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FICOIDE-iE. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



broadly ovate, clasping the peduncles above. T; . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 249. Corolla reddish, 

 larger than those of its allies. 



Ray-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1732. Sh. 

 1 foot. 



184 M. COMPRE'SSUM (Haw. obs. 526. not 416. misc. 91. syn. 

 289. rev. 144.) stem shrubby ; branches rather compressed ; 

 leaves glaucescent, triquetrous, with equal sides, very rough ; 

 bracteas ovate, acute, clasping the tops of the peduncles. Ij . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers middle- 

 sized, reddish. Perhaps M. compressum, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. 

 p. 454. is the same species. 



Compressed-branched Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 

 1792. Shrub l| foot. 



185 M. PA'TULBM (Haw. syn. p. 334. rev. 145.) stem 

 shrubby ; branches hardly erect ; leaves linear, half erect, glau- 

 cescent, roughish from pellucid dots. Tj . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. This species comes near to M. compres- 

 sum, but is less stiff, the leaves shorter and thicker, and the 

 flowers are larger and paler. 



Spreading Fig-marigold. Fl. Oct. Nov. Clt. 1811. Sh. 1| ft. 



186 M. A'SPERUM (Haw. rev. p. 145.) stem shrubby; leaves 

 compressed, triquetrous, longish, of a bluish green-colour, full 

 of pellucid dots, very scabrous, hooked at the apex ; keel fur- 

 nished with one tooth. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers unknown. Perhaps this species does not be- 

 long to the present section. 



Rough Fig-marigold. Clt. 1818. Shrub 1| foot. 



187 M. SERRA'TUM (Lin. spec. 696.) stem erect, branched ; 

 leaves opposite, distinct, triquetrous, subulate, having the cari- 

 nal angle serrated, with the serratures turned backwards. fj . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 238. 

 Flowers solitary, terminal, pedunculate. Calyx 5-cleft, attenu- 

 ated at the base. Petals yellow, copper-coloured at the apex. 

 Stigmas 5, short, obtuse, approximate. This species was for- 

 merly cultivated by Dillenius, but has now vanished from the 

 gardens, and is therefore very little known. 



Serrated-keeled Fig- marigold. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1707. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



34. Conferta (from confertus, crowded thick together; 

 branches). Haw. syn. 240. Salm-Dyck, obs. 29. Eximia and 

 Bldnda, Hani. rev. 145-147. Steins shrubby ; branches crowded, 

 ascending. Leaves opposite, rather connate, crowded, triquetrous, 

 entire, acute, with the angles smooth. Flowers pedunculate, 

 solitary or by threes, showy, expanding in the sun, reddish or pale 

 rose-coloured. 



188 M. AMOZ'NUM (Salm-Dyck in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 

 436.) stem branched, shrubby ; leaves green, crowded, elon- 

 gated, nearly triquetrous, bluntish, with a mucrone ; flowers ter- 

 minal, showy, disposed by threes. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers red. 



Pleasing Fig-marigold. Shrub 1 foot. 



189 M. FORMOSUM (Haw. rev. 145.) stems suffruticose, 

 humble ; branches rather decumbent, elongated ; leaves trique- 

 trous, long, green, glittering in sunshine, much crowded, but 

 more remote on the branches ; flowers terminal, disposed by 

 threes ; stigmas 5-6, shorter than the filaments, rather lanceolate. 



lj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals beautiful 

 red, blunt. 



Beautiful Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1828. Sh. 1ft. 



190 M. SPECTA'BILE (Haw. obs. 385. misc. 68. syn. 240. rev. 

 145.) stems rather humble ; floriferous ones ascending or erect; 

 leaves glaucous, triquetrous, and are, as well as the branches, 

 crowded ; stigmas 5, obovate, one-half shorter than the stamens, 

 which are white. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 



Hope. Curt. bot. mag. t. 396. D. C. pi. grass, t. 153. Leaves 

 rather connate, sometimes furnished with one tooth at the top of 

 the keel. Flowers beautiful reddish, 2 inches in diameter. 

 Showy Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1787. Shrub 1 ft. 



191 M. CONSPICUUM (Haw. syn. 240. rev. 146.) floriferous 

 stems erect ; leaves green, glittering in sun-shine, triquetrous, 

 and are, as well as the branches, crowded ; stigmas lanceolate, 

 length of the stamens. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. M. conspicuum, Spreng. nov. prov. 27. but the leaves 

 are there said to be semi-terete. Flowers beautiful red. 



Conspicuous Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1806. Sh. 1 ft. 



192 M. TURBINA V TUM (Jacq. hort. vind. t. 476.) stem shrubby, 

 branched, diffuse ; leaves glaucous, elongated, acute, triquetrous, 

 crowded ; flowers on long peduncles, reddish ; ovarium con- 

 tracted into a neck beneath the calyx. fj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Petals numerous, linear, spreading 

 much. Salm-Dyck. in litt. 



Turbinate Fig-marigold. Shrub 1 foot. 



193 M. BLA'NDUM (Haw. suppl. 95. rev. 147.) stem shrubby; 

 branches numerous, compressed, ascending ; leaves compressed, 

 triquetrous, crowded, narrow, acutish, smooth ; peduncles equal, 

 longer than the bracteas ; stigmas 5, short, ramentaceous. Tj . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ker. bot. reg. 582. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 599. Flowers large, at first white, but at length 

 rose-coloured or pale red. Branches of a rufous chestnut colour. 

 There are varieties of this species with glaucous and green leaves. 



Bland Fig-marigold. Fl. June. Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 foot. 



194 M. CURVIFOLIUM (Haw. rev. p. 47.) stem shrubby, 

 branches robust, terete ; leaves compressed, triquetrous, glau- 

 cescent ; peduncles clavate, length of bracteas ; petals incurved. 

 Pj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Branches ru- 

 fous or bay-coloured. Leaves twice the thickness of those of 

 M. bldndum, to which it is nearly allied, and the corolla is less 

 open. It is, however, perhaps only a variety of it. 



Curved-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1818. Sh. l^ft. 



35. Cymbiformia (from cymba, a boat, and forma, form ; 

 leaves). Salm-Dyck, obs. p. 33. Haw. rev. 149. Tardifldra, 

 Haw. syn. 261. Stems fruticose or suffruticose, with straight, 

 usually decussate branches. Leaves small, distinct, turgidly tri- 

 quetrous, obtuse, boat-shaped, short. Flowers solitary, reddish, 

 rose-coloured, or yellow. 



195 M. TETRAGONUM (Thunb. prod. 91.) stem erect, tetra- 

 gonal, shrubby ; leaves cylindrically trigonal. f? . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. rev. 149. Corolla 

 yellow. This species is omitted by Haworth. 



Tetragonal-stemmed Fig-marigold. Shrub 1 foot. 



196 M. STRICTUM (Haw. misc. 82. syn. 262. rev. 149.) stem 

 woody, branched, very stiff, straight ; leaves triquetrous, obtuse, 

 expanded, glaucescent, beset with large dots. ^ . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. This species grows 2 or 3 

 feet high in the gardens, but has never yet flowered. But from 

 a specimen of it received from the Cape by Haworth, they are 

 said to be showy and yellow. 



Straight Fig-marigold. Clt. 1795. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



197 M. CYMBIFORME (Haw. obs. 264. misc. 82. syn. 263. 

 rev. 149.) stem suffruticose ; branches erectish, filiform, crowded; 

 leaves triquetrous, boat-shaped, spreading, glaucous. ^ . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. Per- 

 haps M. sessile, Thunb. fl. cap. 419. belongs to this species, 

 which Thunberg says has red flowers. 



Boat-formed-\ea.\ed Fig-marigold. Clt. 1793. Sh. 1 ft. 



198 M. MOLLE (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 192.) branches crowded, 

 2-edged, decumbent ; leaves spreading, turgidly triquetrous, 

 firm, canescent, with the margins blunt, and lined with dots. 

 t? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. obs. 



