Mesembryanthemum.) — LY. FICOIDEX. 325 
. . The species is found also on the seacoasts of New Zealand and the islands of nn South 
Pacific, and is probably not really z from the S. African M. crassifolium, Li 
tallinum, Linn.; DC. Prod. iii. 448. Annual, mee and 
? much-branched, the thick omg under 1 ft. long and covered, as well as the 
, With transparent vesicles, to which it owes the name of “ Ice Plant.” 
- Radical leaves broadly cordate-ovate ; stem-leaves alternate, flat but succu- 
at, from broadly obovate to obovate-oblong, much undulate, obtuse, nar- 
 Wwed into a stem-clasping becas Flowers not hm. on sgt sw rt ter- 
` Tinceolate, Petals white or pink, spreading to about 4 in. diameter. Styles 
j gr 5.—Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 481; DO. Pl. Grass. i. 128. 
. S. Australia. Holdíast e ip Port Adelaide, F. Mueller. 
E Australia. Swan River, Drumm 
A common seacoast En in ae Africa, found also on the coasts of the Canary Islands, 
. ‘wuthern Europe, and Califor 
bd pomeridianum, Li»».; DC. Prod. iii. 450. Annual, decumbent 
-d ascending, under a foot. high, SE with a few soft hairs especially on 
De inflorescence and ar of the leaves. Leaves alternate, flat but suc- 
2. TETRAGONIA, Linn. 
(Tetragonella, Mig.) 
"Vou adnate to uz ovary at the base = d produced above it ; 
lobes 4 5, or rarely 3. etals none. Stamens indefinite, few or many, 
z inserted a a the top of the calyx-tube, free but mere in clusters alteruating 
ES the lobes. Ovary inferior, 2- to 8-celled, with 1 dena s ovule in 
Species erie several S. Afi Be species, besides a few dispersed over the sea- 
Es New Zealand, the Pacific islands, cn ipie parts of Asia and America. à grex 
the mri species, one is also in New Zealand and extratropical S. America an » 
other is endemic, 
- Fruit often horned 1. 7. expansa. 
: an lly Ep. with 3 or usually more Ke and 
Flowers à m era with 2 or very rarely 3 3 eile x and. “ovary 
2. T. implericoma. 
T. expansa, Mur; CDC. Prod, iii. 452. dumbest or prostrate, 
