Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE# (Sond.) 445 
Petals subbiseriate, lanceolate, 5-6 lines or a little longer than the calyx-lobes. 
Styles 5, short, erect. 
236. M. attenuatum (Haw. Rev. 188); stem and branches short, 
adscending, slender, setose ; leaves crowded, linear-cylindraceous, obtuse, 
glittering from erystalline papule ; calyx-lobes subequal ; petals white, 
reddish-striate ; stamens collected. Salm Dyck, 1. c. t. 27, E.G Zl 
2O7 4. 
Has. Sandy places on the sea shore near Cape Agulhas. Nov. (Herb. Sd.) 
Near the preceding but much smaller, stem and branches shorter, more slender, 
decumbent, and the flowers somewhat smaller. Leaves 5-8 lines long, 1 line wide. 
Lobes of calyx leafy, 2 membranaceous on the margins, about twice shorter than 
the petals. Styles, 5, short, recurvate. 
937, M. calycinum (Haw. Rev. 187); stem and branches erect- 
effuse, very slender, setose ; leaves. distant, linear-cylindrical, subattenu- 
ated at the apex, bluntish, glittering from very minute papule ; calyx- 
lobes unequal, 2 of them very elongated, cylindrical, leafy ; petals white. 
Salm Dyck, l.c. t, 28. M. hispidum, fol. 8. herb. Thunb. ! and Fl. Cap. 
418 
Has. Sandy fields near Olifantsriver. Oct.-Nov. (Herb. Thunb., D,) 
Branches subfiliform. Leaves often crenate-recurved, 6-9 lines long, 1 line 
wide. Peduncles 6-10 lines long. Calyx subcampanulate, the longer lobes equal- 
938. M. candens (Haw. Rev, 186); stem and branches effuse, as- 
cending, very slender, minutely setose ; leaves crowded, linear-cylindri- 
cal, blunt, subattenuate at the base, glittering and canescent from 
minute papule ; lobes of calyx subequal ; petals white. Salm Dyck, 
fase. 4. t. 25. M. hispidum, fol. a. herb. Thunb.! and Flor. Cap. 418. 
M. candens, E. & Z.! 2076. 
Has, Sea shore near Cape Recief, Uitenhage, Jan.-Feb. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Stem diffuse or prostrate, often rooting, branches 1-2 feet or longer, subflexuous, 
filiform, scabrous from very short setae. Leaves 4-6 lines long, scarcely 1 line 
wide. ‘Peduncles terminating the short branches, 4-8 lines long. Calyx obconical, 
3 lines long, a little shorter than the uniseriate, acute, white petals. Styles subu- 
late, ramentaceous, equalling the stamens. Tt varies with greener and subglaucous 
leaves when cultivated. 
239. M. subcompressum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1826. p. 1 31) ; stem 
erect ; branches slender, diffuse, when young rather pilose ; leaves 
compressed-semiterete, very blunt, greenish-canescent, glittering from very 
minute papule ; lobes of calyx deflexed, 2 subleafy, 3-4 shorter, flat, 
with membranaceous margins ; petals purplish. Salm Dyck, fase. 5. t. 29. 
Has. C f£ Good Hope. 
About * eet high. Lowel part of the branches scabrous-punctate, but not beset 
with very short hairs as the upper part. Leaves remote, 6-9 lines long, 1-2 lines 
wide. Pedcnils 1-2 inches long, filiform, papillate. Calyx obconical, cleft, 
lobes a little shorter than the spreading petals. Styles 6, filiform. Capsule 6- 
locular. 
240, M. hispidum (Linn. Spec. 691); stem, branches, as well as the 
peduncles erect, hispid ; leaves eylindraceous, very obtuse, slittering 
