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436 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum. 
quite smooth ; stem woody, much branched ; branches herbaceous, 
terete, articulate, much contracted at the joints, internodes oval, twice 
as long as broad ; leaves distinct, erect-incurved, semiterete, bluntish ; 
flowers terminal, sessile, solitary ; lobes of calyx 5 ; petals white. 7. 
Cap. 416. 
Has. Karro, in Bockland, and near Olifantsriver. Oct. (Herb. Thunb.) 
Easily known by the thick, woody, much branched stem and the oval articles. 
Stem 4 foot. Branches spreading, 1 line broad. Leaves a little longer than the 
articles. There are no flowers in herb. Thunb. ; from the description the calyx is 
§-cleft, lobes erect, subterete, the petals spreading, linear, white. 
199. M. ciliatum (Thunb.! R.c.p.11. App.) ; stem and branches 
smooth ; branches secundate, erect-spreading, terete, articulate, not con- 
tracted at the joints; leaves connate, a little sheathing, sheaths at the base 
ciliated with long defleaed hairs; leaves subcylindrical, obtuse, papvllose ; 
flowers terminal, short, peduncled, subcymose ; calyx lobes 5, equal, 
obtuse, subpapulose, nearly equalling the white petals. lor. Cap. 416. 
Sao ae Karro, between Olifantsriver and Bocklandsberg. Oct.-Nov. (Herb. 
unp. 
Shane 1 foot. Branches fastigiate. Articles cylindrical. 4-6 lines long. Sheaths 
of the leaves nearly 1 line long, ciliated, with 1-14 line long hairs at the base, not at 
the top. Leaves as long as the articles or longer. Flowers on the tops of the 
branchlets ; peduncles 1-14 lines long. Calyx 3 lines long, a little shorter than the 
very narrow-linear petals. Capsule as large as a small pea, §-valved. 
200. M. rapaceum (Jacq. Fragm. 43. t. 52. f. 1); root tuberous ; stem 
elongated, herbaceous ; branches terete and somewhat articulated; leaves 
distant, terete, obtuse, dotted, spreading ; peduncles 1-flowered ; lobés 
of calyx filiform ; styles 5, spreading, subulate. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. o- 
Leaves 8-10 lines long, 1 line wide. Flowers snow-white, g—10 lines in diameter. 
Peduncles 1 inch long, with 2 bracts in the middle. Lobes of calyx nearly equal 
or very unequal. 
§. 46. TENUIFOLIA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose, branches 
slender, effuse. Leaves elongated, linear, nearly terete or subcompressed, 
punctate, in one species not punctate. Flowers solitary or ternate, 
showy, yellow or scarlet, long pedunculate. Pedwneles bracteate, Calyx 
5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 201-206.) 
201. M. coccineum (Haw. Obs. 247. Syn. 265) ; stem and branches 
erect, straight ; leaves semicylindrical-triquetrous, blunt, mucronulate, 
glaucescent; peduncles smooth at the base; petals scarlet, Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 1033. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 83. Salm Dyck, fase. 3. t. 33. M. bico- 
lorum, Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 59. M. tenuifolium, E. & Z.! 2048. Zeyh. 696. 
Has. Sandy places, Cape Flats, Saldanhabay, etc. May-Sept. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
__ Stem 1-3 feet. Leaves semicylindrical, subtriquetrous-compressed near the apex, 
6-16 lines long, 3-1 line wide, with prominent date. Flowers solitary or ternate. 
Peduncles 1 inch or longer, thickened upwards. Cal be 
equal. Petals scarlet on both surfaces. P yx dotted-scabrous, lobes su 
202. M. variabile (Haw. Syn. 266) ; stem and branches effuse, slender ; 
leaves semicylindrical-triquetrous, acutish, glaucescent, punctate ; pe- 
