FICOIDEjE. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



139 



Var. /3, revolutum (Haw. rev. p. 135.) branches secund, re- 

 curved. 



Neat Fig-marigold. Fl. April. Clt. 1793. Shrub dec. 



32. Scabrlda (a dim. of scaber, rough ; rough or scabrous 

 leaves). Han. misc. 71. Scabra, Salm-Dyck, obs. 27. Asperi- 

 folia, Ham. rev. 138. Stems suffruticose ; branches expanded, 

 jiliform. Leaves more or less triquetrous, rather compressed, sca- 

 brous from dots, usually a little incurved. Flowers pedunculate, 

 reddish, middle-sized. 



* Stamens collected. 



171 M. SCA'BRUM (Lin. spec. 692.) stem shrubby, branched; 

 leaves rather triquetrous, green, straight, very rough from shin- 

 ing warts ; lobes of calyx ovate, acuminated ; petals crenated at 

 the apex ; stamens collected. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 251. Haw. obs. 345. misc. 71. 

 syn. 267. rev. 138. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Var. ft, purpureum ; flowers purple. 



Scabrous Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1731. Sh. 1 foot. 



172 M. VERSI'COLOR (Haw. misc. 71. syn. 268. rev. 139.) 

 stem shrubby, branched ; leaves almost triquetrous, glaucescent, 

 scabrous from warts ; lobes of calyx ovate, acuminated ; petals 

 somewhat bidentate at the apex ; stamens collected. Tj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals variable, expanding 

 in the heat of the sun, of a shining white or silvery colour, but 

 when closed in the morning and evening they are pale reddish. 



Party-coloured- flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 

 1795. Shrub 1 foot. 



173 M. RETROFLE'XUM (Haw. misc. 71. syn. 269. rev. 139.) 

 stem suffruticose ; branches decumbent ; bark white ; leaves 

 rather triquetrous, very glaucous, scabrous ; lobes of calyx re- 

 troflexed ; petals distant ; stamens collected. Tj . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. M. emarginatoides, Haw. obs. 

 343. M. leptaleum, Haw. rev. 140. and perhaps M. elegans, 

 Jacq. schcenbr. 4. p. 18. which is referred to by the Prince de 

 Salm-Dyek, and therefore it is M. deflexum of Salm-Dyck, obs. 

 27. but not of Haworth. Petals reddish. 



Retroflexed-calyxed Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1724. 

 Shrub dec. 



174 M. I'MBRICANS (Haw. suppl. p. 94.) stem erect, shrubby; 

 leaves linear, obsoletely triquetrous, smoothish, of a whitish 

 glaucous-colour, imbricately crowded at the tops of the canes- 

 cent branches. Ij . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers red. Said to be allied to M. retrqflexum. 



Imbricating-le-dved Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1818. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



175 M. DEFLt'xuM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 187.) stems shrubby, 

 rather crowded, deflexed ; leaves rather triquetrous, glaucous, 

 roughish, attenuated downwards ; petals numerous, much imbri- 

 cated ; stamens collected. ^ . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Haw. obs. 347. misc. 71. syn. 269. exclusive of 

 the synonymes, rev. 140. There are two varieties of this species, 

 the one having the petals pale reddish and purple at the base, 

 the other having the petals of a deeper colour. 



Dejtexed-brar.ched Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1774. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



* Stamens expanded. 



176 M. POLYA'NTHUM (Haw. sy'n. 270. rev. 140.) branches 

 bushy, expanded, crowded ; bark on young stems rufous ; leaves 

 small, glaucous, triquetrous, scabrous ; flowers very numerous, 

 panicled ; petals imbricated. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers small, very pale red. M. flexile, Haw. 

 rev. 141. is only a variety of this species in a younger state, 

 which has been confirmed by Salm-Dyck. 



Many-flowered Fig marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1803. Shrub 

 1 to li foot. 



177 M. POLYPHY'LLUM (Haw. rev. 141.) branches bushy, de- 

 cumbent, assurgent ; leaves much glomerated, rather robust, 

 somewhat incurvedly recurved, clavately and bluntly trique- 

 trous, compressed, scabrous from dots, glaucous, fj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers pale red. Sta- 

 mens expanded, as in M. emarginalum. Like M. deflexum, but 

 double the size. 



Many-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1819. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



178 M. VIOLA' CEUM (D. C. pi. grass, t. 84.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; branches expanded ; leaves triquetrously semi- terete, 

 rough from dots, acute, glaucous; peduncles 1-flowered, naked 

 or bracteate at the very base ; lobes of calyx spreading, unarmed, 

 but prickle-formed. Pj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Haw. rev. 141. M. parvifolium, Lam. diet. 2. p. 482. 

 exclusive of the synonymes. M. pumceum, Jacq. schoenbr. t. 

 442. Flowers flesh-coloured, expanding in the heat of the sun. 

 Stamens not collected, but rather expanded. 



Violaceous-branched Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



179 M. EMAitGiNA v TUM (Lin. spec. 692.) branches expanded ; 

 leaves triquetrous, scabrous, glaucescent ; peduncles bibracteate ; 

 lobes of calyx unarmed, but spine-formed ; petals deeply emar- 

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

 Hope. Dill. elth. f. 250. Haw. obs. 340. misc. 70. syn. 268. 

 rev. 142. Flowers pale red, like those of M. violaceum. Sta- 

 mens expanded. 



Emarginate-ipetaNed Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1732. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



S3. Bracteata (bracteatus, bracteate ; flowers girded by 

 bracteas). Salm-Dyck, obs. 28. Han. rev. 143. Adunca Inclau- 

 dentia, Han. syn. 288. Stems erect, shrubby; branches much 

 compressed. Leaves distinct, triquetrous, hooked at the apex, 

 more or less scabrous from dots. Flowers girded by 2-4 broadly 

 ovate keeled bracteas, nthich clasp the calyx, solitary, reddish, 

 always expanded; inner petals thread-formed. 



180 M. BRACTEA V TUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 185.) stem 

 shrubby, erect ; branches compressed, of a reddish brown 

 colour ; leaves green, triquetrous ; bracteas 4, broadly ovate, 

 keeled, clasping the calyx. J? . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Haw. misc. 90. syn. 289. rev. 143. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. 251. Petals reddish, white at the base. 



Bracteate Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1774. Shrub 

 lifoot. 



181 M. A'NCEPS (Haw. syn. 289. rev. 143.) stem shrubby; 

 branches decumbent, 2-edged, of a brownish canescent-colour ; 

 leaves acinaciformly triquetrous : sides rather membranous be- 

 low ; dots large, pellucid, elevated. 1? . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers of a deep red colour. 



Far. ft, pd/lidum (Haw. rev. 143.) branches of a rufous cop- 

 pery colour ; leaves rather incurved ; petals pale reddish. 



Two-edged-branched Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1811. 

 Shrub 1| foot. 



182 M. GRA'CILE (Haw. rev. 144,) stem shrubby; branches 

 very slender, straight ; leaves glaucescent, slender, rather sca- 

 brous ; bracteas ovate, acute, almost clasping the calyx, fj . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. stellatum, Haw. 

 obs. 416. misc. 91. syn. 290. but not of D. C. There are 

 varieties of this species with deep red, and pale red flowers. 



Slender Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1794. Sh. l ft. 



183 M. RADIA'TUM (Haw. obs. 232. misc. 90. syn. 289. rev. 

 144.) stem shrubby ; branches crowded; bark canescent ; leaves 

 glaucescent, attenuated, and hooked at the apex; bracteas 



