Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 407 
at the base. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 1. t. 13. M. subulatoides, Haw. 
Obs. 141. M. subrostratum, Willd. Enum. 529. excl. Syn. M. rostroides, 
Haw. 
Has, in Karroo, near Caledon, Zeyh. ! 2578; Gamkariver, Zeyh.! 691. (Herb. Sd.) 
Leaves aggregate, connate at the base, 2-2} inches long, 3-5 lines wide, at- 
tenuated from the base, flat above, angles entire, sometimes a little cartilagineous, 
acutish. Peduncles 2-3 inches long, terete. Calyx hemispherical, lobes acute. 
Petals uniseriate, serrulate at the apex. 
75, M. diminutum (Haw. Mise. 26.Syn. 230); nearly stemless, smooth, 
shining; leaves semiterete, obsoletely triquetrous, terminating in a white 
point at the apex, full of pellucid dots, flat above. M. corniculatum, Haw. 
Obs. 226. excl. Syn. M. lorewm, Linn. Spec. : 
Van. A. cauliculatum (Haw. Suppl. 90) ; stem half erect ; leaves longer and with 
larger dots. Perhaps only an old plant. ss 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. ; 
3 or 4 times smaller than M. acutum. Flowers red or purplish, 
76. M. punctatum (Haw. Obs. 411. Rev. 107); stemless, smooth ; 
leaves semiterete, triguetrous at the top, flat above, full of pellucid dots, 
pale green, furnished with a minute, white point at the apex. DC. 
le. 425. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. © 
Perhaps only a variety of M. diminutum. Flowers unknown. 
Group II. TriqueTRa.—Stem fruticose or suffruticose, erect, decumbent or root- 
ing. Leaves more or less triquetrous, distinct or connate at the base. (§§. 15-31.) 
§. 14. CORNICULATA, Haw. DC. Caudex branched, prostrate, sub- 
strumose at the knots. eaves more or less crowded at the node, elon- 
gated, exactly triquetrous or cylindrical-triquetrous, i- or re-curvate. 
Flowers pedunculate, yellow, in one species whitish, with purple lines. 
Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 10-20. (Sp. 77-84.) 
77. M. reptans (Ait. Kew. 2. 241); stems filiform, very slender, creep- 
ing; leaves crowded, incurvate-erect, triquetrous, acute, glaucous, sca- 
brous from pellucid dots ; petals yellow. Haw, Syn. 242. Salm.-Dyck. 
l. c. fase. 6.t. 7. E. § Z! 1988, M. crassifolium, Thunb. ! fl. cap. 421. 
non. Linn, M. debile(Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826. 33 1). Zeyher, 2591. 2610. 
Has. sandy places near Capetown, Zoutriver, and in Swartland. June—July. 
ges ia i ingle 3-1 foot or longer, angulate. Leaves 8-12 lines 
long, 2-3 lines wide in the middle, attenuated at the base, acute and mucronulate. 
Peduncle 1-2 inches long, bibracteate. Calyx turbinate, } inch long, 2 or 3 lobes 
acuminate, the others membranaceous at the margins. Petals somewhat longer than 
the calyx. Specimens from rocks of Lions Mountain are more filiform, the leaves 
half an inch ] and the flowers smaller and externally reddish ; but there are inter- 
mediate forms : various localities. 
78. M. diversifolium (Haw. Misc. 38. Syn. 230) ; stem very short ;— 
branches sarmentose ; leaves crowded, exactly decussate, semi-cylin- 
drical, very unequal in length, glaucous-green, rugulose, triquetrous- 
compressed at top; petals yellow. Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. iit. 3. M. 
loreum, Dill. Elth. t. 200. f. 255. Haw. Rev. 108. M. corniculatum, B. 
diversiphyllum, Haw. Willd. 
