Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 443 
1 foot or higher, much branched, branches adscendent. Leaves 2-5 lines long, 
1-1} lines wide, glittering from papule. Peduncle 3-5 lines long, glittering as 
well as the obtuse calyx. Petals 4 lines long. Stamens erect. Styles 5, short. 
228. M. obliquum (Haw. Rev. 183) ; stem erect ; branches spreading, 
filiform, rough; leaves much distant, cylindrical, obtuse, glittering from 
papulee, with one of the pair deflexed, the other opposite it ascending. 
Salm Dyck, fasc.2. t. 24. Bot. Reg. t. 863. M. brevifolium, LE. & Z.! 2065. 
Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, Zeyher, 2605, 2606. Nov.—Jan. 
(Herb. D., Sd.) 
Very distinct by the longer (6-8 lines) reflexed and adscending leaves. Branches 
when old, smooth, erect or more or less spreading. Peduncles 3-1 inch, in the cul- 
tivated plant twice as long. Calyx as large as a large pea, obconical, 5-cleft, lobes 
subequal. Petals purple, 4 lines long. Styles 5, filiform. 
229. M. flavum (Haw. Rev. 183); stem dwarf, erectish ; branches 
very slender, scabrous ; leaves much crowded, nearly terete, rather 
attenuated on both ends, glittering from papule, subineurved or 
variously bent ; calyx obconical, 5-cleft, lobes equal, obtuse ; petals 
yellow. Salm Dyck, l.c.t. 25. M. obliquum, E. & Z.! 2064. 
Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, Zey. / 2590 ex pte. June-Oct. (Herb. 
, nah shrub. Leaves 3-4 lines long, about 1 line wide. Peduncles 14-2 inches 
long, filiform, papillate, glittering, without bract. Calyx turbinate, 2 lines long, 
glittering ; petals nearly twice as long, subbiseriate. Capsule obconical, depressed, 
umbilicate, 5-valved. 
* Grandiflora.—Flowers croceous. (Sp. 230-233.) 
230, M. collinum (Sond.) ; stem and branches erect, straight, slender, 
rough ; leaves distant, erect, subtrigonous-cylindraceous, obtuse, attenu- 
ate at the base, papillate ; flowers middle-sized croceous; petals linear- 
subulate. M. micans, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 426. M. flavum, E. & Z.! 2066. 
Has. Karro-like hills in Bockefeldt, Thunberg ; near Gauritzriver, E.G Z./ Dec. 
arte ary ok filiform, purplish branchlets. Leaves 5-8 lines long, 4-} line 
wide, minutely papulate, a little larger near the apex. Peduncles 14-2 inches long, 
ebracteate. Flowers about 6 lines in diameter. Calyx glittering, 5-cleft, 5-horned. 
Petals in many rows, very narrow. Filaments yellow, much smaller than the fol- 
lowing. 
931, M. micans (Linn. Spec. 696) ; stem erect ; branches elongate, 
erect-spreading, slender, rough ; leaves distant, spreading, semicylindri- 
cal, obtuse, subrecurved at the apex, papillate ; flowers large, purple- 
croceous ; petals lanceolate. Dill. Hlth. t. 215. f. 282. DC. Pl. Grass. 
t. 167. Salm Dyck, fase. 4.4.24. MM. hispidum, var. y. herb. Thunb, ! 
M. micans, E. & Z. ! 2068. oe 
. Stony places near Puspasvalley, Swellendam, Z. ¢ Z./ Genaden a 
Pes Rictkwil Zey.! 2613. Sept.Oct. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Shrub 2-3 feet high ; branches papillate-scabrous. Leaves 8-12 lines long, 1-2 
lines wide, obtuse, with a short obtuse recurved mucro. Flowers 1 inch and morein 
diameter. Calyx glittering with 2 longer, subulate lobes. Petals when dry nearly 
blackish. 
932. M. speciosum (Haw. Syn. 270) ; stem erect ; branches elongate, 
erect-spreading, slender, rough ; leaves much distant, much spreading, 
