396 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum. 
dle, attenuate at the apex, bluntish, mucronulate, keeled beneath, the 
angles entire, marked on both sides by tubercles. Flowers solitary, 
subsessile, yellow. Calyx 4-5-cleft. (Sp. 22-26.) : 
22. M. nobile (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1823. p. 381) ; stemless or nearly 
so ; leaves subelongate, triquetrously clavate, obtuse, somewhat recurved, 
the angles rotundate, rather concave above, marked by large elevated 
tubercles ; peduncle bibracteate ; calyx 6-cleft. DC lc. 419. Salm. 
Dyck. Monog. fase. 4. f. 1. M. magnipunctatum 7. affine. Haw. Rev. 87. 
M. compactum, Ait. Kew, vol. 2. p. 1 gi? 
Has. Gamkariver, May. Zeyher! 688. 
Leaves 4-6, connate at the base, 2-24 inches long, 6-7 lines wide. Flowers 2 
inches in diameter. Peduncle 4-6 lines long, with 2 lanceolate foliaceous bracteas, 
Calyx subglobose. Petals linear, whitish at the base. Styles 16, erect, equalling 
the stamens. 
23. M. magnipunctatum (Haw. Rev. p. 86) ; stemless ; leaves perfect, 
usually about 4, large, clavately triquetrous, very thick, glaucescent, flat 
above, keeled beneath, obtuse at the apex, marked with very large 
numerous dots ; flowers sessile. DO. l.c. M. magnipunctatum, Hav. 
Suppl. 87. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
24. M. canum (Haw. Obs. 1 58. Syn. 219); stemless ; leaves hoary, 
semiterete at the base, attenuated, gibbously keeled at the apex. DC. 1. c. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
det like M. magnipunctatum, but distinguished by its hoary aspect. Flowers un- 
own. 
25. M. albinatum (Haw. Phil. Mag., Aug. 1826, p. 126); stemless ; 
leaves acinaciformly triquetrous upwards, with a recurved mucro, full of 
scattered, rather elevated, whitish dots ; flowers sessile. IM. albipuncta- 
tum, Haw. l. ec. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Root perennial, tufted. Leaves decussate, green, spreading. Stamens erect, 
26. M. aloides (Haw. Suppl. 88) ; stemless or nearly so ; leaves erecto- 
patent, entire, semiterete, green, white-dotted, acute upwards, rather con- 
cave above, carinately triquetrous and mucronate at the apex ; flowers 
sessile ; calyx 5-cleft. DC.l.c. Salm. Dyck. l. c. fase. 3. f, 1. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
- Old plant tufted. Root fleshy, fusiform. Leaves 6-8, connate at the base, 2 in- 
ches long, and at the base 4 lines wide, Flowers 1 inch in diameter. Calyx turbi- 
nate, lobes equal in length, 3 of them membranaceous on the margins. Petals in 
one series. erect. Styles 10, 
§. 5. RINGENTTA, DC. (Ringentia et Scapi ra, Haw.) Plants stem- 
less or nearly so, Leaves 4-6, semiterete at the base, gradually thick- 
ening to the top and triquetrous ; lateral angles ciliate-dentate, carinal 
angles mostly entire, Flowers solitary, yellow. Calyx 4— 5-cleft. 
Stigmas 4-5, rarely more, (Sp. 27-37.) 4 
* Sessiliflora.—Flower sessile or on a short peduncle. t{ 2 
