Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 397 
27. M. tigrinum (Haw. Obs. 164. Syn. 216) ; plant almost stemless ; 
leaves ovate-cordate, glaucous-green, marbled with white, carinate-convex 
beneath, carinal angle very entire, lateral ones dentate, teeth ciliated 
with many long hairs; flowers subsessile. H. § Z./ 1982. Bot. Reg. t. 
260. Salm. Dyck. Monog. fase. 1. t. 5. M. ringens, Thunb.! herb. a. (ex 
parte). 
Has, In Karroo in Onderste Roggeveld, Thunberg! Mount Bothasberg near 
Vishriver, Albany, Jan. (Herb. Thunb, Sd.) . 
Leaves rhomboid-dilated, 1-14 inches long, 8-12 lines wide, very fleshy, with 
20-24 ciliated teeth on the margin. Calyx turbinate, §-cleft. Petals in 2 or 3 series. 
Styles 5. Distinguished from the following by the larger leaves. 
28. M. felinum (Haw. Obs. 161. Syn. 216); nearly stemless ; leaves 
triquetrous, rhomboid-lanceolate, glaucescent, obsoletely white-dotted, cari- 
nate-convex beneath, carinal angle very entire, lateral ones with 8 cili- 
ate teeth ; flowers subsessile. DC. Pl. Grass. t.152. HE. & Z.! 1981. 
Salm. Dyck. l. c. fase. t,t. 6. Dill. Hlth. t. 187. f.230. M. ringens, 
Thunb. ! herb. ex pte. 
Has. Karrooin Bockland, Roggeveld, Thunberg / Zwartkopsrivier, Zeyher! 2580. 
Feb.—Nov. (Herb. Thunb. D., Sd.) 
Leaves 14 inches long, 6-8 lines wide, with 6-10, rigid, recurved teeth. Flowers 
as large as in the foregoing. Calyx globose, 5-fid. Petals 2-3-seriate. Styles 5. 
29. M. lupinum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 64-111); nearly stemless ; leaves 
triquetrous, lanceolate, green, without dots, smooth above, carinate-convex 
and prominently punctate beneath ; carinal angle very entire, lateral 
ones with numerous long ciliated teeth; flowers subsessile. DC. 1. ¢. 
419. Salm. Dyck. 1. c. fasc. 6. t.2. * 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.) : ; : 
Leaves 1-1} inches long, at the base 9 lines wide, with 16-20 lateral, subulate, 
long ciliated. reversed teeth. Calyx turbinate, §-fid. Petals 2—3-seriate. Styles 5. 
Very like M. felinum, but differs by the greener, from the base attenuated leaves 
with longer and more numerous teeth, and by the much smaller flowers. 
30. M. murinum (Haw. Obs. 165. Syn. 217); nearly stemless, much 
branched ; leaves elongate-rhomboid, tuberculate-punctate, half cylindri- 
cal at the base, triquetrous at top, carinal angle at the apex denticulate, 
lateral ones with 4-6, short, acute, subciliated teeth ; flowers on short 
peduneles.. DO. l. c. Salm. Dyck. l. c. fase. 5. f. 1. M. ringens, Thunb.! 
herb. 8. (ea pte.) 
Has. Karroo in Onderste Bokke’veld, Thunberg / 
Leaves 12-14 lines long, 4 lines wide, acute, glaucescent, a little thickened 
towards the apex. Flowers small. Calyx turbinate. Petals in many series. Styles 
s, short. Distinguished from the preceding by the short denticulated leaves with 
denticulate carinal angle. 
$1. M. mustellinum (Salm. Dyck. Obs. p. 9); plant almost stemless, 
branched ; leaves triquetrous, gradually thickening towards the apex, 
obtuse, greenish, punctate-papulose, pustulate-gibbous on the inside at 
the base, carinal angle dilated, very entire, lateral ones denticulated above 
the middle ; flowerson short peduncles. Monog. fase. 1. t. 7. 
Has. Bitterfontein, Bechuana territory, April, Zeyher / (Herb. Sd. 
Leaves 8-10 lines long, 4—5 lines wide, spathulate, flattish above. Flowers small. 
