Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond). 453 
Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats ; in Zwartland and Groenekloof, Sept. (Herb. 
Thunb., D., Sd.) 
2-3 inches high. Leaves radical or rising from the base of the very short stem, 
crowded on the top of the branches, dilated at the base, opposite, linear or somewhat 
broader near the apex, 1-2 inches long, 4-1 line wide. Peduncle radical or termi- 
nating the branches, 4-1} inch long. Calyx-lobes unequal, 2 or 3, often 4-6 lines 
long, and equalling the petals. Capsule, when ripe, depressed, globose. * 
267. M. criniflorum (Houtt. Pfl. Syst. 2 D. t. 53); plant almost 
stemless or branched from the base, herbaceous ; leaves obovate or cunet- 
form, flat, obtuse, rather scabrous from papule ; peduncles solitary, 
longer than the leaves, radical or rising from the top of the branches, 
pilose-papulose. Linn. Suppl. 259. Lhunb./ Fl. Cap, 411. M. cunet- 
folium, Jacq. Icon. rar. 3. t. 288. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 134. M. spathulatum, 
Willd. M. limpidum, Ait. M. criniflorum and cuneifolium, BE. § Z. ! 
2094, 2095, Herb. un itin. 511. Zey.! 709. 
Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats, Tablemountain, Saldanhabay, &c. Aug.—Sept. 
(Herb. Thunb., Jacq., D., Sd.) 
Near the preceding, butadiffering by much broader, flat and scabrous papulose 
leaves and larger flowers. Leaves 1-3 inches long, 3-4 lines wide, attenuated in 
the petiole with larger base ; crowded if rising from the top of the branches. Pe- 
duncles 1-3 inches long. Calyx with 2 or 3 elongated, obtuse lobes, shorter than 
the pale rose-coloured, red, or whitish narrow petals. It varies with narrow leaves 
and resembles M. pyropacum. 
268, M. papulosum (Linn. f. Suppl. 2 59); nearly stemless ; branched, 
decumbent, terete, papulose ; leaves opposite, spathulately-oblong, acute, 
oe cose ; peduncles solitary, terminal, shorter than the leaves ; calyx 
obes unequal; flowers yellow. M. sabulosum, E. & Z.! 2096. non. 
Thunb. ! 
Has. Sandy places near Brackfontein, Clanwilliam, Aug. (Herb. $d.) 
Root annual, stem 4-1 inch, with spreading, decumbent 1-3 inches long, terete 
branches. Leaves opposite in the lower part, crowded at the top of the branches ; 
lower ones about 2 inches long, 4 lines wide, attenuate in a linear petiole ; leaves of 
the branches smaller, 1-2 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, subscabrous from pellucid 
papule. Peduncles 4-6 lines long, minutely papulose. Calyx subglobose, the size 
of a large pea ; 2 or 3 of the lobes longer, equalling or a little surpassing the yellow 
petals. M. oligandrwm Kze, Del sem. hort. Lips. 1845 is a depauperated state of 
M. papulosum. 
§. 60. PLATYPHYLLA, Haw. DC. Root annual or biennial. Stem 
herbaceous. eaves flat, variable in form, papulose as well as the 
branches. Flowers of various colours. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 
269-278.) 
269. M. crystallinum (Linn. Spec. 688); diffusely procumbent, 
herbaceous, covered 
. 
nulate, terete, lobes ovate, retuse and acute. Dill. Elth. t. 130. 
Thunb.? FI. Cap. 413. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 128, Pappe. Prod. . tor 
med. p. 16. 
Has, Sandy places frequent in the neighbourhood of Capetown, 
Win ays PR ont Kinminnsl, Ubiking «  Ppedhm ole 
Var, 8. grandifiorum (E. & Z.! 2097); flowers larger on longer peduncles. ae 9 nic a, : 
Ss especially in © ais bees 
with large, white, glittering papule ; leaves oppo- 
site, or in the branches alternate, stem clasping, ovate or spathulate, — 
undulated ; flowers axillary, almost sessile ; calyx 5-cleft, tube pe as 
