440 MESEMBRYACE& (Sond.) [Adesembryanthemum. 
215. M. emarginatum (Linn. Spec. p. 692) ; stem erect, branches ex- 
panded, flexuose ; leaves subremote, linear-elongated, spreading, in- or 
re-curved, semiterete, subcompressed at the apex, acutish, glaucous, 
-scabrous-punctate ; flowers very long pedunculate, ternate ; petals emar- 
ginate, Dill. Elth. t. 197. f. 250. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 26. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Stem 2 feet high, Flowers less numerous, very long pedunculate, and petals bi- 
dentate distinguish it from M. violacewm. 
216, M. elegans (Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 4. t. 436); stem suffruticose ; 
‘branches compressed, decumbent or deflexed, bark whitish or red ; leaves 
rather triquetrous, narrow, very glaucous, scabrous; flowers numerous, 
mostly panicled ; lobes of calyx reflexed ; petals pale reddish, entire ; 
stamens collected. M. retroflexum, emarginatoides, leptaleum et defleaum, 
Haw. M. incurvum, E. & Z.1 2018. M. Thunbergii, BE. § Z,! 2036. ex pte. 
M. flexuosum, longistylum and versicolor, E. § Z.! 2039, 2040, 2055. 
M. tenuifolium, Thunb.! herb. ex pte. Herb. Un. itin. 512. 
Has. Sandy places and rocks, Table and Lionsmountain, Hottentottsholland, 
Swellendam, Worcester and Uitenhage. (Herb. Thunb., Sd.) 
Shrub 4-1 foot or higher, much branched. Leaves crowded, 6 lines long, 3—} 
line wide. Peduncle 1 inch or longer. Flowers reddish or whitish, sometimes pale 
red Se darker lines. Petals 3 inch long. Smaller and more slender than the 
prec 5 
217. M. versicolor (Haw. Misc. 17. Syn. 268); stem shrubby, 
branched ; leaves almost triquetrous, glaucescent, scabrous from the 
warts ; lobes of calyx ovate, acuminated ; petals somewhatbidentate at 
the apex ; stamens collected. DC. 1. ¢. p. 434. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Petals variable, of a shining white or silvery colour, but when closed in the morn- 
ing and evening they are pale-reddish, Probably a variety of the polymorphous 
M. elegans. 
218, M. scabrum (Linn. Spec. g92); stem and branches erect, 
straight ; leaves linear-elongated, spreading-recurved, triquetrous-com- 
pressed, bluntish, green, as well as the calyx very rough from shining 
warts ; flowers ternate ; petals often crenated at the apex ; stamens 
collected. Dill. Hlth. t. 197. f. 251. Salm Dyck, l. ¢. t. 27. dd. emar- 
geatum, E. & Z. ! 2057. Herb. Un. itin. 516. ex pte. 
Has. Stony places on the sides of Lionsmountain and Tablemountain, Feb.—June. 
Zey,! 2589. (Herb. D., Sd.) ‘ 
Stem. 1-1} foot. Leaves 9-15 lines long, 1 line wide. Flowers ternate, or by 
abortion solitary. Peduncle 14-2 inches, thickened and warted near the calyx. 
Petals 2 or three times longer than the calyx, narrower than in the cultivated plant 
and not crenated, obtuse or acute, veidiche ee es 
§ 49. TRICHOTOMA, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose or suffruticose, 
fleshy, at — woody, erect, often with tuberous roots. Leaves 
semicylindrical or triquetrous-compressed, minutely papulose. Flowers 
disposed by threes, corymbose, small, white or reddish. Calyx 4-5- 
clett. Stigmas 4-5. (Sp. 219-223.) 
— 219. M. tuberosum (Linn. Spec. 693) ; root tuberous, hard ; stem 
