SHE 
418 MESEMBRYACEH (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum. 
Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats, Doornhoogte, Rietvalley, Vygekraal, Aug.— 
Oct. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Stem 3-1} feet, erect or decumbent at base, much branched, Leaves 6-12 lines 
long, $-2 lines wide, acutish, prominently dotted. Peduncle thickened above. 
Calyx turbinate. Petals subtriseriate, about 8 lines long. 
121. M. aureum (Linn. Syst. nat.ed. 10. p. 1050) ; branches erect, 
subcompressed ; leaves subconnate, cylindrically triquetrous, smooth, 
glaucous, bluntish, mucronate ; flowers large, golden-coloured. Bot. Mag. 
t. 262. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 11. H.& Z.1 2015. Salm Dyck. l. ¢. t. 22. 
Has. Sandy places near Saldanha bay, Aug.—Sep. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
_ More robust than the preceding, leaves «quilaterally triquetrous, with convex 
sides, 13-2 inches long, 3 lines wide. Flowers 2 inches in diameter. Petals in 
many series. Capsule obconical, 5-valved. It varies, but very rarely, with ter- 
nate or geminate peduncles, 
§. 26. BLANDA, (Haw. Conferta, DC.) Stem fruticose, branches 
erect, rigid. eaves connate, subtriquetrous, elongate, acute, very 
smooth. Flowers ternate, by abortion geminate or solitary, large, 
whitish or pale rose-coloured, pedunculate ; lateral peduncles bracteate, 
the intermediate bractless. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 122-124.) 
122. M. blandum (Haw. Suppl. 95. Rev. 147); branches ascending ; 
leaves compressed, triquetrous, with equal sides, elongated, narrow, 
acutish, smooth ; peduncles subequal; petals spreading, straight, pale 
rose-coloured, bidentate. Bot. Reg. t. 582. Bot. Cab. t. 599. Salm Dyck, 
fasc. 4. t. 16, ‘ 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. - 
Stem 2 feet. Branches numerous. Leaves distant, 14-2 inches long, 1} lines 
wide, minutely dotted. Peduncle 2 inches long, subcompressed, scarcely thickened 
above. Petals twice longer than the calyx-lobes. 
123. M. curviflorum (Haw. Rev. 147); branches erect, straight ; 
leaves triquetrous-compressed, the carinal angle a little dilated below the 
apex, elongated, acute, smooth ; peduncles clavate ; petals incurvate, 
white, bluntish. Salm Dyck, 2. t. 10. 
Has, Cape of Good Hope. 
More robust, leaves thicker (2~3 inches long, 2 lines wide), less crowded. Pe- 
duncles much thickened at the apex, and incurved. White petals distinguish this 
species from the foregoing. Stem 2-3 feet high. 
124. M. turbinatum (Jacq. Hort. Vind. t.476) ; stem branched, dif- 
fuse ; leaves glaucous, elongated, acute, triquetrous, crowded ; flowers 
on long peduncles, reddish ; ovarium contracted into a neck beneath the 
calyx. DC. I. ¢. 436, 
Has. Cape of Good H 
Petals numerous, isieae ith spreading. 
§. 27, AMOENA, Salm Dyck. (Eximia. Haw. Conferta, DC.) Stem 
suffruticose, branches erectish or adscendent. Leaves crowded, subcon- 
nate, triquetrous, gradually attenuated, elongated, acute. Flowers ter- 
mate, by abortion geminate or solitary, large, showy, reddish, peduncu- 
ate ; peduncles bracteate. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5-6. (Sp. 125-128.) 
