444 MESEMBRYACE (Sond). [Mesembryanthemum. 
turgid-cylindraceous, abbreviate, acutish, papillate ; flowers very large, 
deep scarlet; petals spathulate-lanceolate. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6. t. 30. 
£. & Z. | 2067. 
Has. Karro-like hills near Gauritzriver, Swellendam. Dec. (Herb. Sd.) 
Larger than J. micans, branches more divergent, leaves 6-8 lines long, 3 lines 
wide. Calyx with 5 subequal lobes. Petals greenish at the base, nearly 1 inch 
long. 
233. M. maculatum (Haw. Syn. 272) ; stems erect, covered with 
rough spots ; leaves expanded, remote, obtuse, semicylindrical and 
rather compressed, papulose. M. micans, var. 8. Haw. Misc. 98. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Nearly allied to M. micans, but the stem is higher, more erect, the branches less 
rough, more slender and filiform, the leaves shorter, scarcely incurved, but moré 
horizontal. Flowers unknown. 
§. 51. HISPIDA, DC. (Hispicaulia, Haw.) Stem suffruticose, woody 
at the base, diffuse; branches slender, divergent, hispid from bristles. 
Leaves cylindraceous, papulose. Flowers solitary, reddish or white ; 
peduncles hispid. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 234-241.) 
_ 234. M. pruinosum (Thunb. ! Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. v. 8. p.17. App.); 
branches erect, spreading, terete, when young densely beset with seti- 
ferous papule, when old only papulose ; leaves trigonous-cylindrical, 
obtuse, papulose ; flowers axillary, solitary or by threes terminal, lateral 
pedicels bracteate ; calyx setiferous, 5-cleft, nearly equalling the petals. 
Fl. Cap. p. 425. Teter ae 
Has. Karro near Lurisriver and in Cannaland, Thunbd.! near Zwartkopsriver, 
Zeyher! 2596. Dec.Jan. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Subshrub }-1 foot, decumbent ; lower branches nearly smvoth, upper ones 
whitish-punctate from papule, in the young state terminated by a rigid bristle. 
Leaves fleshy, thick, approximate or remote, 5-6 lines long, 2 lines wide, rarely 
longer ; young ones setiferous. Peduncles 2-4 lines long, thickened above. Calyx 
about 2-3 lines long, lobes erect, thick, subequal. Petals reddish as it seems in the 
dry specimens, not yellow, as described by Thunberg. Capsule obconical, 5-valved 
on a compressed 4-6 lines long peduncle. 
235. M. striatum (Haw. Syn. 275); stem and branches suberect, 
setose; leaves turgid-cylindraceous, obtuse, glittering from setiferous 
papule ; calyx woolly, with subequal, leafy lobes; petals rose-coloured, 
purple, striate ; stamens collected. Salm Dyck, fasc. 2. t. 26. M. stria- 
tum and hirtellum, EB. & Z. ! 2072, 2073. 
_ Var. a. roseum (DC. 1 c. 441) ; petals pale rose-coloured, with a deeper coloured 
line in the middle. Af. striatum, Haw. l. c. M. hispidum, y. Linn. Dill. Eth. f- 
281. M. hispidum, fol. e. herb. Thunb. ! Zey.! 2593. ex pte. 
Var. 8. pallidum (DC. 1. c.) ; petals white, with a red line at the base. M. stri- 
atum, DC. Pl. Grass. t. 132. 
Var. y. hispifolium (Salm Dyck, 1. ¢.) ; papule of the leaves beset with reversed 
hairs. M. hispifolium, Haw Rev. 198. M. tuberculatum, DC. l, c. 
Has. In fields near Zwartkopsriver ; between Zwarteberg and Klynriviersberge, 
Caledon ; near Tulbagh and on Olifantsriver. Sept.-Nov. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Stem 1~2 feet, as well asthe branches beset with very spreading bristles. Leaves 
6-12 lines long, 14 line in diameter, Peduncles setose, 1~3 inches long, filiform. 
Calyx subcampanulate, 2 of the lobes a little shorter, with membranaceous margins. 
