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Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 399 
36. M. albidum (Linn. Spec. 699); stemless, smooth, whitish ; leaves 
thick, swhulate, triguetrous, flat above, obtuse, with an acumen, semite- 
rete at the base, quate entire ; flower large, peduncle longer than the 
leaves ; calyx 5-fid. Zhunbd./ Fl. Cap. 423. Dill. Eth. t. 189. f. 232. 
Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1821. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 5. t. 283. 
Has. Namaqualand, Drege/ A. Wyley! (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd. 
Leaves (4-6) vaginate-connate, about 2 inches long, 6-8 lines wide, attenuated, 
mucronate, very thick, not punctate. Peduncle as long or longer than the leaves, 
thickened below the punctate calyx, with 2 foliaceous bracts at the base. Calyx- 
lobes subequal, 3 with a membranaceous margin. Petals an inch long, linear. Styles 
6-15, erect. Garden specimens are larger, 6 inches or more high, the leaves 3 in- 
ches long, sometimes on the lateral angles with one or two short teeth ; the pedun- 
cle often with two or three flowers, but calyx and petals are not different. M. hy- 
bridum, Haw. is quite the same. 
37. M. namaquense (Sond.); stem very short, branched; leaves 
thick, smooth, whitish, punctate or wrinkled, acute but not mucronate, a 
little channelled above, keeled and triquetrous beneath, quite entire; pe- 
duncle 3-4 times longer than the leaves; calyx 5-fid. M. difforme, 
Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 423. non Linn. 
Has. Olifantsriver, in Bockland and Hantum, Thunberg ! Namaqualand, Drege ! 
A. Wyley ! (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
A small, well distinguished species. Branches 4-1 inch long. Leaves about 4, 
not including some decayed at the base, long, connate, 5-6 lines long, about 
3 lines wide, the inferior ones white-punctate, scabrous, the superior wrinkled, when 
dry channelled above. Peduncle with 2 foliaceous, punctate, small bracts at the base. 
Three of the calyx-lobes with a large, white-membranaceous margin. Petals 6-8 
lines long, linear, gold-coloured. Style 5, short. 
§. 6. DOLABRIFORMTA, DC. (Dolabriformia and Carinata, Haw.) 
Plants stemlss or on short stems. Leaves entire, decussate, with a keeled, 
gibbous angle. Flowers ternate, yellow ; peduncle bibracteate. Calyx 
5-fid. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 38-42.) 
88. M. scapiger (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1824. p. 423) ; plant almost 
stemless ; leaves elongate, carinately triquetrous, green, a little roughish 
and dotted on the margins, carinal angle much compressed and produced ; 
scape 2-edged. Salm Dyck, l. ¢. fasc. 1. t. 10. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. neta : 
Radical leaves 10-12, erecto-patent, 3-4 inches long, 5-7 lines wide at the base, 
cartilagineous at the apex, the two opposite unequal, one gradually attenuated, 
scarcely dilated below the apex, the other with very prominent carinal angle. Scape 
3 or 5-flowered, 2~3 inches long ; bracts short, subleafy. Flowers middle-sized. 
Styles 5, filiform. — 
39. M. multiceps (Salm Dyck, Monog. fasc. 6. t. 3); stemless, tuft- 
ed ; leaves elongate, attenuated at both ends, very smooth, shining, 
green, flat above, keeled beneath, triquetrous-compressed and acuminate 
at the apex ; scape subterete. M. bibracteatum, E. § Z.! 1980. 
Has. On fields near the Zwartkopsriver and Koegariver, Howisonsport, &c., 
Zeyher ! 2577. Suly—Dec. (Herb. D., Sd.) i ae ae 2 
Leaves 1-14 inches long, }-4 lines wide, cultivated larger, attenuated near the 
base, gradually narrowed at the apex and not much dilated on the carinal angle. 
Peduncle sometimes 1-flowered, as long as the leaves, but generally there is a 
3-flowered, rarely 5-flowered subcompressed scape, 2 or 3 lines longer than the leaves. 
