394 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum. 
solitary, nearly sessile, reddish or whitish. Calyx 4-6-cleft. Stigmas 
4-6. (Sp. 11-13.) 
‘11, M. testiculatum (Jacq. fragm. 20, 73. t. 12. f. 2.); stemless ; 
leaves 4-8, unequal, whitish, smooth, rather erect, ovate or oblong- 
ovate, flat above, convex beneath, quite entire. M. testiculare, Thunb.! 
Fl. Cap. 412. Haw. Syn. 265. M. octophyllum, Haw. Rev. 8 5. 
Has. Near Olifantsriver, Thunberg ! Between Droogekraal and Hollriver, Gamka- 
river, Zeyher / 701, Jan.-Sept. (Herb. Thunb. Sd.) 
j perennial. Leaves 4 or 6, rarely 8, connate at base, very fleshy, about 1 
inch long. Peduncle very short, with 2 leafy bracteas near the calyx. Flowers 
white or reddish, 1-2 inches in diameter. Calyx 6-cleft. 
12. M. fissum (Haw. Obs. 134. Syn. 20 5); plant almost stemless; 
leaves equal, half-terete, very blunt, glaucescent. DO. 1. c. 418. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Old stem 1-2 inches high, with veryshort, alternate branches. Flowers unknown. 
13. M. obtusum (Haw. Misc. 25. Syn. 206) ; plant almost stemless, 
green; leaves unequal, semiterete, acinaciform, obtuse ; flower sessile ; 
calyx 6-lobed, IL. fissoides, Haw. Obs. 1 35 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. : 
Old stem 2 inches high. Peduncle very short, with 2 leafy bracts. Flowers pale 
red. Calyx thick, lobes subequal, blunt. Petals an inch long. Filaments white. 
Styles 6, recurved, white. 
§. 3. ROSTRATA, Haw. DC. Plants stemless or nearly so, Leaves 
4-6, suberect, vaginate-connate, semiterete, attenuate, somewhat cari- 
nate at the apex. Flowers solitary, pedunculate, yellow. Calyx 
2-8-cleft. Stigmas 8-12, rarely more. (Sp. 14-21.) 
14. M. ramulosum (Haw. Misc. 29. Syn. 21 5)3 young plant nearly 
stemless ; old stem 3 inches high, branched, prostrate ; leaves subulate, 
obtuse, pustulate inside at the base, when old expanded ; scape terete, 
bracteate at the base ; calyx j-eleft. DC. l.¢. 421. M. rostratoides, 
Haw, Obs, 154. F 
- ‘Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers as in M. caninum um. Styles 9, equalling the stamens. This is the smallest 
of all the section. = a : 
15. M. bifidum (Haw. Misc. 29. Syn. 212); plant almost stemless ; 
leaves subulate, glaucous, obtuse, with many dots ; scape nearly terminal, 
1-flowered ; calyx bifid. DC. 1. c. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
: pres ares Allied to M. quadrifidum, but weaker, and the leaves ee 
16, M. quadrifidum (Haw. Misc, 28, Syn. 212); plant almost stem- 
less, at length branched ; leaves subulate, obtuse, hoary-glaucous, 
marked by a few dots towards the apex ; scape terminal, 1-flowered, 
longer than the leaves ; calyx 4-cleft. DC. l. ¢ 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Old stems 2-3 inches long. Styles about the length of the stamens. 
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