454 | MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Aesembryanthemum. 
flats near Rietvalley, Sondagsriver, Olifantsriver ; var. 8. Karro-like places in Gau- 
ritzriver and near Uitenhage, Zey./ 711 et 2626. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
The ice-plant is also a native of Greece and the Canary Islands. The annual 
plant is called by Haworth M. glaciale, the biennial M. crystallimum. Flowers 
white or rose-coloured. 
270. M. angulatum (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 426) ; stem and branches an- 
gulose, herbaceous, procumbent as well as the leaves, peduncles and 
calyxes covered with minute, white, glittering papulz; leaves opposite, 
or in the branches alternate, obovate or spathulate-rhomboid ; flowers 
pedunculate, terminal and axillary ; calyx 5-cleft, tube pentagonal, 
lobes unequal, 2 or 3 longer, spathulate, obtuse. M. erystallophanes, 
E.§ Z. 1 2099. Salm Dyck, fase. 5. t. 35. Zey.{ 2625. 
Var. B. ovatum ; leaves ovate, or obovate obtuse or acute. M. ovatum, Thunb. ! 
Fl. Cap. 417. M. elongatum, E. & Z.! 2098. exel. Syn. Zey.! 2623. 
Var. y. gracile; stem very slender, leaves and flowers smaller. M. angulatum, 
var. y. Thunb. ! Herb. 
Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver and Sondagsriver. Var. B. in the same locali- 
ties and near Howisons Poort. Var. y. on hills n@&tr Bethelsdorp, Sep.—Dec. 
(Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
~ Stem 1-2 feet, not so robust as in M. erystallinum. Leaves 1-2 inches long, 
6-12 lines wide, attenuated in a broad-linear channelled petiole. Peduncle angu- 
late, 2-6 lines long. Calyx papillose, longer lobes often equalling the whitish 
: var. ‘y. the stem and branches are much ihtunse dein a greyish-white 
colour, the leaves } inch long, upper ones oblong-spathulate, and the smaller flowers 
on very slender peduncles. 
271. M. puberulum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Sept. 1831. p. 419); stem 
branched, procumbent, papillose ; floriferous branches and margins of 
leaves pubescent ; leaves opposite or alternate, obovate-spathulate, 
channelled, keeled ; peduncles subcylindrical, M. papulosum, E. § Z.! 
2100. 
Has. Sandy places on the Sondagsriver near Graafreynet. Sept. (Herb. Sd,) 
The specimen of E. & Z.! is a span high with spreading branches. Leaves }- 3 
inch long, 3-1 line wide. Peduncles solitary, 6 lines long. Calyx-lobes unequal, 
3 lobes rather longer and larger. Petals nearly as long as the calyx, whitish, of 
pale rose-coloured in the dry plant. 
272. M. sessiliflorum (Ait. Kew. 3. 193) ; branches divaricate ; leaves 
flat, spathulate as well as the stems beset with papule ; flowers sessile, 
yellow. Haw. Syn. 247. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
273. M. Aitonis (Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 7.) branches decumbent, angu- 
lar ; leaves opposite or alternate, ovate-spathulate, papulose ; pedicels 
short ; calyxes angular. Haw, Mise. 48. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
_Flowers expanding in the rilaioms. pale-reddish, about the size of those of M. cor- 
difoliwm. Calyx-lobes very uneq Styles 5, erect, recurved at the apex. 
274, M. papuliferum (DC. 1. c. 448) ; nearly stemless ; branches 
2-4, opposite, divided, fastigiate, gradually thickened, as well as the 
leaves and calyxes papulose; leaves connate, ovate, obtuse ; flowers 
