446 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Jesembryanthemum. 
crystalline papille ; petals large, purplish; stamens effuse ; styles ex- 
serted. Dill. Hlth. t. 214. f. 277 et 278. Salm Dyck, fase. 4.t. 26. 
Thunb. Fl. Cap. 418. M. hispidum et Boerhaon, EB. & Z.! 2069, 2070. 
Has, Mountains near Olifantsriver and between Hauwhoek and Caledon. Oct.— 
Nov. (Herb. Thunb., Sd.) 
In habit very near M7. micans. Stem 1-2 feet; branches with reflexed bristles. 
Leaves 5-10 lines long, 14 line wide, exactly cylindrical, green, Peduncle elon- 
gated. Calyx obconical, lobes equal, short, bluntish. Petals uniseriate, subspathu- 
late, much longer than the calyx. M. hirtellum, Haw. Obs. 284, is the same, with 
pale red flowers. 
. 
. 241. M. floribundum (Haw. Syn. 274); stem and branches tortuous, 
subdecumbent, setose ; leaves cylindrical, obtuse, glittering from minute 
papulz; flowers axillary, small ; petals rose-coloured ; stamens effuse ; 
. styles exserted. Salm Dyck, fase. 3. t. 36. E. § Z.! 2071. M. tubercu- 
latum, EB. § Z.12075, M.torquatum & furfureum, Haw. M. hispidum, 
ane Aug, B. palidum, Willd. Dill. Elth. t. 214. f. 279-280. 
Ke Var. £. erectius; Salm Dyck, 1.c. Branches more erect, and flowers smaller. 
.. _ Has. Karro-like hills, near Gauritzriver, Hassaquaskloof, and Breederiver, E. ¢ Z.; 
7" Zwartkopriver, Zeyh. 2593 ; Rhinosterkop, Zeyh. 677 ; Namaqualand, A. Wyley. 
Sept.-Dec. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
ranches % foot or shorter. Leaves mostly arcuate-curvate, 5-10 lines long, 1 
line wide, a little thicker near the apex. Peduncles 1-14 inch long or shorter. 
Calyx subturbinate, lobes equal, obtuse. Petals uniseriate, twice longer than the 
calyx. Styles 5, subulate. 
§.52. BARBATA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose ; branches 
erectly-decumbent, diffuse or crowded. Leaves near terete, subpapulose, 
thick, bearded at the apex by radiating hairs. Flowers solitary, red- 
dish. Calyx turbinate, papulose, 5—8-cleft, with as many blackish- 
green tubercles on the torus, and bearded lobes. Stigmas 5-8. (Sp. 
242-247.) 
242, M. barbatum (Linn. Spec. 691); stem and branches diffuse, de- 
cumbent, smooth; leaves remote, erect-spreading, turgid-semicylindra- 
ceous, ending in 5-6 radiating hairs ; base of calyx glabrous, lobes un- 
equal ; petals entire. Dill. Hlth. t. 190. f. 234. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. 
27. BH. § Z.! 2078. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 28. M. stelligerum, Haw. Phil. 
- Mag. Jul. 1824. 
Has. Hills in Zwartland. Nov. £.§ Z. (Herb. Sd.) 
About 1-1} foot high. Leaves 5-6 lines long, 2 lines wide, pellucid-papulose, 
= Flowers axillary and terminal. Calyx turbinate, 5~6-cleft, two of the lobes 
longer. Petals uniseriate, twice or three times longer than the calyx, acute. 
243, M. intonsum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1824. p. 62); stem and branches 
slender, erectly-deflexed, hispid ; leaves remote, spreading-recurved, 
turgid-semicylindraceous, attenuated, echinate-papulose, ending in 8-10 
nutbrown radiating hairs at the apex ; lobes of calyx unequal. Salm 
Dyck, fase. 2 t. 29. M. bulbosum, BE. § Z.1 2081. 
Var. a. rubicundum; flowers reddish. 
att = album ; flowers white, but at length becoming reddish as they fade 
