FICOIDE Æ. 
of Good Hope. Petals linear, acute at both ends, yellowish. 
Styles 5. Root biennial (ex Salm-Dyck. in litt.). 
Flaccid Fig-marigold. Clt.? Pl. 4 foot. 
829 M. Canpoéiiu (Haw. rev. p. 160.) leaves lanceolate, flat, 
acute, ciliated a little, distinct ; peduncles very long, hairy ; 
lobes of calyx acuminated, exceeding the petals ; stigmas 16-20. 
©. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. helian- 
thoides, D. C. pl. grass. t. 135. Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 15. but 
not of Ait. ex Haw. Calyx angular at the base. Flowers 
yellow. 
De Candolle’s Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1774. Pl, 
3 foot. 
330 M. riròsum (Haw. rev. p. 161.) leaves linear-lanceolate, 
ciliated; stems effuse ; peduncles, bracteas, and calyxes clothed 
with wool-like villi; petals longer than the calyx; stigmas 15- 
20. ©. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope.—Breyn. 
cent. t. 79.—Mor. hist. sect. 12. t. 6. f. 13. M. pilosum and 
M. calendulaceum, Haw. misc. 47. Perhaps sufficiently distinct 
from M. Candéllii. Flowers yellow. 
Pilose Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Pl. $ ft. 
331 M. cra'srum (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 198.) leaves petio- 
late, spatulately-lanceolate, dilated at the base, and are as well 
as the branches glabrous; base of calyx hemispherical, with 
linear, unequal lobes; stigmas usually 12, united into a tube at 
the base. ©. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Hymenégyne glabra, Haw. rev. 192. Corolla straw-coloured ; 
petals rufescent at the base; sterile filaments copper-coloured. 
Habit almost of M. Candéllit. Seeds winged. 
Glabrous Fig-marigold. Fl. Jul. Oct. Clt. 1787. 
T Species not sufficiently known. 
PL. $ ft. 
832 M. nvu'mitz (Haw. misc. 80. rev. 122.) stems prostrate ; 
leaves triquetrous, subulate; calyx 4-cleft. h. D Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves opposite, or probably 
ternate. 
Var.a, ribrum (Haw. l. c.) flowers red.—Petiv. gaz. t. 88. f. 8. 
Haw. obs. 471. 
Var. B. lùteum (Haw. l. c.) flowers yellow.—Pet. gaz. t. 88. f. 8. 
Humble Fig-marigold. Pl. prostrate. 
333 M. ARBORIFÓRME (Burch. voy. l. p. 343. cat. geogr. 
2004.). h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Allied 
to M. parvifòlium. Shrub 1-2 feet high, branched, with the 
trunk for the most part simple. Cymes 8-times dichotomous. 
Flowers minute, of a testaceous colour. 
Tree-formed Fig-marigold. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
334 M. campr’stre (Burch. cat. geogr. 1340. ex voy. 1. p. 
259.). h.D.G. A plant a foot and a half high, straight. 
Flowers rose-coloured. Allied to M. pulchéllum. 
Field Fig-marigold. Shrub 14 foot. i 
335 M.? taurirdtium (Haw. obs. 470. misc. 49. rev. 157.) 
root fusiform; stem very flexuous ; leaves opposite, cuneately 
obovate. Y%. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
—Petiv. gaz. 88. f. 4. Anthers and petals purple. Perhaps a 
species of Othdna. 
Laurel-leaved Fig-marigold. Pl. 1 foot? 
_ 336 M.? cinia‘rum (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 179.) leaves oppo- 
Site, connate, semi-terete; stipulas membranous, reflexed, jagged, 
in the form of cilie. h. D.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
ope. Corolla white. The rest unknown. Stipulas in all 
other species of Mesembryanthemum are wanting; It 1s then 
probably a species of Arenaria. 
Ciliated-stipuled Fig-marigold. Clt. 1774. Pl. 2 foot. 
337 M. cor1a‘r1um (Burch. cat. geogr. 2487. ex trav. 1. p. 
243.), h. D. S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, where 
it is used in tanning leather. Said to be allied to M. uncinatum. 
Hide Fig-marigold. Shrub. 
I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 
" 627. 
II. TETRAGONIA. 151 
338 M.? vırròsum (Lin. spec. 695.) stem shrubby, thickened 
at the base; branches prostrate ; leaves connate, linear, semi- 
terete, channelled, pubescent ; peduncles trichotomous; flowers 
apetalous. h. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Haw. obs. 222. and 441. misc. 58. syn. 254. rev. 125. Calyx 
5-cleft, purplish inside. Capsule fleshy, 5-6-celled. Perhaps 
a species of dizdon, Tetragonia, or Sesùvium, but the descrip- 
tion is not sufficient to decide this point. 
Villous Fig-marigold. Shrub prostrate. 
339 M. cranirérme (Haw. misc. 82. syn. 263. rev. 149.) 
stems expanded, short, suffruticose; leaves distinct, rather tri- 
quetrous, ovate grain-formed; stamens collected. kh. D. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Bradl. succ. t. 20. Stems 
3 inches high. Leaves 3 lines long. Flowers yellow, expanding 
in the evening. This species is entirely unknown at the present 
day, having been only known to Bradley. According to Ha- 
worth’s opinion, it comes in section Cymbiformia. 
Grain-formed-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt.1727. 
Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. This is a vast genus of what are called succulent 
plants, that is, fleshy-leaved plants. The shrubby kinds should 
be grown in pots, in a very sandy or gravelly soil; they should 
be kept almost quite dry, while in a dormant state, but when 
growing freely and in the flowering season, they require a consi- 
derable supply of water. The poorer the soil is, the more dwarf 
the plants will grow, and bear flowers more abundantly. The 
shelves in a greenhouse are a good place to preserve them through 
the winter, however, a good dry frame will answer the purpose 
equally well, if not better, with a covering of mats in frosty 
weather. Cuttings of all of them strike root readily, if planted 
in pots of the same kind of earth recommended for the plants, 
and kept dry till they begin to wither, when they may have a 
little water given to them; and under this treatment they will 
root very soon. There are also several annual and biennial 
kinds, most of them handsome and curious. The seeds of these 
should be sown in pots early in spring, and raised in a frame, 
hot-bed, or greenhouse; and when the plants are of sufficient 
size, plant them singly in small pots, and set them in the green- 
house, until the warm weather commences, when they may be 
set out of doors along with the shrubby kinds, where they will 
flower and seed freely, if the summer proves fine. ‘The same 
soil and treatment recommended for the shrubby kinds will also 
suit these well. The ice-plant, M. crystallinum, and also M. pin- 
natifidum do well if planted out on rockwork or among stones, 
where they will make a very curious appearance. 
II. TETRAGO'NIA (from rerpa, tetra, four, and ywra, 
gonia, an angle; fruit of some of the species). Lin. gen. no. 
Geertn. fruct. 2. t. 127: and 179. Lam. ill. 437. D.C. 
prod. 3. p. 451.—Tetragonocarpus, Commel. 
Lin. syst. Icoséndria, Tri-Octogiynia. , Calyx 4-cleft, rarely 
8-cleft, with the tube adhering to the ovarium, and 4-5-horned ; 
lobes coloured on the inside. Petals wanting. Stamens vari- 
able in number. Ovarium 8-8-celled. Styles 3-8, very short. 
Nut bony, winged, or horned, indehiscent, 3-8-celled inside. 
Seeds solitary in the cells.—Herbs or sub-shrubs. Leaves al- 
ternate, flat, fleshy, undivided, usually quite entire. Flowers 
axillary, pedicellate, or sessile. 
Secr. I. Txtraconoipes (altered from Tetragonia). D.C. 
prod. 3. p. 452. Stamens in fascicles, or solitary in the recesses 
of the calyx. Nuts usually horned.—Annual or biennial herbs. 
Flowers sessile or on short pedicels. Horns of calyx sometimes 
bearing accessory flowers. 
1 T. expra’nsa (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 178.) herbaceous leaves 
petiolate, ovate-rhomboid ; flowers sessile; fruit 4-horned, 6-8- 
seeded. ©. H. Native of New Zealand and Japan, also of 
