138 



FICOIDE^E. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



preceding species, but smaller. Stigmas erect, hardly the length 

 of the filaments. Capsule more depressed. 



Muricated Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Clt. 1731. Sh. 1 foot. 



29. Falcata (from falcatus, hooked ; leaves hooked or fal- 

 cate). Han. misc. p. 69. Lunata and Falcata, Salm-Dyck, obs. 

 31. and 32. Lunata, Pallid/flora, and Glomerata, Haw. rev. 

 135. 138. Stems fruticose or suffruticose ; branches erect or di- 

 varicate. Leaves opposite, distinct, compressed, triquetrous, fal- 

 cate, glaucous, usually dotted. Flowers pedunculate, flesh-colour- 

 ed or pale red. 



* Flowers aggregate, reddish. 



157 M. MA'XIMUM (Haw. obs. p. 402. misc. 66. syn. 292. rev. 

 135.) stem woody, erect, bushy; leaves crowded, large, very 

 much compressed, triquetrous, incurvedly half-moon shaped, 

 quite glaucous, obtuse, full of pellucid dots, half-stem-clasping. 

 1j . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Andr. bot. 

 rep. t. 358. Willd. enum. 539. Flowers small, terminal. Pe- 

 duncles bibracteate. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla reddish. 



Largest Fig-marigold. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1787. Sh. l|ft. 



158 M. LUNA'TUM (Willd. enum. p. 538.) stem woody, erect; 

 branches aggregate ; leaves small, much crowded, dotless, rather 

 connate, compressed, triquetrous, incurvedly half-moon shaped. 

 Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. rev. 136. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. 



Lunate-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1812. Sh. 1 ft. 



159 M. FALCIFORME (Haw. syn. 299. rev. 127.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, at length decumbent ; leaves much crowded, small, thick, 

 falcate, acinaciform, glaucous, largely toothed ; flowers some- 

 what fastigiate. I? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers reddish, showy, an inch and a half in diameter. 



Sickle-formed-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1S05. 

 Shrub 1-J foot. 



160 M. FALCA'TUM (Lin. spec. 694.) stem woody, erect; 

 branches numerous, panicled, filiform ; leaves minute, distinct, 

 compressed, triquetrous, falcate, rather glaucous, fj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 275. and 276. 

 Haw. obs. 366. misc. 72. syn. 298. rev. 136. Flowers small, 

 numerous, pale red, expanded through the day, sweet scented. 



Falcate-\ea\eA Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1727. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



161 M. VIRGA'TUM (Haw. misc. p. 88. syn. 290. rev. 142.) 

 stem suffruticose, weak ; branches twiggy, distant ; leaves com- 

 pressed, triquetrous, acute, rather glaucous, remote, dotted ; 

 flowers few. fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 M. compressum, Haw. obs. 416. not 326. Flowers small, light 

 red. Stigmas 5, longer than the filaments, subulate, revolute. 

 Peduncles bractless. 



Twiggy Fig-marigold. Fl. Feb. Apr. Clt. 1793. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



* Flowers solitary, rose-coloured or pale red. 



162 M. DECU'MBENS (Haw. obs. 352. misc, 69. syn. 300. rev. 

 136.) branches much crowded, decumbent; leaves compressed, 

 triquetrous, incurved, attenuated at both ends, very glaucous. 

 >j D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 2 inches 

 in diameter, almost white, or very pale red. 



Decumbent Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 decumbent. 



163 M. INCU'RVUM (Haw. misc. p. 69. syn. 300. rev. 136.) 

 stem suffruticose, erect ; branches slender, effuse, leafy ; leaves 

 compressed, triquetrous, very glaucous, attenuated at both ends, 

 acinaciform. >j . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers pale red. 



Par-ft, dildtans (Haw. syn. 300. rev. 137.) leaves gibbously 

 dilated below, at length deflexed. 



Var. y, roseum (Willd. enum. p. 535.) leaves obtuse, attenu- 

 ated at the base. 



Var. (>, multiradiatum (Jacq. fragm. t. 53. f. 2.) leaves acute, 

 spreading, blunt on the back. 



/ncaruerf-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June. Clt. 1802. Sh. 1| ft. 



164 M. CONFE'RTUM (Haw. syn. p. 301. rev. 137.) stem 

 erect, much branched ; leaves triquetrous, crowded, robust, in- 

 curved, very glaucous. fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers showy, pale red. Perhaps only a variety of M. 

 incurvum. 



Crowded Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1805. Sh. 1 ft. 



30. Stena (from GTCVOS, stenos, narrow; leaves and petals). 

 Haw. in phil. mag. Sept. 1831. Small subshrubs, with the 

 branches nearly half a foot high, effuse, and are, as well as the. 

 leaves, Jilif arm. Petals very narrow, or setaceous, very pale red. 



165 M. STE'NUM (Haw. in phil. mag. 1831. p. 420.) branches 

 effusely decumbent, flexuous, filiform ; leaves slender, falcately 

 incurved, triquetrously terete, mucronate, with few dots, glau- 

 cescent ; flowers 1 or 3 together, terminal. fj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers expanding before meridian, 

 of a violaceous reddish-colour. 



Narrow Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1829. Shrub ^ foot. 



166 M. DE BILE (Haw. in phil. mag. Nov. 1826. p. 331.) 

 smooth ; branches filiform, a little compressed ; leaves crowded 

 at the nodes of the replant stems, bluntly and acinaciformly tri- 

 quetrous, glaucescent; flowers few, terminal. J? . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers very pale red, or 

 nearly white, expanding before meridian. 



Weak Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. July. Clt. 1824. PI. creeping. 



31. Microphylla (from fiiKpot, micros, small, and <f>v\\ov, 

 phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the small leaves of the species). 

 Salm-Dyck, obs. 33. Hani. rev. 134. syn. 297. exclusive of some 

 species. Plants small, suffruticose, much branched; branches 

 very humble, procumbent, divaricate. Leaves very small, con- 

 nate, triquetrous, mucronale, crowded, remaining on the plant 

 even when dried. Flowers solitary, small, reddish. 



167 M. MICROPHY'LLUM (Haw. obs. 417. syn. 297. rev. 134.) 

 stem short, densely branched, decumbent ; leaves connate, tri- 

 quetrous, acuminated, a little awned, green, dotted, pustulate on 

 the inside at the base ; flowers solitary on short peduncles. 1? . 

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

 reddish. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5-6, green, with spreading 

 subulate tops. 



Small-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Clt. 1795. Sh. dec. 



168 M. MUCRONA'TUM (Haw. misc. 73. syn. 297. rev. 134.) 

 stem very short, erect, branched ; leaves oblong-ovate, trique- 

 trous at the apex, connate at the base, glaucescent, terminating 

 in a white mucrone, coarsely dotted. Jj . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. Leaves 3 lines long. 



./l/ucronate-leaved Fig-marigold. Clt. 1794. Sh. i to i ft. 



169 M. PYGSI^UM (Haw. suppl. 99. rev. 134.) stem very 

 short, branched ; leaves connate at the base, oblong-ovate, semi- 

 terete, awnless, in winter united nearly to the top. fj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown, but pro- 

 bably pale red. 



Pygmy Fig-marigold. Clt. 1805. Shrub -J- foot. 



170 M. PULCHE'LLUM (Haw. misc. 72. syn. 298.) stems de- 

 cumbent ; leaves acutely triquetrous, with equal sides, somewhat 

 boat-shaped, hoary, obsoletely dotted, ciliated with pubescence 

 on the angles, but especially on the keel, terminating in a re- 

 curved mucrone. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 M. canescens, Haw. rev. 135. M. pulchellum, Willd. enum. 

 537. Corollas small, red. Stigmas 5, subulate, longer than the 

 filaments, greenish, recurved at the apex. 



