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FICOIDEiE. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



Native of New Holland. Branches short, opposite. Leaves 2 

 inches long. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals reddish, with a deeper- 

 coloured line. Styles short, recurved at the apex, greenish 

 yellow. 



Twiggy Fig-marigold. Fl. April. Clt. 1805. PI. pr. 



105 M. RIGIDICAU'LE (Haw. rev. p. 116.) stem firm, procum- 

 bent, not pendulous ; leaves long, triquetrous, equal-sided, 

 straight, with roughish margins. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. The rest unknown. 



Stiffish- stemmed Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1819. Pl.pr. 



106 M. VA'LIDUM (Haw. in phil. mag. dec. 1826. p. 329.) 

 leaves long, pale green, with rougliish margins ; branches robust, 

 stiff, decumbent ; flowers usually by threes ; keel of bracteas 

 entire. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 showy, rose-coloured, with a deeper coloured line in the middle. 



Strong Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1824. Pl.pr. 



107 M. SCHOLLII (Salm-Dyck. obs. 1820. p. 10. Haw. rev. 

 p. 116.) stems firm, decumbent, sarmentose ; leaves connate, 

 compressed, triquetrous, spreadingly recurved, dotted, serrulated 

 on the lateral angles, and on the upper part of the keel ; pedun- 

 cles tern, bibracteate in the middle; stigmas 5. f? . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. aduncum, Jacq. fragm. 

 t. 51. f. 2. but not of Willd. M. recurvum, Haw. suppl. p. 90. 

 but not of Mcench. Petals reddish, acute, with a deeper-co- 

 loured line in the middle of each. 



So/toll's Fig-marigold. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1810. Sh. dec. 



20. Humlllima (from humillimus, very humble). Haw. 

 rev. p. 121. Reptantia, Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 30. Reptdntia 

 humiliima, Ham. syn. p. 241. Stems suffruticose, and are as 

 well as the branches humble, prostrate, and creeping, rooting at 

 the joints. Leaves opposite, rather connate, triquetrous, usually 

 crowded, with smooth margins. Flowers pedunculate, middle- 

 sized, reddish. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. 



108 M. RE'PTANS (Ait. hort. kew. vol. 2. p. 185.) stems 

 filiform, very slender, creeping ; leaves much crowded, trique- 

 trous, acute, glaucous, scabrous from large pellucid dots. fj . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers reddish, 

 (ex Ait.), yellow (ex Salm-Dyck.), rarely flowering (ex Haw. 

 obs. p. 349. misc. 80. syn. 212. rev. 121.). 



Creeping Fig-marigold. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. cr. 



109 M. CRASSIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. p. 693.) stem semi-terete, 

 creeping ; leaves triquetrous, dotless, very green, smooth, semi- 

 cylindrical at the base ; peduncles a little compressed ; stigmas 

 5, spreading. T; . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Dill. elth. f. 257. Bradl. succ. t. 38. Haw. obs. 350. 

 misc. 78. syn. 241. rev. 122. Flowers middle-sized, deep red. 

 Peduncles 1-2 inches long. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas broad at 

 the base, and subulate at the apex. 



Thick-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1727. Pl.cr. 



110 M. DE'BILE (Haw. in phil. mag. dec. 1826. p. 331.) 

 plant smooth ; branches filiform, a little compressed ; leaves 

 crowded about the knots of the creeping stems, bluntly and aci- 

 naciformly triquetrous, glaucescent. t? . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. This species differs from M. reptans in 

 being smooth, not rough. Flowers unknown. 



Weak Fig-marigold. Clt. 1824. PI. creeping. 



111 M. CLAVELLA'TUM (Haw. misc. 79. syn. 242. rev. 122.) 

 branches angular, creeping ; leaves crowded, expanded, obso- 

 letely triquetrous, firm, clavate, very blunt, mucronulate, green ; 

 peduncles rather compressed ; stigmas 5, very slender, fy . D. G. 

 Native of New Holland. Flowers like those of M. crassifo- 

 lium, but more beautiful and of a deeper red. Calyx 5-cleft ; 

 stigmas setaceous, green. 



Small-club-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub creeping. 



112 M. AUSTRA'IE (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 187.) stems semi- 

 terete, creeping ; leaves triquetrous, glaucescent, dotted, smooth, 

 incurved ; peduncles bluntly 2-edged, bibracteate at the base ; 

 stigmas 5, subulate. Tj . D. G. Native of New Holland. 

 Flowers middle-sized, pale red. Calyx 5-cleft. Haw. obs. p. 

 349. misc. 79. syn. 241. rev. 122. M. demissum, Willd. enum. 

 suppl. p. 36. 



Southern Fig-marigold. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1773. Pl.cr. 



21. Rubricaulia (ruber, red, and caulis, a stem; stems 

 red). Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 29. Haw. rev. p. 116. Stems stiffru- 

 ticose ; branches usually reddish, erect, hardly decumbent. Leaves 

 triquetrous, rather acinaciform, opposite, connate, rough and 

 serrulated at the angles. Flowers pedicellate, solitary, bractless, 

 deep red. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5-8. 



113 M. FILAMENTOSUM (Lin. spec. 694.) stems short, de- 

 cumbent ; leaves compressed, triquetrous, rather acinaciform, 

 crowded, thick, pale green, dotted, longer than the internodes, 

 roughly serrulated on the edges ; flowers solitary ; stigmas 5. 

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

 273. Haw. obs. 380. misc. 78. syn. 238. rev. 116. Flowers 

 middle-sized, deep red. Calyx 5-cleft. 



Filamentose Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1795. Pl.pr. 



114 M. SERRULA'TUM (Haw. misc. 77. syn. 239. rev. 117.) 

 stem shrubby, when young erect ; branches erectly decumbent ; 

 leaves compressed, triquetrous, rather acinaciform, and rather 

 glaucous, usually longer than the internodes, with the margins 

 minutely serrulated, but hardly cartilaginous ; flowers solitary ; 

 stigmas 7-8, ramentaceous. fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers reddish, and ternately disposed, as in 

 M. rubricaule : lateral ones usually abortive. 



Far. ft, viridius (Haw. 1. c.) leaves green. 

 Serrulate-\ea\ed Fig-marigold. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub pr. 



115 M. RUBRICAU'LE (Haw. misc. p. 77. syn. 239. rev. 117.) 

 stem shrubby, when young erectish ; branches opposite, rather 

 effuse ; leaves compressed, triquetrous, usually shorter than the 

 internodes, cartilaginous and serrulated on the margins ; flowers 

 solitary ; stigmas 5, expanded. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Willd. enum. p. 536. Flowers middle-sized, 

 pale purple. There is a more dense variety, and a greenish one. 



Red-stemmed Fig-marigold. Fl. Feb. Dec. Clt. 1802. PI. pr. 



22. Acinaciformia (from aKivanrif, akinakes, a Persian 

 sword or scymitar, and forma, form ; shape of leaves). Salm- 

 Dyck. obs. p. 20. Haw. rev. p. 118. Reptdntia majbra, 

 Haw. syn. p. 233. Stems suffruticose, robust, rather decumbent ; 

 branches angular, prostrate, or decumbent. Leaves opposite, 

 connate a short nay at the base, acinaciform, triquetrous, thick. 

 Flowers solitary, terminal, large, reddish (or as in M. edule yel- 

 low]. Fruit Jleshy. Stigmas 6-10. 



116 M. EDU'LE (Lin. spec. 695.) branches expanded, with 

 quite entire angles ; leaves equally triquetrous, dotless, a little 

 channelled, attenuated at both ends, with the keel serrulated ; 

 stigmas 8. >j . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Dill. elth. 272. Seb. thes. 1. t. 19. f. 6. Haw. obs. 392. 

 misc. 76. syn. 234. rev. 110. Flowers large, yellow. Calyx 

 5-cleft. Capsule 8-celled, with the baccate calyx edible. Rarely 

 flowering in the gardens. 



Edible Fig-marigold or Hottentot Fig. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1690. Shrub pr. 



117 M. ACINACIFORME (Lin. spec. 695.) stems rather pro- 

 cumbent, long ; leaves opposite, compressed, triquetrous, acina- 

 ciform, rather curled at the edges, and roughish ; flowers soli- 

 tary, terminal ; stigmas 12-17. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 270, 271. Andr. bot. rep. 508. 

 Salisb. par. t. 90. Haw. obs. 397. misc. 76. syn. 233. rev. 118. 



