FICOIDEjE. I. MESEMBRYANTIIEMUM. 



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denticulated; scape bibracteate, 1 -flowered ; styles 15. Tj. . D. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers pale straw- 

 colour, 3 inches in diameter. 



Var. a, canum (Haw. obs. 149.) leaves canescent from minute 

 down. 



Var. ft, glaucum (Haw. obs. p. 151.) leaves glaucous-white, 

 rather dilated at both ends, a little toothed. 



Var. y, candidisximum (Haw. 1. c.) leaves white, elongated, a 

 little toothed, compressed on both sides. 



Denticulated Fig-marigold. Fl. April. Clt. 1793. PI. -J- ft. 



39 M. ROBU'STUM (Haw. misc. p. 28. syn. 211. rev. p. 91.) 

 stem robust, a little branched, short, decumbent ; leaves obtuse, 

 dotted, subulate, postulate inside at the base. I/ . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. 



Robust Fig-marigold. Clt. 1795. PI. | foot. 



40 M. COMPA'CTUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 191.) plant stem- 

 less ; leaves connate, dotted, semi-terete, triquetrous at the apex, 

 rather reflexed, acute ; flowers sessile ; calyx subcylindrical, 6- 

 cleft. I/ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. 

 syn. 211. rev. 91. Flowers yellow. A very doubtful species, 

 and probably the same as M. nobile, no. 20. 



Compact Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1780. PI. | foot. 



41 M. QUADRIFIDUM (Haw. misc. 28. syn. 212. rev. 91.) 

 plant almost stemless, at length branched ; leaves subulate, ob- 

 tuse, hoary-glaucous, marked by a few dots towards the apex ; 

 scape terminal, 1 -flowered, longer than the leaves ; calyx 4-cleft. 

 Tf. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Old stems 

 2-3 inches long. Flowers yellow. Styles about the length of 

 the stamens. 



Four-cleft Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1795. PI. | foot. 



42 M. BI'FIDUM (Haw. misc. p. 29. syn. 212. rev. p. 92.) 

 plant almost stemless ; leaves subulate, glaucous, obtuse, with 

 many dots; scape nearly terminal, 1 -flowered : calyx bifid. 

 1.D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 

 Lobes of calyx 2, unequal. Allied to M. quadrifidum, but 

 weaker, and the leaves are shorter and blunter. 



Bifid Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Clt. 1795. PI. ^ foot. 



43 M. BIBRACTEA'TUM (Haw. syn. p. 215. rev. 92.) plant 

 almost stemless, branched ; leaves elongated, subulate, dotted, 

 very glaucous ; bracteas'4, decussate, shorter than the scape; 

 calyx 5-cleft. Tf. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Very like M. rostratum. Flowers yellow, expanding in the sun. 

 Styles 10, subulate, erect, length of stamens. 



Bibracteate Fig-marigold. Fl. April, Nov. Clt. 1803. Pl.^ft. 



44 M. PURPURA'SCENS (Salm-Dyck, obs. bot. ann. 1822.) 

 plant almost stemless, branched ; leaves dotted, smooth, gibbous 

 inside at the base, of a bluish glaucous-colour, obtuse, and trique- 

 trous at the apex ; keel usually extended ; sheaths purplish. 2/ . 

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



Purplish Fig-marigold. PL i foot. 



45 M. ROSTRA'TUM (Lin. spec. p. 696.) plant stemless ; leaves 

 subulate, elongated, acute, dotted ; bracteas 2, longer than the 

 scape ; calyx 4-cleft. !{.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Dill. elth. f. 229. without a flower. Haw. obs. p. 152. 

 misc. 29. syn. 214. rev. 92. Flowers yellow, expanding in the 

 sun. Styles very short, approximate. 



Var. ft, tuberculatum (Mill. diet. ed. 8. no. 32.) leaves tuber- 

 cular on the outside. 



Beaked Fig-marigold. Fl. April. Clt. 1742. PI. i foot. 



46 M. RAMULOSUM (Haw. misc. 29. syn. 215. rev. p. 92.) 

 young plant nearly stemless ; old stem 3 inches high, branched, 

 and decumbent ; leaves subulate, obtuse, pustulate inside at the 

 base : when old expanded ; scape terete, bracteate at the base ; 

 calyx 5-cleft. I/ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 M. rostratoides, Haw. obs. 154. Flowers yellow. This is the 

 smallest of all the section. 



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Small-branched Fig-marigold. Fl. March, Nov. Clt. 1791. 

 PI. i foot. 



. 8. Linguceformia (from lingua, a tongue, and forma, a 

 form ; shape of leaves). Hani. misc. p. 32. rev. p. 93. Salm- 

 Dyck, obs. 18. Plants stemless or nearly so. Leaves more or 

 less tongue-shaped, fiat above, and convex beneath, soft, and shin- 

 ing. Flowers solitary, large, sessile, or pedunculate. Calyx 

 usually 4-cleft, rarely 5-cleft. Petals shining, yellow, broadish. 

 S/igmas 8, rarely 10. Capsule 8-10-celled, 



* Disticha (from IOT<XOC, distichos, having two rows, a distich ; 

 leaves disposed exactly in two opposite rows). Ham. misc. p. 32. 

 L'mguceformia, Ham. rev. p. 93. Glossoidea, Spreng. syst. 2. 

 p. 514. Leaves exactly distich. Perhaps all the plants con- 

 tained in this division are nothing more than varieties of one 

 species, and probably of garden origin. 7'he whole have been 

 collected under the name of M. linguceforme in Lin. spec. p. 699. 

 and D. C. pi. grass, no. 71. 



47 M. SCALPRA'TUM (Haw. obs. p. 187. misc. p. 32. syn. p. 

 220. rev. p. 94.) plant stemless ; leaves sloped down much, seal- 

 prate, very broad, one of the margins thicker than the other, 

 pustulate inside at the base ; flowers sessile. % . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 2->4. M. obliquum, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 1027. ex Salm-Dyck, obs. 1820. p. 19. M. 

 lingnaeforme a, Lin. spec. p. 669. Flowers yellow. 



Knife-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1714. PI. 

 | foot. 



48 M. FRA'ORANS (Salm-Dyck, obs. 1820. p. 8.) plant almost 

 stemless ; leaves tongue-shaped, thick, one side rather convex, 

 and obtuse at the apex, the other side thrown out into a keel ; 

 flower on a short peduncle. Tf.. D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Haw. rev. p. 95. Hoflfmans. verz. 1. p. 220. 

 Otto et Link, abb. gew. t. 43. Flowers fragrant, yellow, 3 inches 

 in diameter. Calyx 5-cleft. Allied to M. scalpratum, but the 

 leaves are narrower and thicker. 



Fragrant Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. PI. foot. 



49 M. pR.sriNGUE (Haw. obs. 179. misc. p. 35. syn. p. 222. 

 rev. p. 95.) plant stemless ; leaves obliquely tongue-shaped, pale 

 green, very soft, when young ciliated with pubescence, ending in 

 an incurved point at the apex ; flowers nearly sessile ; calyx 4- 

 cleft. I/. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. 

 enum. p. 529. M. heterophyllum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 540. ? but 

 not of Haw. Capsule 8-celled, conically depressed. Old stem 

 half a foot long, procumbent. Flowers yellow. 



Very-fat-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1792. 

 PI. % foot. 



50 M. ORANDiFLORtM (Haw. in phil. mag. nov. 1826. p. 328.) 

 leaves broad tongue-shaped, long, thick, having a large pustule 

 on the inside at the base ; petals very broad. 1. D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow, almost scentless, 

 large, sessile ; petals 3-4 lines broad. Leaves 3i inches long, 

 and 15 lines broad. Capsule subconical. This is the largest 

 species in the present section. 



Var. ft (Haw. 1. c.) leaves deeper green. 



Great-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1824. PI. J ft. 



51 M. ME'DIUM (Haw. suppl. p. 88. rev. p. 95.) plant almost 

 stemless ; leaves tongue-formed, sloping, cultrate, deep green, 

 without any claw-like point at the apex ; peduncles longer than 

 the flowers. H. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Leaves 4 inches long, and an inch broad. Peduncles an inch 

 long. Flowers yellow. 



Middle Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. PI. J to foot. 



52 M. CULTRA'TUM (Salm-Dyck, obs. 1820. p. 7.) plant almost 

 stemless ; leaves distich, exactly tongue-shaped, cultrate at the 

 margin and apex ; peduncles compressed, rather longer than the 



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