Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 425 
152. M. pigmaeum (Haw. Suppl. 99); stem very short, branched ; 
leaves connate at the base, oblong-ovate, semiterete, awnless, in winter 
united nearly to the top. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. | 
Flowers unknown. 
§. 35. ROSTELLATA, Haw. DC. Stem suffrutescent, dwarf, much 
branched, as well as the branches prostrate. Leaves connate, terete, 
subulate, recurved. Flowers at the top of the branches, solitary, white, 
tipped with red. Calya 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 153-) 
153. M. Rostellum (Salm Dyck, fase. 2. t. 18) ; stem and branches 
prostrate, rigid ; leaves beaked, connate, semiterete, subulate, recurved, 
dotted, glaucous-green ; flowers white. J. rostellatum, DC. 1. ¢. 430°. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
4-1 foot. Branches terete. Leaves 4-6, vaginate-connate at the base, 6-9 lines 
long, 2 lines wide, triquetrous at the apex. Peduncle clavate, 4-6 lines long. 
nae Eaten subequal, acute. Petals somewhat longer than the calyx-lobes. Styles 
5, thickish. 
§ 36. VAGINATA, Salm Dyck (Paniculata, Haw. DC.) Stem fruti- 
cose, erect, branches rigid. Leaves crowded, sheathing-connate, with 
the longitudinal lines of the sheaths more or less distinct, triquetrous, 
short, the carinal angle scabrous. Flowers at the top of the flowering 
branches, panicled, small, white ; pedwncles short, bracteate. Calyx 
5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 154-159-) | 
154. M. tenellum (Haw. Obs. 315. Syn. 283); branches erect, jili- 
form ; leaves distant, much shorter than the internodes, green, rather 
spreading, minute, triquetrous, acute, recwrvate at the apex, carinal angles 
scabrous. Salm Dyck, fasc. 5.t. 20. M. wncinatum, E. § Z. 1 2024. 
Has. Karro on hills near the Gauritzriver, Swellendam, Dec. (Herb. Sd.) 
Stem 1 foot or higher, with slender branches. Leaves 3-4 lines long, 3 line wide. 
Flowers half an inch in diameter. Peduncle short, compressed ; bracts : 
Calyx turbinate, lobes subequal. Petals uniseriate. Styles 5, short, acute, - 
155. M. rigidum (Haw. Misc. 95. Syn. 283) ; branches erect, spread- 
ing, very stif’; leaves shorter than the internodes, green, horizontal, 
minute, triquetrous, bluntish, mucronulate, as well as the keel scabrous 
at the apex. Salm Dyck, fase. 6. t. 13. 
Has. Karro on hills near the Zwartkopsriver, Zeyher / 2597. Gamkariver, Zey. ! 
690. (Herb. Sd.) se 
Very near the preceding, but the branches are more robust and rigid ; the leaves 
thicker, more obtuse, short, mucronulate. Internodes 6 lines, leaves 4-5 lines long. 
Petals about 3 lines long. 
156, M. parviflorum (Haw. Misc. 95. Syn. 284); stem and branches. 
erect; leaves erectish, glabrous ; keel finely serrulated. DC. lc. 432. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Leaves half an inch long. Peduncles bracteate even to the calyx. Flowers 
white, small, 3 lines. 
157. M. vaginatum (Haw. Misc. 95. Syn. 284) ; stem and branches 
