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FICOIDE^E. I. MESEMBRYANTIIEMUM. 



acute at the angles, toothed at the apex. Florvers solitary, pe- 

 dicellate. Petals purple on the ribs and mhite on the margins. 

 Calyx 5-cleft. Capsule 5-celled. Stigmas numerous, small, 

 hair-formed. 



81 M. BELLIDIFLORUM (Lin. spec. p. 690.) caudex short, suf- 

 fruticose ; leaves triquetrous, compressed, rather acinaciform, 

 denticulated at the apex ; pedicels short. I/ . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals red and white. 



Far. ft, glaucescens (Haw. rev. p. 105.) leaves rather glau- 

 cous, with the teeth in 3 rows at the apex. Dill. elth. f. 233. 



Var. y, viride (Haw. rev. p. 105.) leaves pale green, toothed 

 heneath on the keel. 



Daisy-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1717. 

 PI. i foot. 



82 M. SUBULA'TUM (Mill. diet. ed. 8. no. 10.) caudex branched ; 

 leaves rather glaucous, triquetrously subulate, denticulated at 

 the apex. 1. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Haw. syn. 208. M. bellidiflorum simplex, D. C. pi. grass, t. 

 41. Flowers reddish. The plant is very like M. bellidiflorum, 

 but is much smaller and more branched. 



Subulate-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. ? PL -j ft. 



83 M. BURMA'NNI (Haw. rev. p. 106.) floriferous stems erect, 

 simple ; leaves triquetrous, with 3 rows of teeth at the apex ; 

 pedicels rather elongated. 1. D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Burm. afr. t. 25. This species is hardly known. 



Burmann's Fig-marigold. PI. ^ foot. 



14. Acuta (from acutus, acute; leaves acute). Han. 

 rev. 107. Plants stemless or nearly so. Leaves semiterete, su- 

 bulate, incurved, triquetrous at the apex, green, full of pellucid 

 dots. Flowers pedicellate; petals deep purple. Calyx 5 cleft. 

 Stigmas 1 ? 



84 M. ACU TUM (Haw. misc. p. 26. syn. 207. rev. 107.) plant 

 stemless ; leaves semi-cylindrical, acute, green, full of pellucid 

 dots, finely wrinkled. I/ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. M. subulatoides, Haw. obs. p. 141. M. subrostratum, 

 Willd. enum. p. 529. ex Haw. Allied to M. diminutum, but 

 larger. Scape bibracteate at the base; bracteas filiform. Calyx 

 5-cleft. Petals purple, cleft at the apex. Stigmas 10, length 

 of filaments. 



/^cute-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Apr. Nov. Clt. 1793. Pl.ift. 



85 M. FUNCTA'TUM (Haw. obs. p. 411. rev. p. 107.) plant 

 smooth, stemless ; leaves semiterete, triquetrous at the top, flat 

 above, full of pellucid dots, pale green, furnished with a minute 

 white point at the apex, i/ . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers unknown. Perhaps only a variety of M. 

 diminutum. 



Dotted-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. April, Nov. Clt. 1793. 

 PI. | foot. 



86 M. DIMINU'TUM (Haw. misc. p. 26. syn. p. 230. rev. 107.) 

 plant nearly stemless, smooth, shining ; leaves semiterete, trique- 

 trous at the apex, flat above, full of pellucid dots, terminating in 

 a white point at the apex. "%.. D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. M. corniculatum, Haw. obs. p. 226. exclusive of 

 the synonymes. M. loreum, Lin. spec, and Haw. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Dillenius ex Haw. Flowers red or purplish. 



Var. ft, cauliculatum (Haw. suppl. 90. rev. 107.) stem half 

 erect ; leaves longer, and with larger dots, but is perhaps only 

 an old plant. 



Diminished Fig-marigold. Fl. Apr. Clt. 1789. Pl.ift. 



crowded. Planers pedicellate, white. Calyx 5-cleft, having 2' 

 of the lobes very long. Stigmas 5. Capsule subgloi.ose. 



87 M. MACRORH)ZUM (Haw. 1. c. D. C. 1. c.) stem very 

 short ; root large, tuberous ; leaves connate, bluntly triquetrous, 

 crowded, spreading; branches erect, bent; flowers 1-3 together, 

 nearly terminal, pedicellate. y.. D. S. Native of the Island 

 of Bourbon, among scoria near the sea. Stems 3 inches high. 

 Flowers small, white, numerous. The leaves have an acrid 

 taste when eaten, as those of Salsola. La Lavangere, Comm. 

 mss. and figure. Ficoide, De Pet. Th. mel. bot. p. 37. 



Large-rooted Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1823. PL i ft. 



SUBDIVISION II. CEPHALOPHY'LLA (from Kt<pa\ri, cephale, a 

 head, and t/>v\\oi', phyllon, a leaf; in reference to tlie leaves 

 being collected in heads at the tops of the branches). Haw. 

 rev. 108. Stems suffruticose, decumbent. Leaves long, tri- 

 quetrous, or nearly cylindrical, disposed in heads. Flowers 

 pedunculate, yellow. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 10-20. This 

 division is perhaps not very natural. 



16. Corniculata (from corniculatus, horned; shape of 

 leaves). Han. rev. p. 108,Prostrata, Haw. misc. p. 38. syn. 

 220. Calainiformia prostrata, Salm-Dyck. Caudex branched, 

 prostrate, rather strumose at the knots, and nearly sarmenta- 

 ceous. Leaves crowded at the nodi, elongated, triquetrous, or 

 nearly cylindrical, glabrous, and without any papulae. Flowers 

 pedunculate, yellow. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 10-20. Ovarium 

 depressed. 



88 M. LOREUM (Haw. syn. p. 229. rev. 108.) stems prostrate, 

 rather nodose : adult ones nearly terete ; leaves crowded in 

 heads, semi-cylindrically triquetrous, elongated, recurved, ra- 

 ther glaucous. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Dill. elth. f. 255. Peduncles solitary, an inch and a half long, 

 bibracteolate at the base. Flowers straw-coloured. Calyx 5-6- 

 cleft. Styles 15-18. 



Var. ft, congest urn (Haw. 1. c.) plant more greenish ; lower 

 pair of leaves very long. 



Thong Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1732. PL pr. 



89 M. DIVERSIFOLIUM (Haw. misc. p. 38. syn. p. 230. rev. 

 p. 108.) stems prostrate, rather nodose : adult ones robust, an- 

 gular, red, and yellow ; leaves very long, triquetrously semi- 

 cylindrical, rather recurved, green, crowded in heads. Jj . D. G. 

 Natives of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 252. M. 

 diversiphyllum, Haw. obs. p. 228. M. corniculatum ft, Willd. 

 Flowers pedunculate. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals of yellowish brown 

 colour, striated by a red line on the outside. Styles 17. ex Haw. 



Var. a, glaucutn (Haw. 1. c.) leaves rather glaucous. 

 Var. ft, brecifblium (Haw. 1. c.) leaves shorter than in any of 

 the other varieties. 



Var. y, Ice te-virens (Haw. 1. c.) leaves pale green. 

 Var. S, atroeirens (Haw. 1. c.) leaves dark green. 

 Diverse-leaved Fig-marigold. FL Mar. Oct. Clt. 1726. PI. pr. 



90 M. DECI'PIENS (Haw. rev. p. 110.) stems prostrate, with 

 rather distant nodi ; leaves rather crowded, long, arcuately 

 ascending, triquetrously semi-cylindrical, green, shining, mi- 

 nutely and finely wrinkled, f? . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers pale yellow. 



Deceiving Fig-mai igold. Fl. May. Cl. 1820. PL pr. 



91 M. DU V BIUM (Haw. misc. p. 39. syn. 231. rev. 110.)stems 

 prostrate, nearly terete, with the nodi contiguous ; leaves rather 

 crowded, longish, triquetrously semi-cylindrical, ascending, 

 green, shining; stigmas 12. ^ . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Bradl. succ. t. 40. Petiv. gaz. 77. f. 10. 

 Leaves 2 inches long, but shorter than those of M. corniculatum. 

 Peduncles terminal, shorter than the leaves. Petals sulphur- 



