456 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [JJesembryanthemum. 
papulose. Mowers pedunculate, solitary, purple. Calyx 4-cleft. Stig- 
mas 4. (Sp. 279.) 
279. M. cordifolium (Linn. f. Suppl. 26c); stems diffuse ; leaves 
opposite, flat, petiolate, ovate-cordate, rather papulose ; peduncles ter- 
minal or rather lateral on the elongated branches ; calyx obconical, 2 
lobes flat, large, 2 subulate. Jacg. Icon. rar, 3. 3. t. 487. DOC. Pl. 
Grass, t. 102, Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t.31. E.§ Z. | 2102. 
Has. Woods near Zeekoriyer, Thunb. ; Zwartkopsriver, near Adow, and on Fish- 
river, Z. § Z./ Zeyh. 706, 2621. Sept.-Dec. (Herb. Thunb, Sd.) - 
1-2 feet. Stem and branches minutely papulose. Leaves 6-12 lines long and 
nearly wide. Peduncles 4-8 lines ; calyx tube about 4 lines long, longer lobes 
equalling the tube or longer. Petals short, linear. 
§. 62. HXPANSA, DC. (Planifolia, Haw.) Stem and branches suf- 
fruticose, diffuse, or procumbent, leafy at top. Leaves flat, ovate-lan- 
ceolate, subcarinate, papulose, marcescent, nerves and veins persistent. 
Flowers ternate or biternate in a terminal, elongated, thick peduncle, 
whitish or pale yellow. Calyx 4-5-cleft, lobes very unequal. Stigmas 
4-5. (Sp. 280-285.) 
280. M. anatomicum (Haw. Syn. 249) ; stem-much branched, de- 
cumbent, as well as the branches slender, tortuose ; leaves connate, 
crowded, erectish, oblong-lanceolate, acute, flattish, crystalline-glittering, 
when dead persistent; flowers ternate; calyx 4-cleft. Salm Dyck, fase. 
4. 32. M. emarcidum, Thunb.! Nov. Act. Nat. Our. v. 8, p. g. App. FI. 
Cap. 415. M. tortuosum, E. & Z.! 2103. 
on Karro, in Bockland, and near Gauritzriver. Nov.-Dec, (Herb. Thunb. 
Stem 3-1 foot. Leaves }-1 inch long, 45 lines wide, when old the nerves and 
a id epiderme alone remain persistent. Flowers large. Peduncles 1-1} 
inch, without bracts. Calyx pyriform, 4, rarely 5-cleft (Thunb.) Petals white, very 
narrow, as long as the longer calyx lobes. Styles 4, filiform. 
281. M, ‘expansum (Linn. Spec. 697); stem diffuse ; branches lax, 
reflexed ; leaves connate, recurved, much-spreading, broad-lanceolate, 
acute, attenuated at the base, flat, keeled by the prominent middle 
nerve, rather glittering ; flowers bigeminate ; calyx 5-cleft, three of the 
lobes very large, two subulate, Salm Dyck, fase. 1. t. 34. M. tortuosum, 
i. C. Pl. Grass. t. 94. Dill. Elth, t. 182. f. 223, 
epee Has. Cape of Good Hope (v, v.) 
Ab. = Branches 4-1 foot. Taaved 1-1} inch long, 4-6 lines wide; when young 
up La, thickish, green, minutely papillate, when old marcescent and membranaceous, dried 
__‘ |°" nerves persistent. Flowers large. Pedicels 4-6 lines long, bracteated. Pale yel- 
lowish petals, as long as the longer calyx-lobes. Styles 5, short. 
282. M. tortuosum (Linn. Spec. 697) ; stem divaricate ; branches lax, 
procumbent ; leaves connate, erect-recurved, ovate-lanceolate, rather con- 
cave above, carinate-convex beneath ; flowers subternate ; calyx 5-cleft, 
two of the lobes very large, two subulate, acute. Dill EHith. t. 181. f. 
222, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 427. Salm Dyck, fasc. 2. t. 36. M. varians, Haw. 
Syn. 249, according to the very bad figure, Petiv. Gaz. t 78. f. 10, 
