Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 409 
83. M. tricolorum (Haw. Obs. 233. Syn. 332); stem prostrate ; 
branches distant; leaves exactly cylindrical, acute, green ; petals acute, 
yellow, blood-colowred at the base ; anthers brown. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 
1. t. 14. M. stramineum, Willd. Enum. 233. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.) 
Stem flexuous, 1 foot long. Leaves subvaginate, 2-3 inches long, 2—3 lines in 
diameter, minutely punctate. Peduncle 14-2 inches long, bibracteate. Calyx de- 
pressed-globose, 5-4-cleft, twice shorter than the spreading acute petals. Styles 
18-20, adpressed to the ovary, ramentaceous, yellow. 
84. M. validum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Nov. 1826. 329) ; stem procum- 
bent ; branches flexuous ; leaves elongate, triquetrous-compressed, semi- 
terete at the base, bluntish and mucronulate at the apex, erect, green ; 
petals and anthers yellow. Salm Dyck, tl. ¢. t. 15. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Stem 2 feet or longer. Leaves crowded, connate, 2-3 inches long, at the base 3-4 
lines wide, minutely punctate. Peduncle 2-3 inches, bibracteate. Petals twice 
— than the calyx. Styles 17-20, ramentaceous. Distinguished by the robust 
eaves. 
§. 16. PUGIONIFORMIA, Salm Dyck, (Capitata, Haw. DC.) Stem 
erect or procumbent. Leaves crowded at the tops of the branches, alter- 
nate, very long, exactly or subtriquetrous, without dots. Flowers solitary, 
long, pedunculate, yellow, large. Peduncle without bracts. Calyx 
s-cleft, lobes elongated. Petals ciliated at the base. Stigmas 10-20. 
(Sp. 85-89.) 
* Stem annual. 
85, M. elongatum (Haw. Obs. 236. Syn. 223) ; root tuberous ; stem 
prostrate, herbaceous, annual; leaves very long, semi-cylindrical, cha- 
nelled or semiterete. J. pugioniforme, DC. pl grass. t. 72. Salm Dyck, 
l. c. fasc. 2. t. 8. 
Van. B. minus; flowers a little smaller, petals hardly ciliated. Bot. Reg. t. 493. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. ,, : 
Root thick, tuberous. Stem 1 foot or longer. Leaves 4-6 inches long, 3 lines 
wide, dilated at the base, in var. a. channelled, in var 8. subconvex near the apex. 
Peduncle 5-6 inches long. Calyx urceolate. Petals linear, somewhat longer than 
the calyx-lobes, ** ai 
‘audex perennial. 
86. M. brevicaule (Haw. Rev. 113); caudex suffruticose, undivided, 
erect ; leaves crowded, very long, triquetrous, green ; calyx lobes as 
long as the petals. Salm Dyck, 1. c fase. 3. t. 8. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. : : . 
Caudex 4-5 inches long. Leaves 4-5 inches long, 2 lines wide, linear elongate, 
subcanaliculate. Peduncle 4-5 inches long. Petals about 1 inch long, scarcely 
ciliate at the base, equalling the 2 longer calyx lobes. Styles 12, filiform, erect. 
87. M. capitatum (Haw. Syn. 228) ; caudex suffruticose, simple or 
branched ; leaves crowded, very long, triquetrous, scarcely canaliculate 
above, glaucescent ; calyx lobes slightly longer than the petals ; styles 15, 
recurvate. Salm Dyck. l. c. fasc. 4.t. 7. EH. & Z.! 1991. ; 
Has. Sandy places in the Cape flats, also near Tulbagh. Nov. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
Stem }-1 foot. Leaves equilaterally triquetrous, 5-7 inches long, 3 lines wide, 
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