D.C. pl. grass. t. 24. 
Jacq. schoenbr. t. 4387. M. setòsum, Mœnch. Flowers yellow. 
Var. P, álbum (Haw. 1. c.) flowers white. 
Hedge-hog Fig-marigold. Fl. Jul. Oct. Clt. 1774. Sh.4 to} ft. 
234 M. srrumdsum (Haw. rev. 190.) stems decumbent, 
branched; leaves crowded, depressedly cylindrical, hispid all 
over ; lobes of calyx nearly equal; root at length tuberous. 
h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla pale 
straw-coloured or white. 
Strumose Fig-marigold. 
§ 45. 
Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh.łto4 ft. 
Hispida (from hispidus, bristly ; branches rough from 
bristles). D. C. prod. 3. p. 441.—Hispicailia, Haw. syn. 278. 
rev. 185. Salm-Dyck. obs. 26. Stems suffruticose, bushy ; 
branches hispid from bristles. Leaves distinct, cylindrical, papu- 
lose. Peduncles hispid. Flowers middle-sized, expanding before 
meridian, reddish, or rose-coloured, rarely white. Calyx 5-cleft. 
Stigmas 5. 
235 M.carycr'num (Haw. rev. 187.) branches effuse; leaves 
cylindrical, rather filiform, obtuse, papulose ; two of the caly- 
cine lobes are foliaceous, much exceeding the other three in 
length ; stamens longer than the stigmas. h.D.G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 
Long-calyxed Fig-marigold. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. 3 ft. 
236 M. tusercura‘tum (D.C. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 44.) stems 
decumbent, much branched ; branches ascending ; leaves terete, 
acute, papulose, soft; branches, peduncles, and calyxes hispid ; 
calyx campanulate at the base; stamens hardly exceeding the 
stigmas. kh.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 
hispifolium, Haw. suppl. 94. rev..189. Petals rose-coloured, 
but purplish above, with a deeper-coloured middle line. There 
is also a variety of this with white flowers. 
Tubercled Fig-marigold. Fl. Oct. Clt.1818. Shrub dee. 
237 M. arrenva‘tum (Haw. rey. 188.) plant slender; 
branches decumbent, filiform; leaves semi-cylindrical, filled, 
obtuse, or nearly terete, papulose ; peduncles elongated ; calyxes 
hairy at the base. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, Petals at first white, or with a rose-coloured middle 
line, whence there is a rose-coloured circle in the flower. 
Alttenuated-branched Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1821. 
Shrub decumbent, 
238 M. stria’tum (Haw. obs. 280. misc. 188.) stem erect; 
leaves semi-cylindrical, subulate, papulose ; calyx woolly ; sta- 
mens collected, length of stigmas. h.D. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Capsule angular at the apex. 
Var. a, roseum (Haw. rev. 188.) petals pale rose-coloured, 
with a deeper-coloured line in the middle.—Dill. elth. f. 281. 
Var. P, pallens (Haw. 1. c.) petals white, each with a red line 
atthe base. D.C. pl. grass. t. 132. 
Striated- flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. 
Shrub Žž foot. 
239 M. rrorrpu’'Npum (Haw. misc. p. 100. syn. 274. rev. 
187.) branches spreading, very numerous ; leaves almost cylin- 
drical, somewhat incurved, papulose, obtuse ; calyxes hemisphe- 
rical, beset with papulose pili ; stamens not equalling the stigmas 
in length. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 
hispidum £, pallidum, Haw. obs. 279. Flowers numerous, 
pale red; with the petals white at the base. 
Var. È, torquatum (Haw. rev. 187.) flowers fewer, larger and 
more remote; stamens exceeding the stigmas. According to 
Salm-Dyck this is not distinct from M. floribiindum, which are 
both perhaps referrible to M. striatum, var. B. 
Bundle-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. 
Shrub 4 foot. 
240 M. ca’npens (Haw. rev. p. 186.) branches long, weak, 
procumbent or prostrate; leaves cylindrical, incurved, canes- 
Clt. 1727. 
Clt. 1704. 
T. MresEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
cent, and glittering, obtuse. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Flowers unknown. Leaves shining in the sun 
from papule. M. hirtéllum, Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 24. but not of 
Haw. Perhaps only a variety of M. hirté/lum. 
Var. a, glaucéscens (Salm-Dyck. in litt.) leaves glaucescent, 
M. candens, var. a, minus, Haw. in phil. mag. dec. 1831. 
422, F 
: Var. P, viréscens (Salm-Dyck. in litt.) leaves greener ; branches 
less elongated. M. candens #, virideus, Haw. 1. c. 
Glittering Fig-marigold. Clt. 1820. Shrub pr. 
241 M. nirre’ttum (Haw. obs. 284. exclusive of the syno- 
nymes, misc. 102. syn. 274. rev. 186.) stem erect, bushy ; leaves 
crowded, cylindrical, very blunt, beset with glittering papule ; 
calyx turbinate, beset with papulose pili; stamens equal in length 
to the stigmas. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
Flowers larger than those of any other species of this section, 
showy ; petals pale red, white at the base. 
Bristly Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Nov. Cit. 1792. Sh. $to 1 ft. 
242 M. suscompre’ssum (Haw. in phil. mag. Aug. 1826. p. 
131.) plant erect and twiggy ; leaves greenish-canescent, com- 
pressedly semi-terete, obliquely obtuse ; upper part of branches 
rather pilose. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers of a reddish violaceous colour. 
Var. B, minus (Haw. 1. c.) plant not half the size of the 
species. 
Subcompressed-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1829, 
Shrub 1 foot. 
243 M. rurru‘reum (Haw. in phil. mag. Dec. 1831. p. 421.) 
shrub bushy ; branches crowded, straightish, stiff, furfuraceous; 
leaves cylindrical, very blunt, and are, as well as the calyx, beset 
with obsolete crystalline papule; flowers small, numerous. 
h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers termi- 
nating the branches, usually solitary, very pale red. 
Furfuraceous Fig-marigold. Clt.1830. Shrub 1 foot. 
244 M. nisripum (Lin. spec. 691.) stem erect, bushy ; leaves 
cylindrical, very blunt, green, glabrous, and covered with glit- 
tering papule, as well as the calyx, which is conical; stamens 
exceeding the stigmas. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 278. D. C. pl. grass. t. 66. M. hispidum 4, 
Haw. obs. 277, M. hispidum, Haw. syn. 273. rev. 186. Flowers 
deep purple. 
Hispid Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1704. Sh. } to 1ft 
245 M. susnisrrpum (Haw. in phil. mag. Dec. 1831. p. 421.) 
stem erect; branches and peduncles usually without hairs ; 
leaves cylindrical, very blunt, and are, as well as the obcon! 
calyxes, glabrous, greenish, and covered with glittering papv® 
k. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. hispidum p 
platypétalum, Haw. rev. 186. Petals pale purple, whitish at 
the base, emarginate at the apex. Very like M. hispidum, but 
taller, less branched; but the branches are longer, more erect, 
and straight, and the flowers paler. 
Subhispid Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1704. Sh. 1 foot. 
§ 46. Aspericaúlia (from asper, rough, and caulis, a stemi 
stems rough). Haw. misc. 97. rev 182. Salm-Dyck, obs. 26. 
Stems shrubby, hardly a foot and a kalf high ; branches filiform 
scabrous. Leaves distinct, remote, nearly terete, glittering rem 
papule, Flowers expanding before meridian; reddish or p> 
per-coloured. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5, but in one of the 
species the calyx is 6-cleft, and the stigmas are 6. 
* Flowers reddish. 
246 M. PULVERULE'NTUM (Haw. obs. 265. misc. 89. syn. at 
rev. 185. but not of Willd.) stem erect; branches crowd d 
leaves cylindrically triquetrous, obtuse, dotted with white, pow" 
dery, scabrous; calyx 6-cleft. h. D.G, Native of the Cape 
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