430 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Alesembryanthemum 
Has. In fields near Zwartkopsriver, Oct. (Herb. Sd.) 
Stem straight, 14 foot. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 1 line wide. Peduncle 2 inches 
long, thickened upward. Calyx-lobes subequal, 2 larger with membranaceous 
margins. Petals purplish-violet, spathulate-lanceolate, bluntish, about 10 lines 
long. Styles 5, acute. 
§. 41. SPINOSA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose, erect ; 
branches rigid. Leaves triquetrous-terete, dotted, glaucescent. Flowers 
on terminal spines, ternate or biternate, numerous, or ternate, and the 
peduncles after flowering spinescent, reddish, small. Calyx 5-cleft. 
Stigmas 5. (Sp. 174-175.) 
174. M. spinosum (Linn. Spec. 693) ; stem, erect ; branches hard, 
dichotomous, spinose after flowering ; leaves nearly distinct, teretely- 
triquetrous, dotted. Dill. Hlth. t, 208. f. 265. Salm. Dyck, fase. 5. t. 
26. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 420. E.& Z. 1 2034. 
Has. In Karro, Olifantsriver, Beaufort and Graafreynet, Rhinosterkop, Zeyher ! 
675, Oct.April. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Stem 2 feet or higher, branches spreading. Leaves 6-12 lines long, 13 lines wide, 
in the wild plant generally smaller, (3-6 lines long), blunt, mucronulate. Peduncles 
tripartite, triacanthous, flowering. Pedicels short. Flowers } inch 
in diameter or smaller. : 
175. M. mucroniferum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1823. 381); stem erect ; 
branches straight ; leaves glaucescent, spreading, bluntly triquetrous, 
mucronulate ; flowers disposed by threes ; peduncles permanent after 
flowering and spinose. IM. pulverulentum, Willd. Enum. p. 583. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Stem 1 foot and higher. 
§. 42. CYMBIFORMTIA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem suffrutescent, 
dwarf, branches often decussate. Leaves distinct, turgidly-trigonous, 
obtuse, cymbiform. Flowers solitary, reddish or yellow, (Sp. 176-18c.) 
_ 176. M. Lehmanni (E. & Z. ! 1996); branches compressed, ascend- 
ing ; leaves spreading, subconnate, turgidly-triquetrous, subcymbiform, 
dots, very smooth, glaucous ; flowers terminal, solitary, on 
short peduncles ; calyx 6-cleft, lobes turgid, keeled. 
Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, April. Zey.! 2576. 
Stems 4-1 foot. Leaves when dry Trugose, 8-12 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, about 
as long as the internodes, blunt, with a minute mucro. Flowers 1-14 inches in dia- 
meter. Peduncle about 1 inch long, compressed, with 2 leaf-like bracts near the 
calyx. Lobes of the calyx broad, subequal. Petals in saps, Boge interior ones 
shorter, pale yellow. les 6. Ca hen ri 
4 lines long, biti peule w: ripe, subang , glaucous, abou 
Subshrub 1 foot. Peduncles subterete. 14 inches long, with 2 leafy bracts near 
the calyx. Lobes of the calyx small, 2 membranaceous. Corolla $ itsoh in diame- 
ter, pale-reddish. Filaments spreading, purple but white at the base. Styles 5, 
acute, 
