| f.274. M. inflecum, Haw. Rev. 138. M. glomeratum e polyanthum, 
Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE2 (Sond.) 439 
Calyx obconical, small. Petals reddish with a deeper colour on the outside, 
4 lines long. 
Series II, PAPULOSA.—Stem and leaves more or less beset with glittering 
papilla. (Groups V.-VI.) 
Group. V. Pariiiosa.—Stem fruticose or suffruticose, as well as the branches 
woody or fleshy, often rough or hispid. Leaves triquetrous or terete, beset with 
scabrous or glittering dots. (§§. 48-58.) 
§. 48. SCABRIDA, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose or suffruticose, with 
slender branches. eaves more or less triquetrous-compressed, elon- 
gated, punctate-scabrous. Flowers ternate, reddish-violet, pedunculate ; 
peduncles bracteate. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 212-218.) 
212. M. glomeratum (Linn. Spec. 694) ; suffruticose, branches 
slender, compressed, erect, crowded ; leaves spreading, linear, com- 
pressed, semiterete, @ little incurved, green, with large, prominent dots ; 
flowers mostly biternate. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6. t. 23. Dill. Eith. t. 213. 
E.& Z.! 2053, 2054. Herb. Un. itin, 518. M. tenurfolium, Thunb. 
herb. ex pte. Drege 6998. 
Var. 8. majus; leaves and flowers larger. M. laeve, E. § Z./ 2033. 
Has. Near, Capetown in the flats, and on Table and Lionsmountain, and in dis- Carer Rey 
trict of. Tulbagh, var. 8, at Seapoint near Adow, Uitenhage, Oct._Nov. (Herb. Shh 
Thunb., D., Sd.) ss . 
Stem 1-1} (ot high ; young branches compressed, purplish. Leaves 6-9 lines 
long, 1 line \ in var. f. 14 lines wide, subattenuated at the base, acute. Flowers 
often subpaniculate, middle sized, pedicels about 1 inch long. Calyx obconical, 
3 of the lobes with a large membranaceous margin, Petals narrow-lanceolate, acute, 
twice, in var. 8. three times longer than the calyx-lobes, rose-coloured. é 
213, M. polyanthum (Haw. Syn. 270) ; stem and branches slender, 
spreading, diffuse, flexuose ; leaves much crowded, erect-spreading, very 
narrow, compressed-semiterete, blwish-glaucous, prominently dotted ; 
flowers very numerous, ternately panicled. Salm Dyck, l.¢. t.24. M. 
imbricans, Haw. Rev. 139. M. flewile, Haw. Rev. 140. M. violaceum, 
LE. §& Z.1 2056. . ao 
Has. Mountain sides at Tulbagh near the cataract, Nov. (Herb. D., Sd.) ee O cove : 
Subshrub 1 foot, much branched. Leaves 4-8 lines long, 4 line wide, subtrique- g* tee Whew 
trous-compressed at the top. Flowers ternate, biternate or paniculate , peduncles “~~ ""* * 
1}-2 inches long, with two bracts in the middle. Calyx turbinate, lobes reflexed. (. nw %ow'— 
Petals biseriate, about 3 inch long, obtuse or bidentate, rosy-violet. ¥ 
214. M. violaceum (DC. PI. Grass. t. 84); stem and branches erect ; 
leaves crowded, spreading-incurved, compressed-semiterete, a little m- 
crassate at the apex, bluntish, mucronulate, glaucous, prominently pee 
dotted; flowers numerous, very long peduncled, ternately panicled ; petals 
entire. Salm Dyck, l.c.t.25. M. polyphyllum, Haw. Rev. 141. M. pu- 
niceum, Jacq. Hort. Scho-nb. t. 442. es 
Has. C f Good Hope. 
By t the Moots robust, ek stem, — aye sth tee ttl 
1 istinct from th ding. ves 5-12 lines long, scarcely } 
praca ea ‘ oe oak Petals twice longer than the cal 
