404 MESEMBRYACES (Sond.) [A]esembryanthemum. 
variously incurved, acute at the apex ; flowers long pedunculate ; petals 
sub-recurved. Salm Dyck, l.c. t. 11. 
Van. 8. lividum (Haw. Rev. p. 99) ; leaves of a livid rufous colour. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (vy, v.) 
_ Leaves 24 inches long, 9-10 lines wide, flattish above, obliquely convex beneath. 
Peduncle about 14 inch, subcompressed. Petals subbiseriate. Styles 11. 
60. M. linguaeforme (Haw. Obs. 188. Syn. 221); stemless or nearly 
so; leaves unequally tongue-shaped, distichous, subfalcate-deflexed, when 
young sloped down, when old depressed, flattish above, obliquely at- 
tenuated, obtuse or often keeled ; flower short-pedunculate. Salm.-Dyck. 
L. c. fasc. 6. t. 5. M. obliquum, Willd. Spec. 2. 1027. excl. fig. Dill. M. 
lucidum. Haw. Rev. 95. 
Var. 8. latum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. t. 6) ; leaves shorter, very blunt and thicker at 
the apex, flower subsessile. M. latum, Haw. Rev. 98. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.) 
Leaves broadly tongue-shaped, 3 inches long, 1 inch wide at the base, 5—6 lines 
below the apex. Peduncle 8-10 lineslong. Petals subbiseriate, lanceolate. Styles 8. 
61. M. longum (Haw. Obs. 177) nearly stemless, subprostrate ; leaves 
sloped down, elongated tongue-shaped, shining, deep green, obliquely 
acute at the apex ; flowers long-pedunculate ; petals acute. M. linguae- 
forme, DC. pl. grass. t. 71. 
Var. B. declive (Haw. Rev. 96) ; leaves very long, arcuate-deflexed ; peduncle 
shorter. Salim Dyck, l. c. fase. 5. t. 12. M. longum, B. flaccidum. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Leaves 3-4 inches long, 10-12 lines wide at the base, somewhat attenuated, dis- 
tichous. Peduncle 2 inches long, Petals subbiseriate. Styles 9. 
62, M. pustulatum (Haw. Suppl. 88. Rev. 96); stemless or nearly so ; 
leaves distichous, narrow tongue-shaped, adscending, elongated, sub- 
attenuate, blunt, furnished with large pustules on the inside at the 
base ; flower long-pedunculate. Salm.-Dyck, 1. c. fase. 5. t. 13. 
Rev. 06 B. lividum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. t. 14) ; leayes shorter, of a livid colour. Haw. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Leaves 3-4 inches long, 8-10 lines wide. Peduncle 2 inches or more long, slightly 
compressed. Petals subbiseriate, acutish. Styles 9. 
§. 9. GIBBOSA, Haw. DC. subcaulescent ; stem short, decumbent, 
branched. Leaves connate a great way above the base, large, unequal, one 
short, gibbous, the other somewhat larger, subovate. Flowers sessile, or 
on 56)" pedicels, small, reddish. Calya 6-cleft. Stigmas 6. (Sp. 
3-66. 
63, M. gibbosum (Haw. Obs. 137. Syn. 226); nearly stemless; leaves 
of a yellowish green colour, spreading, ovate, semi-cylindrical, very rarely 
keeled at the apex ; pedwneles short, 2-edged. 
Has. Cape of Good H. 
ope. 
Calyx lobes unequal. Petals reddish, with paler eyes. Stigmas very short. 
64, M. luteo-viride (Haw. Syn. 226); stem short, prostrate, weak ; 
