434 MESEMBRYACE& (Sond.) [Aesembryanthemum. 
5-cleft, 2 or 3 of the acutish lobes having hyaline margins ; styles 5, 
exceeding the stamens. M. pallens, Jacq.! Hort. Scheenb. 3. t. 279. not of 
Ait. M. pallescens, 8. Haw. Rev. 174. 
Var. B. purpurascens (DC. Prod. 3. 446); flowers purplish, M. pallescens a, Haw. 
Rev. 174. M. reflexum, B. Haw. Mise. 64. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. (Herb. Jacquin.) 
Leaves 6-10 lines long. Flowers about 10 lines in diameter, white, rose-coloured 
or violet at the apex. 
§. 45. JUNCEA, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, erect. Branches her- 
baceous. eaves small, linear-subulate, dotless, deciduous when dry ; 
whence the stems appear to be articulated by the cicatrices of the 
fallen leaves. Flowers small, pedunculate, often ternate, white or red- 
dish. (Sp. 192-200.) - 
a, tetramerous. (Sp, 192-193.) 
192. M. junceum (Haw. Misc. 175. Syn. 255) ; smooth ; branches 
-_ guberect, terete, articulate, not contracted at the joints ; leaves very 
spreading, semicylindraceous, linear, acute, subcanaliculate, glaucous- 
green ; flowers terminal, dichotomous, subcymose ; lobes of calyx 4, 2 
longer, subulate ; petals longer than the calyx ; styles 4; capsule 4- 
valved. Salm Dyck, fase. 2.t. 20. M. articulatum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 
416. ex pte. M gunceum, E. § Z.1 2043. 
Var. f. pauciflorum ; branches elongated, few-flow i 
FE Pee a} nll ngated, ered at the top. M. coralloides, 
Has. Karro, in Zwartsland, and near Olifantriver, and Gauritzriver, Bosjesveld, 
Springbokkeel, Zeyh. 2957. (Herb. Thunb. D. Sd.) 
Stem 2 feet, woody. Branches herbaceous, rugose when dry. Internodes terete, 
very unequal. Leaves 4—r inch long, in the branches much shorter, 1-14 inch wide. 
Flowers subunilateral, short pedicellate. Pedicels thickened above. Calyx turbi- 
nate, 2 lobes subulate, 2 larger, with membranaceous margins. Petals a little longer 
than the calyx, pale rose-coloured or nearly white. In var. 8 the branches are mostly 
secundate, 4-1 foot high, with 2-4 flowers, and nearly leafless. 
193. M. micranthum (Haw. Syn. 257); smooth, branches herbaceous, 
very numerous and slender, terete, subarticulate ; leaves crowded, erect, 
distinct, subterete, attenuated at both ends, pale green ; flowers on the 
top of the short branchlets, solitary or ternate ; lobes of calyx 4, 2 elon- 
gated, longer than the petals ; styles 4; capsule 4-valved. Salm Dyck, 
1. ¢.t.22. M. parviflorum, Jacq. Hort. Scheend. 3. t. 278. M. tenue, Haw. 
Rev. 175. M. aduncum et flewifolium, E. & Z.! 2050-2051. M.junceum, 
Herb. Drege. 
Has. Sandy places near Ri : 
a6rs. Oct-Nov: (Herb. D Sa)’ near Gnadenthal ; Hassaquaskloof. Zeyher 
_ Branches filiforme, the ultimate flowerbearing } inch or shorter. Leaves about 3 
lines long, 4 line wide, acute, incuryed. Flowers very minute, about 3 lines long, 
subsessile. Calyx turbinate. Petals linear, obtuse, very white. 
B. pentamerous. (Sp. 194-200.) 
194. M. bicorne (Sond.) ; quite smooth; branches herbaceous, te 
numerous and slender, terete, swbarticulate ; leaves crowded, erect, spread- 
ing, distinct, subterete, attenuated at both ends, pale green ; flowers 
