(448 ss MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum. 
§. 58. ECHINATA, Salm Dyck, Haw. Stem suffruticose, short or 
nearly wanting; branches erect-tortuose or prostrate, strumose-nodulose. 
_ Leaves oblong-ovate, distinct, echinate or hispid. Flowers solitary, 
white or yellow. Calyx 4-5-cleft. Stigmas 4-5. (Sp. 248-249.) 
248. M. strumosum (Haw. Rev. 19¢); stem and branches short, de- 
cumbent, fleshy, strumose; leaves much crowded, depressedly-cylindrical, 
attenuated at both ends, hispid all over; calyx 5-cleft, lobes nearly equal, 
obtuse ; petals emarginate. Salm Dyck, fasc. 5. t. 29. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Stem wanting or very short. Leaves spreading, 6-9 lines long, 1-1} lines wide. 
Peduncle 4-6 lines long, papillate. Calyx subglobose, pilose. Petals pale-yellow or 
white, with a red dorsal line, 3-4 lines long. Styles 5, short, acute, 
249. M. echinatum (Ait. Kew. 2.194); stem erect, branches diffuse, 
erectish-tortuose papillate; leaves turgid, ovate or oblong ovate, gibbous, 
echinaceous-hispid from glittering papule ; calyx 4—5-cleft, lobes wn- 
equal ; petals entire. DC. Pl. Grass. t.24. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. 28. 
HL. § Z.1 2084. M. setosum, Moench. 
Has. Sandy places near Zoutpan, Zwartkopsriver, Zeyh. 2907 ; Karro-like-hills, 
between Gauritzriver and Langekloof, George. Nov.-Dec. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
Stem 1 foot, branches woody. Leaves 3-6 lines long, about 3-4 lines wide, 
gibbous beneath, subtriquetrous, crowded. Peduncles very short, papulose-hispid. 
pi 2h 4 or 5-cleft, a little shorter than the white or yellowish petals. Capsule 4-6- 
valved. 
§. 54. SPINULIFERA, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, often strumose 
at the base. Branches fleshy, papulose: when old they appear as if 
they were spiny from the permanent remains of the dried leaves. 
Leaves cylindraceous, somewhat channelled, glittering from papule. 
Flowers mostly ternate, greenish-yellow or greenish red. Calya 5-cleft, 
lobes often elongated. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 250-256.) 
250. M. nitidum (Haw. Syn. 253); stem and branches erect ; leaves 
semiterete, subattenuate, obtuse, channelled above, green, glittering from 
papulz ; flowers ternate, long-pedunculate, yellow; lobes of calyx elon- 
gated, subulate ; styles short. Salm Dyck, fasc. 4. t. 29. M. brachia- 
tum, DC. Pl. Grass. t. 129. M. salmoneum, E. & Z.! 2088. non. Haw. 
Zeyh. 2599. 
Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver. Dec. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
__. Stem 1-2 feet, young branches papillate, old ones terete, glabrous, Leaves 8-12 
lines long, 1-2 lines wide. Flowers ternate, rarely solitary, }-1 inch long, papillate, 
intermediate without bracts. Calyx turbinate, lobes equal, or 2-3 shorter, equalling 
or a little longer than the yellow petals. 
251. M. decussatum (Thunb.! Prod. 68) ; stem and branches erect ; 
leaves semiterete, scarcely attenuate, bluntish, slightly suleate above, 
green, papulose ; flowers terminal, subsolitary, white ; lobes of calyx 
unequal, two of them longer, subfoliaceous, obtuse ; styles Jong. M. 
brachiatum, Ait. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. 194 
oe: Karro-like-hills, near Olifantsriver, and in Bocklands. Oct-Dec. (Herb. 
unb. ) 
