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10 M. uv-SFoRME (Haw. rev. p. 84.) plant stemless, nearly 

 globose, green, form and size of a grape berry, with small, rather 

 confluent deeper dots. If. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Burm. afr. 1. 10. f. 2.? 



Grape-formed Fig-marigold. Fl. ? Clt. 1 820. PI. \ inch. 



11 M. NUCIFORME (Haw. obs. 129. misc. 22. syn. 204. rev. 

 84.) plant stemless, glaucous, without dots, nearly spherical ; 

 tops of leaves unequal, distinct, flat above. Tj. . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. 



Nut-formed Fig-marigold. Clt. 1790. PI. 1 inch. 



2. Subquadrifblia (the plants belonging to this section are 

 usually furnished with about 4 leaves). Salm-Dyck, obs, 17. 

 Semiovata and Obtusa, Haw. rev. p. 85. Plants almost stem- 

 less. Leaves 4-6, decussate, quite entire, obtuse, flat above, con- 

 vex beneath. Flowers nearly sessile, solitary. Calyx 4-6-cleft. 

 Stigmas 4-6. The upper leaves are usually connate, as in sec- 

 tion Sphcero'tdece, and at length separate, but more distinctly. 



12 M. TRUNCA'TUM (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 412.) plant stemless; 

 leaves spheroid-obconical, umbilicately truncate ; peduncle soli- 

 tary, 1 -flowered, compressed ; calyx 4-cleft. I/ . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Truncate Fig-marigold. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 



13 M. TESTICULA'RE (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 181.) plant stem- 

 less ; leaves 4-8, white, smooth, semi-terete, ovate or parabolic, 

 expanded. 1J. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 M. testiculare, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 412. Hew. obs. 133. syn. 

 205. exclusive of variety ft and y, misc. 24. rev. 85. Flowers 

 white. 



Testicular Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1774. PI. 1 inch. 



14 M. OCTOPHY'LLUM (Haw. rev. p. 85.) plant stemless ; 

 leaves 6-8, white, smooth, rather erectish, convex beneath, flat 

 above. T . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 

 testiculare /, Haw. misc. p. 24. M. testiculare ft et y, Haw. 

 syn. 205. M. testiculare ft, Sims, bot. mag. 1573. Flowers 

 yellow, and when expanded they are 8 or 1 lines in diameter. 

 Calyx 6-cleft, furnished with two leaf-formed bracteas at the 

 base. According to the Prince de Salm-Dyck, this is merely a 

 variety of M. testiculare. 



Eight-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1819. PI. -J ft. 



15 M. OBTD'SUM (Haw. misc. 25. syn. 206. rev. 86.) plant 

 green, almost stemless ; leaves unequal, semi-terete, acinaciform, 

 obtuse ; flowers almost sessile ; calyx 6-lobed. I/ . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. M. fissoldes, Haw. obs. 135. 

 Old stem 2 inches high. Flowers pale red, bibracteate at the 

 base ; petals an inch long. Styles 6. 



Blunt Fig-marigold. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1792. PL | ft. 



16 M. FI'SSUM (Haw. obs. 134. misc. 25. syn. 205. rev. 86.) 

 plant almost stemless ; leaves equal, half-terete, very blunt, 

 glaucescent. Tf.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Old stem 1 or 2 inches high ; branchlets very short, and alter- 

 nate. Flowers unknown. 



Cleft Fig-marigold. Clt. 1776. PL -| foot. 



17 M. DIGITIFO'RME (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 412.) plant stemless ; 

 leaves 3-4, terete, smooth, obtuse ; flowers sessile, solitary, axil- 

 lary. ^. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 

 digitatum, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 181. Flowers white, according 

 to Thunberg. Leaves alternate. Perhaps belonging to a dif- 

 ferent section. 



Finger-shaped Fig-marigold. Clt. 1775. PL 1 inch. 



3. Moniliformia (from monile, a bracelet, and forma, form ; 

 appearance of stems); Ham. and Salm-Dyck, I. c. Stems very 

 short, moniliform, leafless in the summer. The two first leaves 

 united even to the apex, and deciduous; the two following leaves 

 elongated, and joined at the base, marcescent,and deciduous. Calyx 



4-6-cleft, and is, as well as the leaves, full of crystalline pa- 

 pulce. Stigmas 7-8. 



18 M. PISIFO'RME (Haw. misc. 23. syn. 205. rev. 93.) leaves 

 full of crystalline papulae ; the first two united into the form of a 

 pea ; the following 2 semi-terete ; caudex much branched, and 

 very dwarf. %.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 The first leaves are produced in autumn, and the second in win- 

 ter. Flowers unknown. 



Pea-formed Fig-marigold. Clt. 1796. PL 1 inch. 



19 M. MONILIFO'RME (Haw. obs. 132. misc. 24. syn. 207. rev. 

 93.) first leaves joined into a spherical form ; the following ones 

 half-terete, subulate, very long, green, and somewhat recurved. 

 If. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 

 p. 413. Peduncles 2 inches long, terminal. Calyx 4-cleft. 

 Petals snow white. Styles 7, ex Haw. 



Necklace-formed Fig-marigold. Fl. March, April. Clt. 1791. 

 PL foot. 



4. Aloidea (plants resembling Aloe in habit). D. C. prod. 

 3. p. 419. Aloidea and Magnipiincta, Han. rev. p. 86. and 87. 

 Ringentia Integra, Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 20. Plants stemless. 

 Leaves triquetrous, gradually thickened towards the apex, having 

 the carinal angle gibbous ; the two superior ones entire. Flowers 

 central, sessile, yellow. 



20 M. NO'BILE (Haw. in phil. mag. 1823. p. 381.) plant rather 

 caulescent; leaves coarsely and triquetrously clavate, obtuse, 

 somewhat recurved, rather concave above, marked by large 

 elevated tubercles. If. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers large, sessile, opening before meridian, yellow, 

 scentless, bibracteate at the base. Calyx 6-cleft, according to 

 Salm-Dyck. 



Noble Fig-marigold. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1822. PL foot. 



21 M. MAGNIPU'NCTUM (Haw. rev. p. 86.) plant stemless; 

 leaves perfect, usually about 4, large, clavately triquetrous, very 

 thick, glaucescent, flat above, keeled beneath, obtuse at the 

 apex, marked with very large and numerous dots. 1i. D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. magnipunctatum, Haw. 

 suppl. p. 87. Flowers yellow, sessile. 



Large-dotted Fig-marigold. Clt. 1822. PL % foot. 



22 M.CA'NUM (Haw. obs. p. 158. misc. 25. syn. 219. rev. 87. 

 but not of Salm-Dyck,) plant stemless ; leaves hoary, semi- 

 terete at the base, attenuated, gibbously keeled at the apex. Tf. . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very like M. mag- 

 nipunctum, but is easily distinguished by its hoary aspect. 

 Flowers unknown. 



Hoary Fig-marigold. Clt. 1795. PL 1 to 2 inches. 



23 M. ALOIDES (Haw. suppl. 88. rev. 87.) plant stemless ; 

 leaves entire, semi-terete, green, marbled with white dots, acute 

 upwards, rather concave above, carinately triquetrous at the 

 apex. y.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Old 

 plant tufted ; root fusiform. Flowers sessile, central, yellow, 

 middle-sized. Perhaps the same as M. compactum, no. 86. Per- 

 haps M. aloides, Burch. trav. afr. 2. p. 332. 



Aloe-like Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1819. PL A foot. 



5. Albinbta (from albus, white, and nota, a mark ; plants 

 marked with white). Haw. in phil. mag. Aug. 1826. p. 126. 

 Plants almost without stems, tufted. Roots perennial. Leaves 

 decussate, entire, obliquely incurved, green, spreading, full of 

 large tubercular white dots, semi-terete at the base, acinaciformly 

 triquetrous at the apex, or nearly equal-sided, more or less mucro- 

 nulated. Flowers central, solitary, sessile, yellow. Stamens 

 erectly spreading, as in those of section Ringentia. 



24 M. ALBINOTUM (Haw. in phil. mag. Aug. 1826. p. 126.) 

 leaves acinaciformly triquetrous upwards, with a recurved 



