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FICOIDEjE. I. MESEMBUYANTHEMUM. 



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

 Hope. Haw. rev. p. 95. Leaves 3-4 inches long. Petals of a 

 shining yellow above, and reddish beneath. 



Cultrate-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. J foot. 



53 M. I.&NGUM (Haw. obs. p. 177.) plant stemless ; leaves 

 elongated, tongue-shaped, shining, deep green ; flowers pedicel- 

 late. 11.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill, 

 elth. f. 227. M. linguaeforme 2, Lin. spec. p. 699. D. C. pi. 

 grass, t. 71. M. lucidum, Haw. rev. p. 95. Flowers yellow. 



Far. ft,Jldccidum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 421.) flowers almost ses- 

 sile. M. longum a, Haw. rev. 96. M. depressum, Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 1866. 



Zong-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1725. PI. | ft. 



54 M. ADSCE'NDENS (Haw. syn. 220. rev. p. 96.) plant stem- 

 less ; leaves broadly tongue-shaped, very blunt, ascending, 

 green ; flowers pedunculate. % . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. Probably only a variety of 

 M. longum. 



Ascending Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1 80S. Pl.| ft. 



55 M. PUSTULA'TUM (Haw. suppl. p. 88. rev. p. 96.) plant 

 stemless ; leaves tongue-shaped, ascending, elongated, furnished 

 with large pustules on the inside at the base. 7 . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 5-6 inches long, and 

 3-11 lines broad. Flowers yellow. 



blistered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. -| foot. 



56 M. LINGU^FORME (Haw. obs. p. 188. misc. p. 33, syn. p. 

 221. rev. p. 97.) plant stemless ; leaves unequally tongue-shaped, 

 thick, green, keeled on one side ; flower on a very short pedun- 

 cle ; calyx 4-cleft. 1 . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Dill. elth. f. 2.26. M. linguaeforme y, Lin. spec. 669. 

 M. obliquum, Pers. but not of Haw. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, rufescens (Haw. syn. p. 221.) leaves very closely im- 

 bricated, rufescent. 



Tongue-f<irmed-]eave<i Fig-marigold. Fl. Mar. Nov. Clt. 

 1732. PI. 4 foot. 



57 M. LA'TUM (Haw. obs. 186. misc. p. 32. syn. p. 220. rev. 

 p. 98.) plant stemless ; leaves tongue-shaped, green, obtuse, 

 thick, usually sloping, and somewhat excavated ; flowers nearly 

 sessile ; calyx 5-cleft ; capsule large, conical. If. . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 225. M. lin- 

 guaeforme ft, Lin. spec. 699. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, breve (Haw. rev. p. 99.) leaves short, very blunt, de- 

 pressed on the ground ; capsule small, depressed. 



.Brood-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Mar. Nov. Clt. 1620. PL |ft. 



58 M. DEPRE'SSUM (Haw. misc. p. 33. syn. 221. rev. 99.) 

 plant almost stemless, prostrate ; leaves pale, narrow-tongue- 

 shaped, obtuse, recurved, depressed, variously incurved at the 

 apex ; capsule depressed. 1J. . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 226. ? Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, lividum (Haw. 1. c.) leaves of a livid rufescent colour. 

 Depressed Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1795. PL ft. 



* Cruciata (from crux, a cross ; leaves disposed crosswise 

 more or less). Hani. syn. p. 222. Cruciata and Difformia, Haw. 

 rev. 100. and 101. Leaves more or less cruciate, usually obliquely 

 decussate. 



59 M. CRUCIA'TUM (Haw. obs. p. 173. misc. 35. syn. 224. 

 rev. 35.) plant nearly stemless ; leaves linear-tongue-shaped, 

 semi-cylindrical, very soft, cruciate ; peduncles 2-edged ; calyx 

 4-cleft. y.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Old 

 stems 3 inches high. Peduncles 1-2 inches. Corolla large, 

 yellow. 



Crem-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl.May.Nov. Clt. 1792. Pl.Jft. 



60 M. TAURI V NUM (Haw. syn. p. 224. rev. 100.) plant almost 

 stemless ; leaves disposed in 2 rows, obliquely cruciate, semi- 



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terete, obtuse, very thick, of a yellowish green colour, incurved ; 

 flowers sessile; calyx bifid? 2f. D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Calycine segments unequal. Styles 8. Old 

 stem branched at the base, half a foot high. Flowers yellow. 

 Bull's-\\orn Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1795. PI. f ft. 



61 M. SA'LMII (Haw. suppl. p. 89. rev. p. 100.) plant nearly 

 stemless ; leaves decussate, semi-cylindrical, attenuated and acute 

 at the apex, or oblique and bluntish ; flowers exactly sessile ; 

 calyx 4-cleft; capsule half closed. Tj.. D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Salm-Dyck. obs. bot. 1820. Link, et 

 Otto. abb. gew. t. 44. Flowers large, yellow. Leaves pustulate 

 at the base, according to Haworth. 



Var. ft, semi-cruciaium (Salm-Dyck. 1. c.) leaves obliquely 

 distich, straight, and more tongue-shaped than the species. 

 Salm-Dyck's Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1818. Pl.|ft. 



62 M. SURRE'CTUM (Haw. rev. p. 101.) leaves decussate, 

 erectish, or spreading, more or less semi-terete, subulate, acute, 

 soft, usually pustulate at the base ; ovarium exserted, some- 

 what pedunculate. 1$.. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers yellow. 



Raised Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Nov. Clt. 1819. PL i ft. 



63 M. HETEROPHY'LLUM (Haw. obs. p. 420. misc. 36. syn. 

 225. rev. 101.) plant stemless; leaves green, difformed, with- 

 out dots ; upper ones the longest. % . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. Leaves obliquely cru- 

 ciate : lower ones like those of M. canum : upper ones like 

 those of M. dijforme. 



Variable-leaved Fig-marigold. Clt. 1795. PI. J foot. 



64 M. ANGU'STUM (Haw. obs. 176. misc. p. 34. syn. 222. rev. 

 p. 101.) plant almost stemless; leaves linear-tongue-shaped, 

 semi-cylindrical, very long ; flowers nearly sessile ; calyx 4- 

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

 yellow, having the petals broader than any other species of this 

 section. Calyx 4-cleft; stigmas 10, according to Haworth. 



Var. ft, pallidum (Haw. rev. p. 101.) leaves paler, obliquely 

 cruciate. Perhaps this plant appertains to M. heterophyllum. 

 Andr. bot. rep. t. 540. 



Mzmw Fig-marigold. Fl. Mar. Oct. Clt. 1790. PL \ ft. 



65 M. DIFFORME (Lin. spec. p. 669.) plant nearly stemless ; 

 leaves obliquely cruciate, long, semi-cylindrical, oblique, 

 furnished with 1-2 obscure teeth at the apex ; flowers nearly 

 sessile; calyx 4-cleft. I/. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Dill. elth. f. 242. Haw. obs. p. 169. misc. 35. syn. 

 225. rev. p. 103. Old stems 2-3 inches long, decumbent. 

 Flowers large, yellow, fading to a copper colour. Styles 8. 



Var. ft, brevicaiile (Haw. rev. p. 103.). Caudex shorter. 

 Difformed Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1732. PL dec. 



66 M. BIGIBBERA'TUM (Haw. inphil. mag. nov. 1825. p. 329.) 

 leaves obliquely somewhat cruciate, semi-cylindrical, pale green, 

 varying at the apex, usually with 2 gibbosities ; capsule de- 

 pressed. If. . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very 

 like M. difforme, but smaller and slenderer. Flowers yellow. 



Tmo-bunched-\eavz& Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. PL 

 | foot. 



67 M. BIDENTA^TUM (Haw. suppl. p. 89. rev. p. 103.) plant 

 stemless; leaves semi-cylindrical, thick, soft, oblique at the 

 apex, and difformed, bearing 2 large, almost opposite, fleshy 

 teeth in the middle. %. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers large, yellow, on short peduncles ; petals 

 erosely toothed at the apex. Capsule a little depressed. The 

 figure in Dill. hort. elth. f. 241. is referrible to this plant and not 

 to the next. 



Bidentate-\ea\ed Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl.|ft. 



68 M.SEMICYLI'NDRICUM (Haw. obs. p. 238. misc. p. 36. syn. 

 225. rev. 103.) plant rather caulescent ; leaves very narrow, 

 tongue-shaped, semi-terete, oblique towards the apex, furnished 



