FICOIDE^E. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



141 



misc. 83. syn. 261. rev. 149. Flowers solitary, red, small, and 

 terminal. 



Soft Fig-marigold. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 foot. 



199 M. THUNBE'RGII (Haw. rev. p. 150.) stem decumbent, 

 articulated ; leaves connate, trigonal, smooth, dotless, erect ; 

 flowers solitary, terminal. I? . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. M. laeVe, Thunb. fl. cap. 425. but not of Ait. 

 Flowers yellow. Calyx 4-cleft. Perhaps this species belongs 

 to another division of the genus. 



Thunberg's Fig-marigold. Shrub decumbent. 



200 M. CYMBIFOLIUM (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. vol. 64. p. 

 424.) stem shrubby, erectish ; branches few, 2-edged, hoary ; 

 leaves trigonal, boat-shaped, pale green, beset with large dots. 

 lj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers un- 

 known. This species appears to be intermediate between M. 

 aureum and M. cymbiforme. 



Boat-leaved Fig-marigold. Clt. 1822. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



36. Aurea (from aureus, of gold; in reference to the 

 yellow flowers). Haw. rev. 148. jEquilateralia, Salm-Dijck, 

 obs. 33. Frequentiflora, Han. syn. 263. exclusive of some 

 species. Stems sujfruticose, and are as well as the branches 

 erect. Leaves distinct, dotted, bluntly or acutely triquetrous, 

 elongated, glaucous. Flowers large, solitary, yellow, or copper- 

 coloured, expanding in sun-shine. Stigmas thick. 



201 M. GLAU'CUM (Lin. spec. p. 696.) stem suffruticose, erect ; 

 leaves triquetrous, much compressed, glaucous, roughish ; lobes 

 of calyx ovate, cordate ; stigmas yellow. Tj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 248. D. C. pi. 

 grass, t. 146. Bradl. succ. t. 37. Haw. obs. 829. misc. 83. 

 syn. 264. rev. 148. Petals of a yellow sulphur colour. 



Glaucous Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1696. Sh. l| ft. 



202 M. AURANTI % ACUM (Haw. misc. 84. syn. 264. rev. 148.) 

 stem suffruticose, erect ; leaves bluntly triquetrous, somewhat 

 compressed, very glaucous ; bracteas semiterete ; lobes of calyx 

 oblong-ovate ; alternate stigmas purple. Pj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. M. glaucoides, Haw. obs. p. 330. 

 M. aurantium, Willd. enum. 537. Flowers of a deep orange- 

 colour, smaller than those of M. glaucum. Perhaps a hybrid 

 between M. aureum and M. glaucum. 



Orange-coloured-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1793. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



203 M. AU'REUM (Lin. syst. nat. ed. 10. p. 1050.) stem suf- 

 fruticose, erect ; leaves cylindrically triquetrous, rather connate 

 at the base, spreading, acute, full of pellucid dots, glaucous ; 

 stigmas dark purple, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Curt. bot. mag. t. 262. D. C. pi. grass, t. 1 1 . Haw. 

 obs. 333. misc. p. 84. syn. 263. rev. 148. Corollas of coppery 

 golden colour, 2 inches in diameter, expanding in sunshine. 



Go/rfen-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Mar. Oct. Clt. 1750. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



SUBDIVISION VI. TERETIU'SCULA (a dim. of teres, cylindrical ; 

 leaves nearly cylindrical). Haw. rev. 150. Subshrubs. Leaves 

 distinct, rarely connate at the base, nearly terete, without any 

 papulae. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5, except in one of the species, 

 which vary to 7. 



37. Verruculata (from verrucula, a little wart ; plants be- 

 set with little warts). D. C. prod. 3. p. 438. Perfoliosa, Haw. 

 misc. 81. Calamiformia erecta, Salnt-Dyck.obs. 22. Sebacea, 

 Han. rev. p. 155. Stems shrubby, erect, with short branches. 

 Leaves crowded, connate, cylindrical, obtuse, mealy-glaucous, 

 soft, dotless, without papules. Flowers yellow or croceous. Calyx 

 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. Capsule small. 



204 M. VERRUCULA'TUM (Lin. spec. 696.) stem erect ; leaves 

 much crowded, very glaucous, cylindrical, hardly triquetrous, 



obtuse, and a little mucronate, sebaceous, longer than the inter- 

 nodes. Pj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. _ 

 Dill. elth. 259. D. C. pi. grass, t. 36. Haw. obs. 260. misc. 

 81. syn. 258. rev. 155. Flowers small, yellow, subumbellate, 

 expanding in the evening. The stigmas are said to be 5, but 

 Dillenius has seen them varying from 5-7. 



Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1731. Sh. 1| ft. 



38. Crbcea (from croceus, like saffron ; colour of flowers). 

 Haw. in phil. mag. aug. 1826. p. 128. Sub-shrubs with secund 

 branches. Leaves thick, of a bluish glaucous colour, semi-terete 

 at the base, obsoletely triquetrous at the apex. Flowers terminal, 

 solitary, small, or middle-sized, scentless, at first yellow, but as 

 they become older change to a copper-colour. Peduncles succulent. 

 Calyx succulent, unequal. 



205 M. LO'TEUM (Haw. in phil. mag. aug. 1826. p. 128.) 

 leaves obtuse ; flowers small ; stem branched, erect, stiff, with 

 the nodes tumid, and throwing out roots. fj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. This species comes very near M. 

 crbceum, var. y, fidvo-croceum, but is taller, more slender, and 

 more branched, and the leaves and flowers are much smaller. 

 Corolla pale yellow, but becoming of a deeper colour as they 

 fade. 



Fe^oni-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



206 M. LUTE'OLUM (Haw. 1. c. p. 129.) leaves crowded, acute 

 at the apex, and a little recurved ; branches slender and dense ; 

 flowers small, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 M. lae v ve, Thunb. prod. ? Flowers yellow, and more numerous 

 than those of the last species. It differs from the last in the 

 leaves and in the more dwarf stature. 



Small-yellow Fig-marigold. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. | ft. 



207 M. CR6cEUM (Jacq. fragm. t. 11. f. 2.) stem erect; leaves 

 crowded, semi-cylindrical, mealy, glaucous, bluntish, shorter 

 than the internodes, somewhat sebaceous ; lobes of calyx some- 

 what unequal, t? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Haw. rev. 156. Leaves evidently connate. Petals obtuse, 

 copper-coloured. 



Var. ft, purpureo-croceum (Haw. obs. 257. misc. 81. syn. 259. 

 rev. 155.) flowers copper-coloured, purple on the outside. M. 

 insititium, Willd. enum. 536. Hardly distinct from the species, 

 and ought probably to be joined with it, according to Salm-Dyck. 

 in litt. 



Far. y,flavo-croceum (Haw. rev. 155.) flowers yellow on both 

 sides, but as they fade become copper coloured. 



Co/>/)er-coloured-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 

 1780. Shrub 1 foot. 



39. Tenuiflora (from tennis, slender, and fios, a flower ; 

 slender flowers). Salm-Dyck, obs. 24. Haw. rev. Fre- 

 quentiflora, Haw. syn. 263. exclusive of the species. Stem.i 

 shrubby ; branches slender, effuse. Leaves opposite, distinct, 

 nearly terete, rather triquetrous or somewhat compressed, without 

 papulce. Flowers solitary, pedunculate, expanding in the morn- 

 ing, yellow or scarlet. This section is nearly allied to Aurea. 



208 M. COCCINEUM (Haw. obs. 247. misc. 85. syn. 265. rev. 

 150.) stem shrubby, erect; leaves teretely triquetrous, rather 

 compressed, obtuse, glaucescent ; peduncles smooth at the base ; 

 lobes of calyx bluntish, nearly equal. Tj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. D. C. pi. grass, t. 83. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. t. 1033. Curt. bot. mag. 59. M. bicolorum minus, Haw. 

 obs. 246. M. bicolorum coccineum, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1059. 

 Leaves shorter than in the following species. Petals scarlet on 

 both surfaces. There are 2 varieties of this plant, the one with 

 obtuse leaves and the other with acute leaves. 



Scarlet-ftowered. Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1696. 

 Shrub 1| foot. 



