398 MESEMBRYACER (Sond.) [Mesembranthemum. 
Calyx turbinate, 5-fid. Petals in many series. Styles 5, short. In the wild speci- 
mens the leaves are shorter, 4-6 lines long, more roundish at the apex, and often 
only cartilagineous-dentate or entire. 
$2. M. ermininum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Aug. 1826, p. 126); nearly 
stemless, branched ; leaves triquetrous, a little thickened towards the 
apex, glaucescent, wrinkled from numerous dots, carinal angle very en- 
tire, subdilated, lateral ones with short teeth at the apex ; flowers on short 
peduncles. Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 1. t. 8. | 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Leaves 8-9 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, bluntish ; lateral angles with 6-8 very short 
teeth. Flowers small. Calyx turbinate. Petals in many series, setaceous. Styles 
§, short. Different from MM. mustellinwm in the leaves being smaller, glaucous, punc- 
tate but not gibbous, tuberculate on the inside at the base. 
33. M. musculinum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826. p. 228); stem short, 
branches elongate, prostrate ; leaves triquetrous, glaucous-green, pellu- 
cid-punctate, gibbous, pustulate on the inside at the base, margins and 
keel usually bearing but one tooth each ; flowers on short peduncles. 
Salm Dyck, l. ¢. fase. 1. t. 9. 
‘Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v ) 
3ran angular, sometimes 6 inches long. Leaves about 8 lines long, 2-3 
lines wide, bluntish, lateral angles with 2-4 very short teeth. Flowers small. Calyx 
5-cleft. Petals lanceolate, about 1 line wide. Styles 5. 
34. M. agninum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826. p. 127); stem very short, 
‘branched ; leaves oblong, canescent, wrinkled from dots, flat and pustu- 
late at the base above, carinate-convex beneath, lateral angles somewhat 
toothed or entire towards the apex; flowers on short peduncles ; calyx 
6-cleft. Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 3. t. 2. 
Var. a. denticulatum ; leaves evidently toothed at top, 
Var. 8. integrifolium ; leaves smaller, entire. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.) 
Leaves with a large white pustule on the inside at the base, 13-2 inches long, at 
the base 5-6 lines wide, gradually attenuated towards the apex, bluntish ; the mar- 
gin in var. a. with 3-5 teeth on each side. Flowers 1 inch in diameter ; peduncle 
compressed, 1 inch long. Calyx sub-compressed, with 6 triquetrous, elongated 
lobes, Petals linear, in many series. Styles 6, 
** Scapigera.—Flower pedunculate ; peduncle bibracteate. 
35. M. caninum (Haw. Obs. 159. Syn. 217) ; stem very short, branch- 
ed ; leaves glaucous, carinately-triquetrous, subelavate, incurved towards 
the apex, carinal angle entire, lateral ones somewhat toothed ; peduncles 
longer than the leaves ; calyx 5-fid. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. fase. 3. te 3. 
Var. a. pluridentatum; leaves smaller, lateral angles denticulate, Mf. caninum, 
a re Sra t. 95. M. ringens and caninum, Linn. Spec. 298. Dill. Elth. 241 § 
Var. 8. paucidentatum; leaves r ; lateral angl ‘ 
sulpinem’ Hoo. Hor ae larger ; la angles obscurely toothed. M. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (y.y.) 
Leaves very thick, not punctate, 2 inches (in var. B. 3) long, 7-8 lines wide, 
acute, flat above, triquetrous-convex beneath. Peduncle 4 inches long, thickened 
at top, with 2 foliaceous, vaginate-connate bracteas. Calyx turbinate. Petals in 
many series, Styles 5, subulate, 
