Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) ai 457 - 
Has. Cape of Good Hope, in Karro. (Herb. Thunb.) 
Branches elongated, foliaceous at top. Leaves in the flowering branches distant, 
1 inch long, 4 lines wide, attenuated on both ends ; when old marcescent and mem- 
branaceous. Flowers large, white. Calyx turbinate, papulose, twice shorter than 
the narrow-linear petals. Styles 5, short. 
283. M. concavum (Haw. Rev. 168) ; stem suberect, much branched ; 
branches slender, tortuous ; leaves connate, erect, crowded, lanceolate- 
acute, rather concave above, convex beneath, crystalline-glittering ; 
flowers ternate ; calyx 4-cleft. Salm Dyck, fasc. 4. t. 33. 
Has, Cape of Good Hope. * 
Very similar to M. tortwosum, but much slenderer and the calyx 4-fid. Leaves 
1 inch long, 3-4 lines wide. Petals white, twice longer than the calyx. 
984, M. crassicaule (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1824. 425) ; stem very short, 
thick ; branches procumbent, papillose ; leaves connate, erectish-recur- 
vate, linear-lanceolate, acute, shining, papulose, subcanaliculate above, 
convex beneath ; flowers bigeminate; calyx 5-cleft, three of the lobes 
larger, two subulate. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 34+ 
Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.) 
Branches subherbaceous, 3-1 foot long. Leaves fleshy, 1-2 inches long, 3-5 lines 
wide, upper ones much shorter. Peduncles 1 inch or longer, bracteate. Calyx 
pdr age papulose ; lobes twice shorter than the straw-coloured linear petals. Styles 
80: 
985. M. humifusum (Ait. Kew. 2. 179); stem suffruticose, trailing ; 
leaves stem-clasping, spathulate, keeled, scabrous from conical papule ; 
petals very minute. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Corolla white. 
§. 63. RELAXATA, Salm Dyck (Expansa, DC. Planifolia, Haw.) 
Stem incrassate, diffuse; branches flexuose, adscending. Leaves flat, 
oblong-lanceolate, glaucous, with minute papule. Flowers ternate or 
about 5, by abortion often solitary, reddish or white. Calyx 5-cleft, 
lobes subequal, without papulz. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 286-287.) 
286. M. relaxatum (Willd. Enum. Suppl. 36); stem diffuse ; branches 
ascendent, flexuose ; leaves stem-clasping, distinct, linear-lanceolate, 
bluntish, erecto-patent, glaucescent, subcanaliculate above, obtuse-cart- 
nate beneath ; flowers purplish. Salm Dyck, fase. 1.t. 35. H&Z! 
2108. 
Has. Rocky places near Fort Beaufort or Katriver. July. (Herb. Sd.) 
Branches 1 foot or more, terete. Leaves 1-2 inches long, 3-4 lines wide, scarcely 
attenuated at the base, minutely papulose. Flowers 3 or 5, large. Calyx turbi- 
nate; lobes subequal, twice shorter than the linear-lanceolate petals. Styles as long 
as the stamens. 
287. M. pallens (Ait. Kew. v. 2. 182); stem diffuse ; branches de- 
cumbent, flexuose ; leaves stem-clasping, distinct, oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, recurvate-spreading, glaucous, minutely papulose, subcanalicu- 
late above, costate-carinate beneath ; flowers white. EH. & Z. / 2104. 
Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. t. 36. MM. expansum, DC. Pl. Grass. t. 47. M. loratum, 
