Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 435 
solitary or ternate ; lobes of calyx 5, 2 much elongated, subulate, longer 
than the petals ; styles 5; capsule 5-valved. J. micranthum et tenue, 
E.. & Z. ! 2044-2045. 
Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver. Dec.-Jan. Zeyh. 2616. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
Very near the preceding, but the leaves mostly longer (}—1 inch), the flowers pe- 
dunculate, the calyx less turbinate, the capsules globose. Flowers about 2 lines 
long ; the two calyx lobes as long or longer than the calyx tube. Petals white. 
195. M. granulicaule (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1824. V. 64. p. 427); stem 
and branches puberous-scabrous; branches herbaceous, erectish, terete, 
articulate, not contracted at the joints ; leaves subconnate, spreading, 
linear-cylindraceous, acute, pale green ; flowers solitary on the top of 
the very short, subunilateral branchlets, sessile or short-pedicellate ; 
lobes of calyx 5, 2 obtuse, a little longer and about equalling the petals ; 
styles 5; capsule 5-valved. H. § Z./ 2042.. Salm Dyck, lc, t. 21. M. 
articulatum, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. ex pte. 
Has. Karro-like-hills, near Zwartkopsriver, Zeyh. 2617 ; Dickkopulakte, Vish- 
river, Zeyh. 705 ; Olifantsriver, Gauritzriver, and Nieuwefeld, Beaufort. N. ov.—Jan. 
(Herb. Thunb. Sd.) 
Shrub 1-1} foot, smaller than M. junceum, but larger than M. micranthum, from 
all others of the section distinguished by the scabrous pubescence, consisting of 
very minute, acute, rigid hairs or papule, not of dots, as described by the authors. 
Leaves 3-6 lines long, larger at the base. Flowers 3 lines long. Calyx subturbi- 
nate. Petals obtuse, white. 
196. M. simile (Sond.) ; quite smooth; stem adscending or erect ; 
branches subunilateral, herbaceous, terete, articulate, not contracted at 
the joints; leaves subconnate, spreading or incurvate, semicylindrical 
acute, glaucous-green ; flowers cymose, rarely subsolitary, on short pe- 
duncles ; lobes of calyx 5, 3 subulate and much longer, nearly equalling 
the petals ; styles 5; capsule 5-valved. IM. fuloum, H. § Z.! 2037, not 
of Haw. 
Var. 8. Namaquense; more glaucous, joints of the branches longer, flowers some- 
what smaller, cymose, paniculate. 
Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver, Zeyh. 2618. var. B, Namaqualand, V. Schlicht, 
A, Wyley. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
Stem often very long. Branches mostly short. Joints very unequal, 2 lines—1 
inch. Leaves as in M. junceum ; the flowers also very similar, but white. Calyx 
lobes ovate-lanceolate, at length subequal. Pedicels thick, in var. 6 longer and 
thinner. 
197. M. Schlichtianum (Sond.) ; quite smooth ; branches erect, soft, 
subspongious, terete, articulate, somewhat contracted at the joints ; inter- 
nodes 4-6 lines longer than broad; flowers distinct, incurvate-erect, sub- 
cylindrical, attenuated at both ends; flowers terminal, cymose, subsessile ; 
lobes of calyx 5, equal, acutish, equalling the petals; styles 5. 
Has. Namaqualand, v. Schlicht. (Herb. Sd.) 
A very distinct species, of which only a few branches were collected. The whole 
plant greyish-white. Internodes 4 inch long; the leaves of the same length. 
Ovarium about 1 line long, subglobose, not turbinate, very short, pedicellate. Petals 
white linear, equalling or scarcely longer than the (j line long) calyx lobes. 
198. M. corallinum (Thunb. ! Nov. Oct. Nat. Curios. V. 8. p. 12) ; 
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