Mesembryanthemum.) MESEMBRYACER (Sond.) 441 : 
erect ; branches diffuse, tortuose ; leaves rather triquetrous-compressed, 
incurvate-spreading, recurved at the apex, green, beset with very mi- 
nute papule ; flowers trichotomous, subcorymbose, lateral peduncles 
biternate ; petals red. Dill. Elth. 275. f. 264. DC. Pl. Grass, t. 78. 
Salm Dyck, fase. 6. t. 28. M.umbcllatum, fol. 6. and ¢. herb. Thunb. 
EL. § Z.1 2058. 
Has. Mountain sides, Bothasberg near Vischriver, in Karro between Beaufort 
and Graafreynet ; Zwartskopriver, Rhinosterkop, Zey./ 679. 2608, Dec.—July. 
(Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Root very in globose. Stem woody, much branched, about 1 foot high. Leaves 
crowded, 6-10 lines long, 1 line wide. Peduncles ternate, intermediate without 
bract, lateral ones with small bracts. Pedicels 2-3 lines long, persistent and sub- 
spinescent. Calyx subglobose, as largeasa pea. Petals 2 lines long, acute. 
220. M. megarhizum (Don. Gen. Hist. v. 3. 145); root tuberous, 
hard ; stem erect, with the branches straight ; leaves rather trique- 
trous, compressed, incurvate-spreading, recurved at the apex, green, 
beset with very minute papule ; flowers trichotomous, subcorymbose, 
lateral peduncles biternate ; petals white. M. macrorbizum, Haw. Phil. 
Mag. 1826. 332, not of DC. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. 22. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Very like M. tuberosum, but differs in the principal stem being more equal in 
thickness, straight and erect branches, and in the flowers being white. 
221. M. subincanum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1824, p. 427); root 
woody, branched, fibrous ; stem firm, erect, branched ; leaves connate, 
spreading, tyigonal-compressed, rather canescent, soft, without dots or 
papule, recurved and mucronulate at the apex; flowers trichotomous, 
subcorymbose, fragrant, white. Salm Dyck, fasc. 2. t.23. I. testaceum, 
et brachiatum, E. & Z. { 2059, 2060. 
Has. Karro-like hills near the Zwartkopsriver, Rhinosterkop, dist. Beaufort and 
Albany, Zey. / 678. 681, 686, 2604. Nov.-April. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Most nearly allied to the preceding, but generally a little larger, the stem 14 feet 
high, leaves 1 inch long, See lines wide, not papulose, but clothed with a very 
minute greyish down, the flowers somewhat larger, petals about § lines long. 
222, M. testaceum (Haw. Suppl. 97. Rev. 178); stem shrubby, 
erect; branches often declinate, glabrous ; leaves connate, spreading, 
triquetrous, compressed, glaucous-green, minutely punctate-papulose, re- 
curved and mucronulate at the apex ; flowers terminal, ternate, corym- 
bose or in trichotomous umbels; fiowers of a coppery-colour. J. 
geminiflorum, EL. § Z.! 1991. 
Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, Zey./ 2584. Jan.—April. (Hb. D. Sd.) 
Leaves 6-12 lines long, 1-14 lines wide, more triquetrous than in the preceding ; 
flowers the size of M. subincanum, often only ternate ; lateral pedicels bracteate in 
the middle ; lobes of calyx subequal, acute ; petals a little longer than the calyx. 
223, M. Ecklonis (Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 6. t. 29) ; root woody, branch- 
ed ; stem and branches pubescent, at length glabrate ; leaves depressed- 
triquetrous, attenuated on both ends, spreading-recurved, mucronulate, 
minutely papillate and hairy ; flowers white, subtrichotomous ; calyx 
5-cleft, 2 lobes elongated. M. lanceum et villosum, E. § Z./ 2105, 
2106, 
