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papulose. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Haw. obs. 25. misc. 58. (exclusive of the synonyme of Thunb.) 
syn. 234. rev. 178. but not of D.C. Flowers yellow. 
Armed Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. 14 foot. 
FICOIDEZ. 
§ 48. Spinulifera (from spinula, a little thorn, and fero, to 
bear; leaves appearing like little thorns, when old). Haw. rev. 
176. Salm-Dyck, obs. 26. Stems suffruticose, usually strumose 
at the base; branches rather fleshy, papillose, when old they ap- 
pear asif they were spiny from the permanent remains of the 
dried leaves. Leaves cylindrical, papulose, opposite, somewhat 
channelled. Flowers expanding before meridian, fulvous or 
greenish red. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. 
263 M. srınurr rerum (Haw. obs. 206. and 443. misc. 57. 
syn. 252. rev. 176.) caudex and branches erect and thickened ; 
leaves crowded, semi-terete, channelled, papulose ; peduncles ter- 
minal, subumbellate. kh.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Corolla an inch in diameter, straw-coloured. 
Spine-bearing Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1794. Sh. 1 ft. 
264 M. toneispr’NuLum (Haw, in phil. mag. Dec. 1824. p. 
426.) branches few, procumbent, nodosely strumose at the base; 
leaves linear, channelled, and are, as well as the branches, papu- 
lose; old leaves permanent, long, hard, and spine-like; flowers 
usually solitary; peduncles strong, subclavate. h. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals pale yellow or straw- 
coloured. Stigmas 5, erect. 
Long -spined Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
procumbent. 
265 M. satmoneum (Haw. rev. p. 176.) stems rather fili- 
form, weak, elongated, prostrate ; leaves linear, furrowed, longer 
than the internodes, beset with sordid papule ; roots at length 
strumose above. h.D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers trichotomous, small, at first of a salmon colour, but 
afterwards becoming white inside. Stigmas 5, erect. 
Salmon-coloured-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 
1819. Shrub pr. 
266 M. canaticuta‘tum (Haw. obs. 218. misc. 57. syn. 253. 
rev. 177.) stems procumbently prostrate, filiform ; leaves linear- 
semiterete, covered with shining papule. h.D.G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla pale rose-coloured. Old stems 
half a foot high. 
Channelled-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. 
Shrub pr. 
267 M. viripirLorum (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 196.) caudex 
thickened ; branches diffuse, knotted ; leaves semiterete, beset 
with papulose hairs ; calyx hairy, pedunculate. h.D.G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. t. 326. D.C. 
pl. grass. t. 159. Jacq. fragm. t. 52.f. 2. Petals very narrow, 
greenish. Stigmas 5, joined in one body. 
Green-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Nov. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
268 M. créssum (Haw. misc. p. 57. syn. 252. rev. 176.) cau- 
dex thickened; branches effusely decumbent; leaves linear, 
nearly terete, obtuse, attenuated at both ends, papulose. h. 
D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. gróssum, M. 
carneum, and M. ageregatum, Haw. obs. 205, 206. and 419. 
Corolla middle-sized, pale, at length becoming of a reddish 
straw colour. 
Coarse Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 ft. 
269 M. TENUIFLÒRUM (Jacq. fragm. t. 32. f. 3.) stems dif- 
fuse, weak, cinereous; leaves semiterete, obtuse, channelled, 
spreading, beset with crystalline papule; flowers 1-2, termi- 
nal, on short peduncles. k.D. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Petals linear-filiform, of a dirty red-colour. 
Slender-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl, July, Nov. Clt. 1820. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
Clt. 1794. 
CH 1774; 
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I. MresEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
270 M. ni‘ripum (Haw. obs. 412. mise, 57. syn. 243, rey, 
177.) stem erect ; branches slender, effuse, knotted ; leaves semi- 
terete, beset with glittering papulz;-flowers terminal, usually by 
threes. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 
yellow. Salm-Dyck ex Spreng. nov. prov. 27. M. brachiatum, 
D. C. pl. grass. t. 129. M. pruindsum, Thunb. fl. cap. 425. ex 
Salm-Dyck and Spreng. but according to Haworth this species 
differs in the stem being decumbent, and in the branches being 
bent. 
Shining Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1790. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
§ 49. Noctiflòra (from nox, the night, and flos, a flower; 
flowers expanding at night). Haw. syn. 259. rev. 179. Salm- 
Dyck, obs. 23. Slender subshrubs, almost without leaves at the 
base, at length becoming thickened at the roots; with elongated 
branches. Leaves distinct, cylindrical, glaucous, remote, dotless, 
soon falling off. Flowers usually by threes, terminal, white, rose- 
coloured or straw-coloured on the outside, expanding in the even- 
ing. Calyx turbinate, 4-cleft. Stigmas 4. 
271 M. nocrirrdrum (Lin. spec. 689.) stems suffruticose; 
branches erect, with white bark; leaves rather remote, obso- 
letely semicylindrical, glaucous ; peduncles biternately cymose. 
hk. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. rev. 179. 
Lodd. bot. cab. 495. 
Var.a, Phoeniceum (Haw. rev. 179.) flowers white inside, and 
scarlet outside, very sweet-scented.—Dill. elth. f. 262. 
noctifldrum, D. C, pl. grass. t. 10. Haw. obs. 251. misc. 63. 
syn. 260. } 
Var. B, stramineum (Haw. rev. 179. but not of Willd.) 
flowers white inside, and straw-coloured on the outside.—Dill. 
elth. f. 263. ; 
Var. y? elatum (Haw. rev. 180.) leaves longer, semi-erect, 
white from mealiness, cylindrically triquetrous, at length re- 
flexed ; flowers by threes, white inside, and rose-coloured on the 
outside. Perhaps a proper species. 
Night-flowering Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1714. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
272 M. Fu’tvum (Haw. rev. p. 180.) stem suffruticose ; bark 
of branches brownish-grey ; leaves remote, nearly cylindrical, 
glaucescent, exactly half erect; flowers by threes. R. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. stramineum, Haw. obs» 
252. (exclusive of the synonyme of Dillenius,) misc. 63, sy®™ 
261. but not of Willd. “Flowers fulvous, but white on the m- 
side. Ovarium top-formed. Perhaps distinct from the pre- 
ceding species, according to the Prince de Salm-Dyck in litt. 
Fulvous-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820, 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
273 M. ctava‘tum (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. t. 108.) stem erect, 
sparingly branched; leaves nearly terete, remote, horizontal; 
peduncles clavate, aggregate, cymose. h. D. G. Native 0 
the Cape of Good Hope. M. defoliàtum, Haw. misc. 83. rev 
181. Flowers white. 
Var. B, horizontàle (D.C. prod. 3. p. 445.) flowers straw- 
coloured, but white on the inside, disposed by threes. er 
rizontale, Haw. syn. 261. rev. 181. M. stramineum a, Haw. 
misc. 63. exclusive of the synonymes. Perhaps a proper meer 
Clavate-peduncled Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1795. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
§ 50. Geniculiflòra (from geniculum, a little knee, and flos, 5 
flower; from the flowers rising in the knees or forks of : 
branches). D. C. prod. 3. p. 445. Stems frutescent, erect. Lo 
opposite, distinct, papulose, semi-terete. Flowers sessile m the for 
of the branches, solitary, yellowish, expanding in the day tme: 
274 M. cenicutirLorum (Lin. spec. 688.) stem frutescen’ 
erect; leaves distinct, semi-terete, papulose ; flowers sessile 
