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Haw, Rev, 168. E. d& Z.! 2169. M. angulatum, BE. & Z.! 2107. Zeyh. 
2600. 2601. 2602. 
Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver, mountain sides of Bothasberg, near Vishriver, 
and at Katriver. Oct.Jan. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
The whole plant paler or more glaucous than the preceding ; the white petals are 
not longer than the calyx lobes, The wild specimens are smaller and more erect 
than in the cultivated ; the panicle is also larger but the flowers smaller. 
§. 64. ZRIPOLIA, DC. (Planifolia, Haw.) Root biennial. Stem 
herbaceous, lax. eaves flat, spathulate. lanceolate, opposite, without 
papulz, shining. /owers terminal, peduncled, white. Calyx penta- 
gonal, 8-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 288.) ‘ 
288, M. Tripolium (Linn, Spec. 690) ; stem herbaceous, loose, simple ; 
leaves spathulate-lanceolate, dotless, shining, almost destitute of pa- 
pul ; flowers pedunculate. Dill. Elth. t. 179. f. 220. Bradl. Suec. 5. 
p. 14.047. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t.36.E.& Z./ 2111. M. expansum, Herb, 
Thunb. ! 
Has. Sandy places in the flats near Rietvalley. Oct. (Herb. Thunb. D. Sd.) 
About 1 foot high. Leaves in sterile branches crowded, in floriferous distant, 
2-4 inches long, 6-8 lines wide, bluntish, much attenuated at the base, minutely 
papulose. Peduncles 2~3 inches long, thickened above, without bracts. Calyx 
turbinate, denticulate at the angles ; lobes shorter than the linear petals. 
§. 65. HELIANTHOIDEA, DC. (Pomeridiana and Hymenogyne, 
Haw.) Root annual. Stem herbaceous, branched. Leaves flat, lan- 
ceolate or spathulate, attenuate at the base, subpapulose. Flowers 
long-peduncled, yellow. Calyx hemispherical, often rather angular at 
the base, with five elongated lobes. Ovarium depressed. Stigmas 10-20. 
(Sp. 289-293.) 
289. M. pomeridianum (Linn. Spec. 698) ; annual ; stem erectish or 
i as well as the branches, peduncles and calyxes hairy ; leaves 
spathulate or spathulate-lanceolate, attenuated in a canaliculate petiole, 
flat, smooth, ciliated ; peduncles elongated ; lobes of the hemispherical 
calyx unequal, two leafy and longer than the petals. Bot. Mag. t. 540. 
Jacq. Icon. rar. 3. t. 489. E. & Z.1 2112, Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. 36. M. 
calendulaceum, Haw. Rev. 161. M. Candollit, H. & Z. ! 2114. non. Haw. 
Var. 8. glabrum (Haw. Rev. 160) ; plant glabrous or nearly so, upper leaves 
a little ciliated, petals as long or a little longer than the calyx. Andr. Rep. t. 57. 
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branches smaller. Peduncles 2-5 inches long. Longer lobes of the calyx }-1 
pri long. Petals pluriseriate, linear-lanceolate. Capsule large, flat above, about 
290. M. helianthoides (Ait. Kew, 198) ; annual ; stem erectish, as 
well as the branches and peduncles hairy ; leaves oblong-spathulate or 
spathulate-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, flat, smooth, glabrous ; 
peduncles elongated ; lobes of the subpentagonal calyx unequal, as long 
_ ora little shorter than the petals. DC. Pl. Grass. i. 1 35. M. pilosum, 
