Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 421 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.) 
Stem 14-2 feet high. Leaves 12-14 lines long, 2 lines wide, subdistinct. Pe- 
duncle about 2 inches long, thickened above ; bracts small, leafy. Calyx turbinate. 
Petals pale rose-coloured, biseriate, emarginate, about 8-9 lines long. Styles 5, 
short, acute. In var. 8. the brauches and leaves are more crowded and the flowers 
of a deeper red. 
§. 30. DELTOIDEA, Salm Dyck, DC. (Muricata, Haw.) Stem suf- 
fruticose, branches erect, spreading. Leaves subconnate, crowded, glau- 
cous, deltoid-triquetrous, attenuate at the base, dilated, retuse at the 
apex, with the angles muricately toothed, flowers ternate, rose-coloured, 
small, sweet-scented, pedunculate, peduncles furnished with 2-4 leafy 
bracts. Calysx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 135-137-) 
135. M. caulescens (Mill. dict. ed. 8, p. 12) ; leaves incurvate-erect, 
glaucous, rather long, triquetrously deltoid, acutish, with the sides ob- 
tuse, toothed and the keel entire ; petals obtuse, emarginate. Dell. Hith. 
t. 195. f. 243, 244. Salm Dyck, fase. 3.t. 23. M. deltoides 8, simplex. 
DC. Pl. Grass. n. 53. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.) : 
Shrub 1} feet. Leaves 6-9 lines long, at the base 2 lines, below the apex 4 lines 
wide, without dots, on the lateral angles with 2 or 3 short teeth, often red-margi- 
nate. Flowers 6-8 lines in diameter, ternate or often solitary. Pedicels about 4 
lines long. Petals subspathulate, obtuse or erose. Easily distinguished from the 
two following by the larger leaves with entire keel. 
136. M. deltoides (Mill. 1. c. p. 13) ; leaves incurvate-erect, glaucous, 
deltoid, trifariously toothed ; peduncles elongate ; petals acute. Dill. 
Elth. t. 195. f. 245. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 53- Salm Dyck, l. ¢. t. 24. 
Has. Witsenberg, Decemb. Zey./ 694. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Stem suberect, branches reddish brown. Leaves 5-6 lines long, below the apex 
3-4 lines wide, not dotted; teeth on the 3 angles acute. Flowers ternate or 
cymose-tri-ternate, Peduncle 1-14 inches long, pedicels shorter. Bracts often 
entire. Flowers 4 inch in diameter. 
137. M. muricatum (Haw. Obs. 364. Syn. 297) ; leaves incurvate- 
erect, very glaucous, deltoid, trifariously muricate-dentate ; peduncles 
short ; petals acute. Dill. Hlth. t. 195. f- 246. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 25. 
M. deltoides, Linn. Ait. E. & Z. | 2022. 
Has. Mountain sides near Tulbagh, Worcester. Sept,-Nov. _ (Herb, Sd.) 
Scarcely distinguished from the preceding. Whole plant bluish or greyish-blue. 
Leaves 3-5 lines long, below the apex 3 lines wide, the angles with several short, 
mucronulate teeth. Flowers ternate or tri-ternate. Peduncle 3-4 lines long. 
Flowers as in the preceding ; in the wild specimens a little smaller. 
§. 31. FORFICATA, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, with the branches 
angulate, lax. Leaves triquetrous-compressed, long connate, decurrent, 
obtuse, carinal angle toothed at the apex. lowers solitary, terminal, 
long pedunculate, reddish. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 1 38.) 
138. M. forficatum (Linn. Spec. 695); branches decumbent, 2-edged ; 
leaves erect, much triquetrous-compressed, green, without dots, at the 
rounded apex denticulate. Haw. Syn. 280. Salm Dyck, fasc. 1. t. 
25. M. filamentosum 8. anceps. DC. Pl. Grass. p. 60. . 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
