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FICOIDE.E. I. MESEMBRYANTHIIMCM. 



crenulated keel ; inner petals very short, and imbricated. ^. 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Andr. hot. rep. 

 t. 381. Sims. hot. mac;. 1663. Flowers deep red, always ex- 

 panded. Petals broader than in any of the allied species. 

 Stigmas 6, thick. 



Encompassing Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1805. Sh. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



133 M. FORFICA'TUM (Lin. spec. 695.) stems suffrutescent, 

 decumbent ; leaves opposite, compressed, triquetrous, green, 

 ending in a spinulose mucrone at the apex ; peduncles angular ; 

 petals in 1 series ; stigmas 5, very short. Tj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. obs. 394. descript. misc. 

 p. 78. syn. 280. rev. 123. Jacq. vind. 1. t. 26. M. filamen- 

 tosum ft, D. C. Petals purplish, with a deeper-coloured keel. 



Scksor-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1758. 

 Shrub decumbent. 



134 M. GEMINA'TUM (Haw. misc. p. 92. syn. 280. rev. 123.) 

 stem suffruticose, dwarf; branchlets dichotomous, ascending; 

 leaves connate a long way, triquetrous, erect, glaucous, smooth, 

 cartilaginous at the margins. I? . D. G. Naiive of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers unknown, but probably white. 



TWn-shooted Fig-marigold. Clt. 1792. Shrub 1 foot. 



25. Rostellata (from rostellum, a little beak ; leaves tipped 

 with a little beak). Haw. rev. p. 123. Stems prostrate. Leaves 

 terete, subulate, connate at the base, recurved. Flowers white and 

 red. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. 



135 M. ROSTELLA'IUM (Haw. rev. 123.) stems branched, 

 prostrate ; leaves beaked, connate, semi-terete, subulate, recurved, 

 dotted, green ; peduncles clavate, bibi'acteate at the base ; stig- 

 mas 5, spreading, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Calyx with .5 long lobes. Corolla expanded before meridian, 

 whitish, tipped with red. 



Little-beaked-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1820. Sh. pr. 



26. Uncinata (from uncinalus, hooked ; points of leaves). 

 Haw. rev. 124. Perfoliata, Salm-Dyck, obs. p. 24. Perfoliata 

 axillaria, Ham. syn. 281. Stems shrubby, erect; branches hard. 

 Leaves opposite, dotted, connate and sheathing at the base ; 

 theaths obconical, Jleshy, covering the internodes ; limbs of leaves 

 rather triquetrous at the apex, acute, toothed under the keel. 

 Floriferous branches axillary,, \-jlorvered. Flowers middle-sized, 

 reddish. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5-7. 



136 M. PERFOLIA'TUM (Mill. diet. ed. 8. no. 19.) stem 

 shrubby, erect, with few branches ; leaves connate and sheath- 

 ing at the base, rather decurrent, triquetrous, hard, whitish -glau- 

 cous, dotted, acuminated at the apex, recurved ; keel tridentate 

 beneath. Fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. 

 misc. 92. syn. 281. rev. 124. Dill. elth. 240. Bradb. succ. 

 46. M. forcinatum /3, Lin. spec. 690. D. C. pi. grass, no. 54. 

 Flowers red. 



Var. ft, monacdnthum (Bradl. succ. f. 26.) keel of leaves fur- 

 nished with only one tooth beneath. 



Var. y, edentulum (Haw. rev. p. 125.) keel of leaves tooth- 

 less. Burm. afr. t. 26. f. 3. 



Perfoliate-\eaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1714. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



137 M. UNCINE'LLUM (Salm-Dyck, in lift, and Haw. rev. p. 

 124.) stem shrubby, erect, with numerous branches; leaves con- 

 nate and sheathing at the base, rather decurrent, triquetrous, 

 thick, whitisli, dotted, recurved at the apex ; keel furnished with 

 one tooth beneath. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope Dill. elth. f. 239. Flowers reddish. 



Small-hooked-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1819. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



138 M. SEMIDENTATUM (Haw. suppl. 95. rev. 125.) stem 



shrubby, with simple striated branches ; leaves connate and 

 sheathing at the base, triquetrous, compressed, white, dotted ; 

 keel furnished with 1-4 teeth. fj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Salm-Dyck, obs. 1820. p. 9. Leaves 2 inches 

 long. Flowers on short peduncles, reddish. Differs in the 

 length of the leaves from M. perfoliatum. 



Half-loolhed-\ea\ed Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



139 M. UNCIKA'TUM (Mill. diet. ed. 8. no. 18.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaves connate, and sheathing at the base, rather decur- 

 rent, green, dotted, triquetrous, furnished with 2 spines under- 

 neath at the apex. Jj D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Bradl. succ. f. 27. M. uncinatum a, Lin. spec. 692. 

 D. C. pi. grass, t. 54. Flowers red. 



Hooked-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1725. Shrub 



1 to 2 feet. 



140 M. VI'RIDE (Haw. obs. p. 314. misc. 93. syn. 282. rev. 

 126.) stem shrubby; leaves connate and sheathing at the base, 

 quite entire, deep green, dotless, smooth, uncinately recurved at 

 the apex ; stigmas 7, subulate. (5 . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Peduncles clavate, bibracteate, axillary. Calyx 

 5-cleft. Petals pale red, expanded both by night and by day. 



Green Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 1 foot. 



141 M. U'NIDENS (Haw. in phil. mag. Dec. 1826. p. 331.) 

 plant depressed, stiff ; branches crowded ; leaves rather acinaci- 

 form, white, with large dots ; keel bearing one tooth near the 

 top. fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 

 less perfoliate than any other of the section. Flowers not seen. 



One-toothed Fig-marigold. Clt. 1 824. Shrub A to 1 foot. 



27. Paniculata (from panicula, a panicle; disposition of 

 flowers). Ham. syn. 283. Salm-Dyck, obs. p. 33. Vaginata, 

 Lineala, and Tumidula, Ham. rev. 126-129. Shrubby, erect ; 

 branches hard. Leaves connate and sheathing at the base, with 

 the longitudinal lines of the sheath more or less distinct, for the 

 most part glaucous and triquetrous. Flowers panicled, numerous. 

 Peduncles bracteate. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. Petals nthite, 

 rarely reddish. 



142 M. TUMIDULUM (Haw. syn. p. 286. rev. p. 129.) stem 

 erect, with spreading branches ; leaves connate and sheathing at 

 the base, remote, green, smooth, rather recurved at the apex ; 

 sheaths tumid at the top. ^ . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Leaves an inch and a half long. Flowers reddish. 



TumzW-sheathed Fig-marigold. Fl. March. Clt. 1802. Shrub 



2 feet. 



143 M. FOLIOSUM (Haw. misc. 97. syn. 287. rev. 130.) stem 

 erect, much branched ; branches crowded, hardly erect ; leaves 

 connate and sheathing at the base, rather glaucous, smooth, 

 crowded, obtuse, ending in a rather recurved mucrone ; sheaths 

 thickened at the top. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Leaves an inch long. Petals reddish, with a deeper 

 coloured line. Stigmas 5, expanded at length. 



Leafy Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Clt. 1802. Shrub 2 to 3 ft. 



144 M. UMBELLA^TUM (Lin. spec. 689.) stem erect, with 

 erectly spreading branches ; leaves connate and sheathing at the 

 base, remote, nearly terete, and rather glaucous, scabrous from 

 dots, slender, recurved at the apex ; sheaths tumid at the apex. 

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

 266. Haw. obs. p. 336. misc. 97. syn 287. rev. 129. Leaves 

 1-2 inches long. Peduncles furnished with 2 bracteas. Flowers 

 middle-sized, white. Stigmas 5, erect. 



Var. ft, apetalum (Haw. rev. p. 129.) petals wanting. M. 

 anomalum, Willd. enum. p. 531. suppl. p. 36. 



Umbellate-fioviered Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1727. 

 PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



145 M. IMBRICA'TUM (Haw. obs. p. 317. misc. 96. syn. 285. 



