Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 459 
Haw, Rev. 161. M. calendulaceum, Haw. Mise. 47. Breyn. Cent. t: 79. 
Moris. Hist. Sect. 12. t. 6. f. 13. 
Var. 8. glabrum; plant glabrous or nearly so. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope; var. 8. sandy flats between Klippfontein and Pre- 
dikstoel. Nov. Zeyh. 707. (Herb. Sd.) 
Leaves somewhat smaller than in M. pomeridianum, and not ciliated, and the 
calyxes glabrous with subangular not exactly hemispherical tubes. Stem about 1 
foot high. Stigmas 12-18, 
291. M. flaccidum (Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 475) ; biennial; leaves lan- 
ceolate, acute, flat, glabrous, quite entire; peduncles 1-flowered, erectish, 
glabrous, very long. DC. l. c. 450. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. 
Petals linear, acute on both ends. Styles §! Perhaps not belonging to this 
section. 
292. M. sabulosum (Thunb.! Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. v. 8. p. 17. App.) ; 
nearly stemless, quite glabrous ; branches ascending, terete, at top with 
crowded leaves; leaves opposite, radical ones larger, oblong or oblong- 
spathulate, petiolate, acutish, minutely papillose ; peduncles longish ; 
lobes of the hemispherical subangulate calyx subequal, as long as the 
linear, yellow petals. M. calendulaceum, H. & Z./ 2113. 
Has. Sandy places near Saldanhabay and in Zwartland. Aug.—Oct. (Herb. 
Thunb. Sd.) 
Habit of M-criniflorum, but easily distinguished by the yellow petals and radiat- 
ing, numerous stigmas. Root filiform, annual. Stem about 4 inch, branches 1-2 
inches long. Limb of the radical leaves about 1 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, at- 
tenuated in a broad-linear, 6 lines long petiole. Upper leaves 7-1 inch. Peduncles 
2-4 inches long. Calyx lobes foliaceous, three of them with large membranaceous 
ins. Petals about 6 lines long. Stigmas 10-12, not 5, as described by Thun- 
berg. Capsule depressed, globose, twice smaller than in J. pomeridianum. 
293. M. glabrum (Ait. Kew. 2. 198) 5, leaves petiolate, spathulately- 
lanceolate, dilated at the base, and as well as the branches glabrous ; 
base of calyx hemispherical, with linear, unequal lobes ; stigmas 
hago 12, united into a tube at the base. Hymenogyne glabra, Haw. 
ev. 192. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. - 
Habit almost of M. helianthoides, Corolla straw-coloured ; petals rufescent at 
the base ; sterile filaments copper-coloured. Probably the same as M, 
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SPECIES NOT SUFFICIENTLY KNOWN. 
M. campestre (Burch. Trav. 1.259). Erect, 14 foot high. Flowers 
rose-coloured. Allied to /. pulchellum, Haw. 
Has. in Roggeveld. 
M. arboriforme (Burch. Trav. 1. 343). Shrub 1-2 feet high, 
2 ‘th the trunk mostly simple. Cymes 8-times dichoto- = 
ranched, wi e y sump. ymes 0- ‘ad to 20. 
mous. Flowers minute, of a testaceous colour. Species 
parvifolium, Haw. a ee 
Has, Gattikamma. 
