FICOIDEZA. I. 
of Good Hope. Flowers almost like those of M. barbatum, 
reddish. Stigmas 6, recurved at the apex. 
Pondery Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Cit. 1792. Sh. 4 to 1 foot. 
- 247 M. sessize (Thunb. fl. cap. 419.) stem erect, terete ; 
branches flexuous, divaricate; leaves globosely trigonal, very 
blunt, glabrous; flowers sessile. %}.D.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Leaves a line long. Flowers red. 
Sessile-flowered Fig-marigold. Shrub 1 foot. 
248 M. susctoposum (Haw. syn. 273. rev. 185.) branches 
numerous, filiform, divaricate, rather decumbent; leaves ex- 
panded, rather papulose, very short, cylindrically subglobose. 
h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. capillare, 
Thunb. fl. cap. 419, but not of others. M. subglobdsum and 
M. brevifdlium a, Haw. mise. 62. and 99. Flowers red. 
Subglobose-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1795. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
_ 249 M. erevirorivm (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 188.) stems erect- 
ish; branches diffuse, filiform, numerous; leaves cylindrical, 
very blunt, spreading, papulose. h.D.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. M. brevifdlium, Haw. misc. p: 99: var. B; 
syn. 272, rev, 185. M. erigerifòlium, Jacq. hort. vind. t. 477. 
ex Salm-Dyck in litt. Corolla small, red. 
Short-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1777. Sh. 1ft. 
250 M. rarviròrium (Haw. rev. 184. but not of Lam.) stem 
erectish ; branches rather crowded, filiform, rough, hard ; leaves 
grain-formed, expanded, bluntly triquetrous, rather glittering 
from papulæ. p. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Corolla expanding in the day time, deep purple, nearly like that 
of M. hispidum, but one-half smaller. Stigmas 5, erect, green. 
Small-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 4 to 1 ft. 
251 M. osr'evum (Haw. rev. 183. but not of Willd.) stem 
erect ; branches filiform, hard, roughish, erectish ; leaves distant, 
cylindrical, obtuse, small, glittering from papulæ, with one of the 
pair deflexed, and the other opposite it ascending. k. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ker, bot. reg. 863. Pe- 
tals purple, spreading, acute. Stamens erect, collected, white. 
Flowers 9-10 lines in diameter. 
Oblique-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh, 1 ft. 
** Flowers copper-coloured or yellow. 
252 M. rra'vum (Haw. rev. 183.) stem erectish; branches 
very slender, scabrous from dots; leaves nearly terete, rather 
attenuated at both ends, glittering from papule, erectly incurved 
or variously bent ; lobes of calyx obtuse, nearly equal. h. D. 
_ Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla expanded half 
an inch broad, of a golden yellow-colour, rather reddish on the 
outside ; filaments white. 
; Yellow-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
z to 1 foot. 
253 M. mrcans (Lin. spec. 696.) stem erect; branches sca- 
brous ; leaves semi-cylindrical, bluntish, rather recurved, glit- 
tering from papulz; lobes of calyx and petals acutish. h. D; 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.—Dill. elth. f. 283. and 
423. Bradl. suce. t. 8. Curt. bot. mag. 448. D.C. pl. grass. t. 
158. Haw. obs. 268. and 423. misc. 98. syn. 271. rev. 182. 
Flowers pedunculate, copper-coloured, an inch and a half in dia- 
meter, with dark sterile filaments. Stigmas 5, thick, and 
greenish. 
Glittering Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1704. Sh. 14 ft. 
254 M. macura'rum (Haw. syn. 271. rev, 182.) stems erect, 
covered with rough spots; leaves expanded, remote, obtuse, 
semi-cylindrical, and rather compressed, papulose. k. D G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. maculàtum and M. 
micans 8, Haw. misc. 99. Flowers unknown. : 
r tted-stamened Fig-marigold. Cit. 1732. Shrub 13 foot. 
255 M. sreciðsum (Haw. obs. 867. misc. 98. syn. 270. rev. 
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182.) stem erect, with scabrous branches ; leaves semi-cylindri- 
cal, subulate, acutish, incurved, glittering a little from papulæ ; 
lobes of calyx and petals obtuse; corolla rather funnel-shaped. 
k. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla large, 
deep scarlet, with a green base, less than that of M. micans, ex- 
panding in the height of the sun. 
Elegant Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1793. Shrub 14 ft. 
§ 47. Trichétoma (the flowers are disposed by threes, or in a 
trichotomous manner). Haw. rev. 178. Tuberdsa. Salm-Dyck, 
obs. 25. Erect branched subshrubs. Leaves usually nearly cy- 
lindrical, and glittering in the sun from papule. Calyx 5-cleft. 
Flowers small, disposed by threes, of various colours, but usually 
of a yellowish coppery-colour.—An artificial section. 
256 M. Tuperosvum (Lin. spec. 693.) stem erect, branched ; 
leaves rather triquetrous, compressed, beset with minute papula, 
recurved at the apex; flowers trichotomous ; root tuberous, 
hard. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.— Dill. 
elth. f. 264. D.C. pl. grass. t. 78. Haw. obs. 271. misc. 89. 
syn. 253. rev. 170. Peduncles usually permanent and spinose, 
as in M. spindsum. Flowers small, flesh-coloured. Stigmas 5, 
rarely 6, ex Haw. 
Tuberous-rooted Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Oct. 
Shrub 2 to 8 feet. 
257 M. mecarutzum; root large, tuberous; stem erect, 
branched; leaves recurvely hooked; branches erect, thong- 
formed, flexile. %.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Very like M. tuberdsum, but differs from it in the principal stem 
being more equal in thickness ; and in the flowers being more 
numerous and white. M. macrorhizum, Haw. in phil. mag. Nov. 
1826. p. 332. but not of D. C. 
Large-rooted Fig-marigold. FI. 
Shrub 2 feet. 
258 M. resta‘ceum (Haw. suppl. 97. rev. 178.) stem shrubby, 
leaves semi-terete, rather triquetrous, glaucescent ; 
Cit. 1714. 
Cit. 1824. 
May, Aug. 
erect ; cen 
flowers disposed in trichotomous umbels. h.D. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems 2-3 feet high. Flowers 
small, of a coppery-colour, pedunculate. Petals in one series. 
Both the fertile and sterile stamens are snow white, collected 
into a cone. 
Testaceous-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
259 M. tricno’romum (Thunb. fl. cap. 419.) stem straight ; 
branches divaricate; leaves connate, trigonal, obtuse; flowers 
terminal, sessile; calyx 4-cleft. .D.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. It differs from M. geniculiflorum in the leaves 
being connate, and without papule, and in the flowers being red. 
Stigmas 4, purple, short. 
Trichotomous Fig-marigold. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
260 M. sustnca‘num (Haw. in phil. mag. Dec. 1824. p. 427.) 
stem firm, branched, erect; leaves expanded, compressed, tri- 
gonal, rather canescent, soft, recurved, and mucronulate at the 
apex; flowers terminal, disposed by threes ; lobes of calyx 5, 
unequal, hk. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
middle-sized, snow white, expanding before meridian. This 
species is most nearly allied to M. trichétomum. 3 
Rather-hoary Fig-marigold. Fi. Aug, Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. 
2 to 3 feet, 
261 M. pecussa`rum (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 414.) stem shrubby, 
trichotomous ; branches erect ; leaves connate, linear-semiterete, 
rather papulose ; flowers edunculate, solitary. k. DG Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers spreading, snow white, 
Calyx 5-cleft. 
Decussate-leaved Fig-marigold. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
262 M. pracmia`tum (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 119.) stem much 
branched ; branches trichotomous, papulose ; leaves cylindrical, 
