FICOlDEjE. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



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coloured on the inside, and of an orange red colour on the 

 outside. 



Doubtful Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1800. PL pr. 



92 M. CORNICULA'TUM (Lin. spec. 676.) stems spreading, an- 

 gular, with distant nodi ; leaves rather crowded, triquetrously 

 semi-cylindrical, very long, glaucous, incurved ; stigmas 12-18. 

 Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 

 254. D. C. pi. glass, t. 108. Haw. misc. 39. syn. 231. rev. 



110. Peduncles slender, length of leaves. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Petals yellow, with a red dorsal line. Stigmas purple. Cap- 

 sule many-celled. 



Horned Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Clt. 1732. PI. pr. 



17. Procumbentia (procumbens, procumbent; plants). 

 Haw. in phil. mag. dec. 1826. p. 329. Old stems procumbent. 

 Leaves connate at the base, long, semilerete or cylindrical. 



93 M. PROCU'MBENS (Haw. rev. 111.) stems flexuous, pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves by pairs, recurved, corniculate, semi-cylindri- 

 cally triquetrous, glaucescent. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. M. dubium, Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 22. Allied 

 to M. tricolor, but the leaves are shorter and more expanded, &c. 



Procumbent Fig-marigold. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1820. PI. pr. 



94 M. TRICOLOHUM (Haw. obs. 233. misc. 39. syn. 232. rev. 

 111.) stems prostrate; branches distant; leaves exactly cylin- 

 drical, acute, green ; stigmas 20, short, expanded. ^ . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. stramineum, Willd. 

 enum. p. 533. ex Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 22. Flowers large, shin- 

 ing. Petals straw-coloured, blood-coloured at the base ; anthers 

 brown ; stigmas green. 



Three-coloured-fiov/ered Fig-marigold. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 

 1794. PI. pr. 



95 M. PURPU'REO-A'LBUM (Haw. in phil. mag. dec. 1826. p. 

 329.) branches short, angular, prostrate, furrowed, yellowish ; 

 leaves green, triquetrously semi-cylindrical, full of little dots, 

 upper ones crowded. 17 . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Peduncles filiform. Flowers showy ; petals white, po- 

 lished, naked, with abroad, dark, purple line. Styles 10, reddish. 



Purple and nihite-fiowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1824. 

 PI. pr. 



18. Capilata (from capitatus, headed ; leaves crowded into 

 heads at the top of the stems or branches). Ham. syn. 227. rev. 



111. Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 30. Caudex erect, much branched. 

 Leaves crowded at the tops of the branches, alternate, very long, 

 triquetrous, or semi-terete, without either dots or papulce. Flo- 

 riferous branches disposed in something like whorls, decumbent. 

 Peduncles bracteate at the base. Flowers large, yelloni. Calyx 

 5-lobed ; lobes elongated. Petals ciliated at the base. Stigmas 

 10-20. The species are very nearly allied to each other. 



96 M. PUGIONIFORME (Lin. spec. 699.) stem suffruticose, 

 erectish ; branches few, terete, decumbent ; leaves alternate, 

 crowded at the tops of branches, glaucous, triquetrous ; petals 

 shorter than the calyx ; stigmas 15, expanded, fy . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 269. Bradl. 

 succ. t. 14. D. C. pi. grass, t. 82. Haw. misc. 42. syn. 218. 

 rev. 112. Flowers large, pale yellow. Perhaps the flesh-co- 

 loured and purple-flowered varieties mentioned in Breyn. cent, 

 p. 164. belong to this species. 



Dagger-formed-\enved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 

 1714. Shrub 1 foot. 



97 M. CAPITA'TUM (Haw. misc. p. 41. syn. 228. rev. 112.) 

 stem simple, suffruticose, with the leaves alternate and crowded 

 at its top, rather glaucous, and triquetrous ; petals length of 

 calyx; stigmas 16, straight, setaceous. Fj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Ker. hot. reg. 494. M. pugioni- 

 forme, Haw. obs. p. 390. Stem simple. Flowers pale yellow. 



Far. /3, ramigerum (Haw. 1. c.) stem a little branched. 

 Capitate Fig-marigold. Fl. Jul. Sept. Clt. 1717. Sh. 1 ft. 



98 M. BREVICAU'LE (Haw. suppl. p. 91. rev. 113.) camlex 

 sufFruticose, simple, erect, with the leaves alternate, greenish, 

 triquetrous, and crowded at its apex. J; . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Breyn. cent. p. 165. Much smaller 

 than M. capitatum. Flowers pale yellow. 



Short-stemmed Fig-marigold. FL Jul. Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. \ ft. 



99 M. CORU'SCANS (Haw. suppl. 90. rev. 1 13.) stem shrubby ; 

 leaves alternate, dagger-shaped, long, glittering, crowded at the 

 top of the stem. ^ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers yellow. 



Glittering Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1812. Sh. 1 ft. 



100 M. ELONGA'TUM (Haw. obs. p. 230. misc. p. 40. syn. p. 

 228. rev. p. 113.) stem weak, flexuous; leaves crowded at the 

 top of the stem, alternate, rather glaucous, bluntly triquetrous, 

 channelled or semiterete : root large, tuberous, fleshy. Ij . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. Stioroas 

 12-19. D. C. pi. grass, t. 72. 



Var. ft, minus (Haw. 1. c.) corolla a little smaller ; petals 

 hardly ciliated. Ker. bot. reg. t. 493. 



Var. y,fusiforme (Haw. 1. c.) root fusiform. Breyn. cent. p. 

 33. M. fusiforme, Haw. misc. p. 41. 



Elongated Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Clt. 1793. Sh. 1 foot. 



SUBDIVISION III. REPTA'NTIA (replans, creeping ; plants 

 creeping). Haw. rev. p. 114. Stems suft'rutescent, decumbent, 

 creeping ; branches angular. Leaves opposite, connate at the 

 base, acutely triquetrous. Flowers pedunculate, reddish except 

 in M . edule. Stigmas 5-20. 



19. Sarmentosa (from sarmentosus, full of twigs ; branches 

 numerous and twiggy). Salm-Dyck. obs. 38. Haw. rev. p. 114. 

 Stems shrubby, decumbent; branches rooting, sarmentaceous. 

 Leaves opposite, connate, acutely triquetrous, dotted with serru- 

 lated margins. Peduncles usually ternate, bibracteate. Flowers 

 middle-sized, reddish, with a deeper- coloured dorsal line. Calyx 

 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. 



101 M. GEMINIFLORUM (Haw. rev. 114.) stem shrubby, dif- 

 fuse ; branches elongated, slender, creeping ; leaves triquetrous, 

 nearly equal-sided, rather connate at the base, acute, and a 

 little hooked at the apex, dotted ; pedicels twin or tern ; stig- 



mas 5. fc . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 

 geminatum, Jacq. fragm. t. 50. but not of Haw. Petals purple. 

 Flowers hardly half an inch in diameter. Leaves 12-15 lines 

 long, scabrous from elevated dots. 



Twin-jlowercd Fig-marigold. Clt. 1819. PI. creeping. 



102 M. SIMILE (Haw. rev. p. 115.) stems shrubby, firm, pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves triquetrous, equal-sided, glaucescent, full of 

 very small dots, straight at the apex, longer than the internodes : 

 margins not serrulated. Pj . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers unknown. Allied to M. gemmiflorum, 

 but the branches are shorter; and to M. Idxum, but the inter- 

 nodes are shorter. 



Similar Fig-marigold. Clt. 1819. PI. pr. 



103 M. LA'XUM (Willd. enum. p. 536.) stem loose, diffuse, 

 shrubby ; branches creeping, very slender ; leaves connate, com- 

 pressed, triquetrous, more green than the others, tubercularly 

 dotted, usually shorter than the internodes : with the margins 

 and keel finely denticulated. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Haw. rev. 115. Flowers reddish. 



Loose Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Clt. 1 820. PI. creeping. 



104 M. SARMENTOSUM (Haw. syn. 238. rev. 115.) stem 

 shrubby, diffuse ; branches prostrate, rooting, sarmentaceous ; 

 leaves crowded, compressed, triquetrous, pale green, roughish 

 on the edges ; peduncles club-shaped above; stigmas 5. fj . D. G, 



