Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 417 
Var. 8. Stem and branches diffuse, flexuous. MM. glaucinum, E. ¢ Z./ 2002. 
non Haw. 
Has. Near Mt. Bothasberg, Vishriver, Albany; var. 8. near Zwartkopsriver ; 
stony places near Heerelogemont, Kammapur, Zey./ 2926. Bethelsdorp, Zey. / 
2595; sea shores near Cape Receif, Zey. / 2588. (Herb. Sd.) 
Very near the preceding, but the leaves are larger, (7-12 lines long, 2-3 lines 
wide) the carinal angle more dilated, the flowers a little larger and the bracts nearly 
as large as the leaves. Stem 2-3 feet. Leaves dotted or wrinkled. Peduncle 2 
inches long, thickened above. Capsule when ripe glaucous, §-valved. One of 
Zeyher’s specimens has both solitary and ternate flowers. 
117. M. cymbifolium (Haw. in Till. Phil. Mag. 1824, vol.'64, p. 424); 
stem shrubby, erectish ; branches few, 2-edged, hoary ; leaves trigonal, 
boat-shaped, obtuse, pale green, with large dots. DC. l. ¢. 43¥. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers unknown. 
§. 24. VIRENTIA, Salm Dyck. Stem suffrutescent, branches erect, 
rigid. Leaves subconnate, subacinaciform, thick, green, with smooth 
angles. lowers ternate, by abortion geminate or solitary, large, pe- 
dunculate ; peduncle with 2 thick, keeled bracts ; petals reddish. Ca- 
lyx 5-6-cleft. Stigmas 5-6. (Sp. 118.) 
a 
ug M. virens (Haw. Rev. 121) ; leaves distant, compressed-trique- 
trous? sb. sh, mucronulate ; flowers ternate, hexagynous; calyx 
t. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 3. t. 19. 
- Has. Sandy places between Bethelsdorp and Cradockstadt, Zeyher ! Hs 7. Jan. 
» (Herb. D., Sd.) 
‘©. Stem weak, 1-2 feet, with spreading branches and compressed branchlets. Leaves 
about 1 inch long, 3 lines wide, subacinaciform, dotted. Peduncles 7-1 inch long, 
the middle mostly ebracteate. Calyx subturbinate. Petals twice longer than the 
the calyx. Capsule 6-locular. 
§ 25. AUREA, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, branches erect. Leaves 
distinct, spreading, elongated, bluntish, triquetrous, glaucous. lowers 
solitary, large, yellow or copper-coloured, long-pedunculate ; peduncle 
without bracts. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 119-121.) 
119, M. glaucum (Linn. Spee. 696); stem and branches erect, sub- 
compressed ; leaves subconnate, triquetrous, much compressed, glaucous, 
roughish from dots, carinal angle cartilaginous-serrulate ; flowers sul- ee a . 
phur-yellow. Dill. Elth. t. 196. f. 248. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 146. Salm Q i 
Dyck, fase. 3. t. 20. re pee: 
Var. 8, tortuosum (Salm Dyck, 1. c.) ; leaves smaller, branches more slender, OL y/ Ly 
tortuous. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.) 
Stem 2 feet or more. Leaves 9-14 lines long, about 3 lines wide, blunt, mucron- 
ate. Petals subbiseriate, 1 inch long. Stigmas ramentaceous, 
120. M. aurantiacum (Haw. Misc. 84. Syn. 264) ; branches fastigi- 
ate, subcompressed ; leaves subconnate, bluntly triquetrous, smoo 
glaucous ; flowers orange-coloured. E. § Z.! 2014. Salm Dyck, fase. 1. 
t. 21. M. verruculatum, Thunb. herb. ex parte, M. glaucum, herb. 
ex pte. M. aurantium, Willd. M. glaucoides, Haw, 
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