452 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) [AMesembryanthemum. 
Has. Sandy places near Olifantsriver, Clanwilliam ; near Papendorf, Oct.-Nov. 
(Herb. D., Sd.) : : ; 
Stem 2 feet or more high. Leaves 8-14 lines long, 1-1} line wide. Pedicels 
short, thickened above, lateral ones foliate. Calyx turbinate, papillose, 2 lobes 
elongated and about as long as the petals. 
§. 58. NODIFLORA, DC. (Cylindracea, Haw.) Root annual. Stem 
herbaceous, branched. Leaves subterete or linear, papulose. lowers 
axillary, subsessile. Calyx 4—5-cleft, lobes longer than the very mi- 
nute, white petals. Stigmas 4-5. (Sp. 264-265.) 
264. M. nodiflorum (Linn. Spec. 687); stem nearly erect or diffuse ; 
leaves opposite or alternate, semiterete or subterete, obtuse, sometimes 
alittle cilated at the base ; flowers sessile or short-pedunculate ; calyx 
4-5-cleft, lobes unequal, much longer than the minute petals. DC. Pl. 
Grass. t. 88. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 413. M. copticum, Linn. Spec. 688. M. 
apetalum, Linn. f. Suppl. 258. M. copticum, Jacq. hort. Vind. 3. t. 6. 
M. nodiflorum et apetalum, E. § Z.! 2090, 2091. 
Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats ; near Olifantsriver, near Grootvadersbosh, in 
- Zwartland, Zey. / 2620, Oct.-Nov. (Herb. Thunb. Jacq. D. Sd.) 
Much branched, 2 inches 1 foot high, greyish-green. Branches terete, more or 
less papulose, branchlets mostly secundate. Leaves 4-1 inch long, 4-1 line wide. 
Flowers axillary or subterminal. Calyx turbinate, lobes subulate, as long as the 
tube. A very polymorphous plant. I cannot distinguish the specimens from 
Sicily, Barbary, Egypt, from the Cape plant. 
265. M. caducum (Ait. Kew. 2. p. 179) ; stem and branches erectish 
or diffuse, as well as the leaves and calyxes papulose ; leaves alternate 
or opposite, semiterete, obtuse ; flowers sessile, in the axil of a leaf, or 
terminal, girded by a pair of leaves ; calyx 5-cleft, lobes unequal, a little 
longer than the whitish petals. DC. 1. c. 447. #. &Z.! 2092. 
Has. Sandy places near Buffaloriver, Clanwilliam, Nov. (Herb. Sd.) 
Only distinguished from M. nodiflorum by the flower with larger petals. Branches 
mostly alternate. 
Group. VI. Puantroria.—Stem slightly woody, fleshy, or herbaceous. Leaves 
flat, more or less papulose. (§§. 59-65.) 
§. 59. SCAPOSA, DC. (Limpida, Haw.) Root annual, nearly stem- 
less. Leaves almost radical, linear or cuneiform, papulose. lowers 
solitary, rising from a radical peduncle, reddish, yellow or white. Calyx 
5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 266-268. 
266. M. pyropaeum (Haw. Suppl. 19) ; plant almost stemless, branch- 
ed from the base ; branches subpapulose ; leaves connate, Linear-elon- 
gate, semicylindrical, obtuse, canaliculate near the base ; flowers solitary, 
pedunculate ; peduncle and calyx papillose. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6 t. 34 
M. tricolor, Willd. Enum, 530. Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2144. M. gramineum, 
rele Pe claniforme, DC. Prod. 3. 448. M. clavatum, Haw. Petiv, Gaz. 
. 88. f. 7. 
‘Var. 8. roseum (Haw) ; flowers rose-coloured. 
Var. y. album (Haw.) ; flowers white. M. lineare, Thunb./ Fl. Cap. 411. M. 
apetalum, Thunb, ! t. ¢. 417. 
