Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 427 
162. M. umbellatum (Linn. Spec. 481); leaves distant, Jonger than 
the internodes, smooth, glaucous-green, subcylindraceous, blunt, mu- 
cronulate ; sheaths tumid, abbreviate; flowers white, umbelled. Dill. 
Elth. t. 208. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6. t. 16. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 414. ex pte. 
E. § Z.! 2028. M. anomalum, Willd. Enum. 531. 
Has. Sandy places, Capeflats, Kaeberg, Gnadenthal, Vygekraal, Heerelogement, 
ete. Zey.! 697, 699. (Herb. Thunb. D., Sd.) tab 
Stem robust, 2-3 feet. Leaves 2-3 inches, 2-3 lines wide, subtriquetrous at the — 
apex, with a red mucro. Flowers umbellate or corymbose, often numerous, white 
or purple. 
§. 38. CROCEA, Salm Dyck. (Sebacea, Haw. Veruculata, DC.) Stem 
fruticose, erect, branched. Leaves somewhat crowded, connate, sheaths 
short, trigonous-semiterete, soft, sebaceous, mealy-glaucous, without 
dots. Flowers terminal, solitary, yellow or croceous, long peduncled. 
Calyx 4-cleft. Stigmas 8. (Sp. 163-165.) 
163, M. luteum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Aug. 1826, p. 128) ; stem erect ; 
leaves semicylindrical, attenuate, subtriquetrous at the apex, acutish, 
subsebaceous, glaucous ; petals acute, yellow. Salm Dyck, fase, 3. t. 26. 
M. purpureo-croceum, 8. flavo-croceum. Haw. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Stem 1-2 feet. Leaves erecto-patent, 1-14 inches long and 2 lines wide, yellow- 
ish green. Peduncle cire. 1 inch long. Calyx subturbinate, 2 of the lobes trique- 
trous, 2 shorter. Petals uniseriate, acute, yellow, when older croceous. Stigmas 
8, erect, ramentaceous. le 
164. M. croceum (Jacq, fragm. t. 59.f 2); stem erect ; leaves semi- 
cylindrical, turgid, scarcely triquetrous-compressed at the apex, obtuse, 
subsebaceous, mealy-pruinose ; petals erose, croceous above, more or less 
purplish beneath. Salm Dyck, |. c. t. 27- M. insititium, Willd. Enum. 
536. M. purpureo-croceum, Haw. Misc. 81. E. & Z.2029. M. glaucum, 
E. § Z. | 2013. 
Has. Stony places on mountain sides near Olifantsriver, Clanwilliam, Oct. (Herb. 
$d.) . e. ‘ 
Vv ear the preceding, differs b the thicker stem, more whitish, bluntish 
inariia an erose, oe 4 fee 1-14 inches long, about 3 lines in 
diameter. Petals biseriate. Stigmas 8-9, subglobose. 
165. M. luteolum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826, p. 129) ; leaves crowded, 
acute at the apex, and a little recurved ; branches slender and dense ; 
flowers small, yellow. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Tt differs a, M. hited in the leaves and in the more dwarf stature. Flowers 
more numerous than in DM. luteum. 
Group IV. Trreriscuta.—Stem fruticose or suffruticose, erect or nearly so. 
Leaves distinct, rarely connate at the base, terete or semicylindrical or turgid-tri- 
gonous. ($$. 39-47-) 
g. 39. VERUCULATA, Salm Dyck, DC. (Sebacea, Haw.) Stem fru- 
ticose, with spreading branches. Leaves crowded, cylindraceous, soft, 
dotless, very glaucous, obtuse, mucronulate. Flowers ternate, rarely 
solitary, small, yellow, or croceous, sweet-scented, short pedunculate ; 
