Tas. 5988. 
MONANTHES MURALIS. 
Native of Marocco and the Canaries. 
Nat. Ord. CRASSULACES. 
Genus, Monantues, Haw. ; (Benth. and Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. i. p. 660). 
Moyaytues muralis ; humilis, perennis, fruticulosa, ramis confertis v. e collo 
diffusis, nudis apicibus adscendentibus dense foliosis succulentis, foliis t 
poll. longis spathulato-obovoideis crasse carnosis subsessilibus glabris 
sordide viridibus inferioribus purpureo variegatis, pedunculis subter- 
minalibus }-pollicaribus 3—6-floris glanduloso-pubescentibus, floribus 
6-meris, pedicellis glandulosis, calycis tubo late hemispherico segmentis 
acutis, petalis ovato-acuminatis aureis dorso sub apice rubro-punetatis, 
filamentis calycem subequantibus, antheris rubris, squamis recurvis 
lamina spathulata crassiuscula emarginata flavis, carpellis semi-ovoideis 
viridibus apicibus rubris in stylum brevem subulatum attenuatis. 
Prerkopyes muralis, Webb. mss. Walp. Ann. vol. vil. p. 931. 
The genus Monanthes (or Petrophyes of Webb), consists of 
six species, all natives of the Canary Islands, and supposed 
to be confined to that singular group, till one of these, the 
present species, was discovered in the Greater Atlas by my 
fellow traveller, Mr. Ball, F.R.S., growing on moist rocks at 
7000 to 8000 feet elevation on Mount Tezi, south-west of 
the city of Marocco. As far as I can discover, the Maroccan 
is identical with the Canarian form, though had I the latter 
alive to compare it with, differences would, no doubt, : 
observable ; in the colour, and perhaps in the form of some 0 
the organs. ; 
Monanthes is perhaps, too, closely allied to Sempervivum, 
differing in the much more developed scales _ opposite 
the carpels, and in the somewhat peculiar habit. mee 
figure is taken from Mount Atlas specimens, brought by 
myself in June, 187], which flowered in the Royal Gardens 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1872. 
