470 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) ' [Aizoon. 
dent-erect, as well as the leaves and calyces densely beset with papule ; 
leaves alternate or subopposite, spathulate-oblong, cuneate or shortly 
petiolate ; flowers axillary, sessile ; styles 5, as long as the calyx. 
Has. South Africa, Drege, 7060. (Herb. Vind. Sd.) 
_ Nearly 4 foot high, glittermg from papule. Branches terete, primary opposite, 
upper ones alternate. Leaves $-1 inch long, 2-3 lines wide, much smaller in the 
branchlets, 3-4 lines long, 1 line wide. Flowers 1 line long, lobes ovate, acute. 
Capsule 5-angled, twice smaller than in A. Canariense. 
3. A. glinoides (Linn. fil. Suppl. 261) ; stems herbaceous, elongate, 
procumbent, as well as the leaves and calyces hirsute with long white 
hairs; leaves alternate, obovate, mucronate or acute, petiolate ; flowers 
axillary, sessile ; lobes of the calyx ovate-acuminate ; styles § short. 
Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 410. A. hirsutum, E. § Z.! 2130. Fenzl. ! in herb 
Drege, Zeyher, 2632. 
‘Has. Karrolike places near Zwartkopsriver, Onaggasvlakt, Grahamstown, Koega- 
river, E. § Z.! Col. Bolton, Drege, Krauss. T. Williamson, and near Port Natal, 
Drege. AprilSept. (Herb. Thunb. Vind. D. Sd.) 
Stem 1-2 feet long, subflexuose, terete. Ultimate branches short, Leaves about 
1 inch long, 4-8 lines wide, on the branches smaller, attenuated in the short petiole. 
Lobes of the spreading calyx 2 lines long, white or yellowish-white, and glabrous 
above. Stamens very numerous, shorter than the calyx-lobes. Capsule when ripe 
much depressed in the middle, 5-angled, papulose, 3 lines in diameter, 
4. A. rigidum (Linn. fil. Suppl. 261) ; stem suffrutescent, as well as 
the alternate branches canous-tomentose; leaves alternate, flat, obovate- 
acute, attenuated in a short petiole, covered with appressed, glaucous 
tomentum ; flowers axillary, sessile, canescent ; lobes of the calyx ovate- 
lanceolate; styles 5, filiform. Zhunb./ Fl. Cap. 409. EB. & Z./ 2127. 
Zeyh. 2634 a. 
Var. 8, angustifolia, Sd. ; leaves oblong-spathulate, acute or acuminate, covered 
with white, subsilky tomentum. A, argentewm, E. § Z./ 2129. A. sericeum, Fenzl. 
in herb. Drege, Zeyh. 2634 ¢. — 
Has. Karrolike-hills near Zoutriver, Caledon, Gauritzriver, Swellendam, and be- 
tween Uitenhage and Graafreynet ; var. 8. on the sea shore, near Seaview, Cape 
Recief. Oct.—February. (Herb, Thunb, Vind. D. Sd.) 
. Stem 4-1 foot or longer, with appremned. rarely a little spreading tomentum ; 
branches terete, spreading. Leaves lines long, 2~24 lines wide, in some i- 
mens about 1 inch long, 5 lines broad, upper ones often crowded and always smaller ; 
in var B. 1-2 lines broad, and usually more acuminate at the apex. Flowers secun- 
date, a little smaller than in A. glinoides, tube often with spreading tomentum, lobes 
2% lines long, aj -tomentose. Stamens aa 8 -angl ul 
Ana mecicg 
5. A. Zeyheri (Sond.); suffruticose ; branches alternate, short, as 
well as the leaves and calyces covered with appressed, white hairs ; 
leaves opposite, very short-petiolate, ovate, acutish, concave above, obtusely- 
keeled beneath ; flowers axillary, sessile; calyx-lobes ovate, acuminate ; 
styles 5, filiform ; cells of the capsule 2-seeded. 
A small procumbent shrub, with woody, erect, short, divided branches. Branch- 
lets about 1-2 inches long ; internodes as long or shorter than the obtusely carinate 
white leaves. Petiole 4-1 line, leaves or lamina 2-2} lines long, 2 lines wide. 
Flowers 1 line long, smaller than in all the other species. Capsule papulose, scarcely 
5-angled, depressed in the middle. Seeds 10, blackish, agreeing in size with those 
f A. rigidum. ‘ 
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