442 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum. 
Has. Woods near Adow, Zwartkopsriver, Zey ! 2603. Sept._Oct. (Herb. Thunb. 
D. Sd. 
Branched from the base, 14 foot high, when young fleshy. Leaves subconnate, 
6-10 lines long, 3-4 lines wide in the middle, flattish or a little canaliculate above, 
obtusely keeled beneath. Flowers ternate or biternate, rarely by abortion subsoli- 
tary ; lateral peduncles with 2 leafy bracts. Flowers 3 inch in diameter. Petals 
biseriate, as long as the two longer lobes of the calyx. 
§. 50. ASPERIUSCULA, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose or suffruticose ; 
branches erect, slender, rough. Leaves distant ; eylindraceous or tri- 
quetrous-compressed, glittering from papule, Flowers solitary, reddish, 
yellow or copper-coloured, small or large. Calya 5—6-cleft. Stigmas 
5-6. (Sp. 224-233.) 
* Parviflora.—Flowers reddish or yellow. (Sp. 224-229.) 
224. M. pulverulentum (Haw. Syn. 272); stem erect, branches 
crowded ; leaves cylindrically-triquetrous, obtuse, dotted with white, 
powdery, scabrous ; calyx 6-cleft ; petals reddish, 
_ Has. Cape of Good Ho 
Flowers almost like ies of M. barbatum, whitish at the smaller base. Fila- 
ments erect. Styles 6, recurved at the apex. 
225. M. asperulum (Salm Dyck, Lc. fase. 5. t.28); stem erect ; 
branches numerous, slender, straight, rough ; leaves linear-elongate, 
crowded, semicylindrically-triquetrous, incurvate-spreading, hooked and 
mucronulate at the apex, papulose ; lowers lateral ; calyx 4-cleft. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Shrub 14 foot. Leaves 6-10 lines long, about 1 line wide, green, minutely papil- 
late. Peduncle § lines long, thickened above, papillose. Petals uniseriate, 5 lines 
long, pale rose-coloured, with a darker dorsal line. Stamens erect. 
226. M. parvifolium (Haw. Rev. 184); stem suberect ; branches 
diffuse, filiform, rough ; leaves minute, crowded, expanded, triquetrous, 
subcymbeform, papulose; flowers terminal ; calyx 5-cleft ; petalsminute, 
deep purple. Saln Dyck, fase. 3. t. 35. M. pulverulentum, EB. & Z! 
2061, ex pte. i 
Has. Rhinosterkop, Zeyher, 638 ; Namaqualand, A. Wyley! Karro-like hills 
between Gauritzriver and Langekiook George. Dec. (Herb. Sd.) 
The smallest of the section, 3-3 foot high. Leaves 2 lines long and wide, a little 
dilated at the keel, glittering. Peduncles } inch long. Calyx with small, acute, 
subleafy, equal lobes. Petals about 3 lines long. Exterior filaments spreading. 
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227. M. brevifolium (Ait. Kew. v. 2. 188); stem erect 3 branches 
numerous, erecto-diffuse, slender, rough ; leaves small, crowded, spread- 
ing, triquetrous-compressed, very blunt, papulose; flowers lateral ; calyx 
5-cleft ; filaments reddish, barbate at base. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. a 3. 
M. erigeriflorum, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. t. 477. M. lateriflorum, Red. yl. 
grass. M. subglobosum et parvifolium, EB. & Z.} 2062, 2063. M. capil- 
~~ Thunb.! herb. M. hispidum, 8, Thunb. ! herb, M. subglobosum, Haw. 
Yn. 273. 
by. Hap. Karro-like hills near Uite Olifantsri Stasi 
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