Mesembryanthemum.| _MESEMBRYACEH (Sond.) 393 
7. M. uvaeforme (Haw. Rev. 84) ; stemlessor subcaulescent, nearly glo- 
bose ; sheaths densely wmbricate, thick, transversely wrinkled, obtuse, 
the uppermost about equalling the pale green, prominently dotted cor- 
puscula ; flowers exserted, tubular; ovary inclosed. Lycoperdastrum, 
etc. Burm. Afr. t. 10. f. 2. 
Bs rates near Lislap, Betchuana territory, on rocks, 3000f. May. Zeyher / 
erb. . 
; Garnkieenn. A stemless plant, 3 inch, caulescent 1-14 inch long; 4-6 rising 
from a branched woody root. Corpusculum the size of a hazelnut. Calyx 6-cleft, 
inclosed with the turbinate ovarium. Petals purplish when dried, connate at the 
base, 5-6 lines long. Half ripe fruit as large as a pea, covered with the pointed, 
purplish dotted calyx-lobes. 
8. M. truncatum (Thunb.! Nov. Act. Ephem. nat. curios. Vol. 8, p. 
5, App.) ; stemless or caulescent, obconical, exactly truncate; sheaths 
thinly membranaceous, the uppermost entire, dotted at the margin, a 
little longer than the retuse, glabrous, dotted corpusculum ; flower pe- 
dunculate, exserted ; calyx 4-cleft; ovary inclosed. Flor. Cap. 412. 
excl. syn, Burm. DC. 1.c. M. turbiniforme. Haw. Rev. 84. Burch. trav. 
I, 310. 
Has. Rocks in Camenasie Karroo, in Bockland and near Hexriver, Thunberg ; 
Zandvalley, Burchell; Knaus, Betchuana territory, Zeyher, 2954. Jan.—May. 
(Herb. Thunb. 8d.) 
Root fibrous, perennial. A stemless plant, 4 inch, caulescent 1-1} inches, and 
often with 1 or 2 lateral branches. Sheaths pale yellowish when dry, shining, the 
uppermost including 1 or 2 corpuscula, 5-6 lines long, truncate. Corpuscula about 
3 lines long. Flower exserted, the compressed peduncle inclosed in the fissure. 
Petals (whitish ¢) united at the base, about 2 or 3 lines long. Half ripe fruit as 
as a small pea, hemispherical, covered with the 4, pointed, purple-dotted calyx-lobes. 
9. M. fimbriatum (Sond.); stemless or somewhat caulescent, obovate ; 
sheaths membranaceous, imbricate, the uppermost cuneate, white but 
purplish near the base, deeply lacerate-fimbriate ; corpusculum subglo- 
bose, punctate, glabrous, but ciliolate at the fissure, half as long as the 
sheaths. 
Has. Gamkariver, May. Zeyher/ (Herb. Sd.) 
Many plants, 4-3 inch high, from the perennial root. Upper vagina about 3 lines 
long, the fimbriae 1 line long. Flowers unknown. Easily known by the lacerate 
vagina. : Bo 
10. M. fibuleforme (Haw. Misc. 22. Syn. 203); stemless or some- 
what caulescent, rather canescent, depressed ; sheaths membranaceous, 
the uppermost whitish, cuneate, irregularly toothed ; corpusculum very 
thinly pubescent, ciliate at the fissure, not punctate, shorter than the 
vagina ; styles 6. DC.l.c. 417. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope, Scholl. ; Namaqualand, Zeyher! (Herb. Vind. Sd.) 
Root ial. Stems numerous, }-1 inch high, greyish, as thick as a pigeon’s 
F upper vagina marcescent, white. Corpuscula the size of a small 
Petals unknown. Z me i 
§. 2. SUBQUADRIFOLIA, Salm. Dyck. DC. (Semiovata and obtusa, 
Haw.) Plants almost stemless. Leaves 4-6, decussate, quite entire, ob- 
tuse, flat above but pustulate at the base, convex beneath. Flowers 
