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FICOIDE./E. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



209 M. BICOLORUM (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 485.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaves rather triquetrous, acute, green ; peduncles and 

 calyxes scabrous ; calycine lobes unequal, fe . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 258. Haw. obs. 241. 

 misc. 85. syn. 2C5. rev. 151. This species is usually confused 

 with M. coccineum, but the leaves are longer and the petals are 

 yellow inside and scarlet outside. Stigmas shorter than the fila- 

 ments. There are 2 varieties of this plant, one with erect 

 branches and the other with spreading branches. 



Two-coloured-Rowered Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 

 1732. Shrub 1| foot. 



210 M. !NjEauA v LE (Haw. syn. 266. rev. 151.) stem shrubby, 

 erectish ; branches effusely decumbent ; leaves rather trique- 

 trous, deep green ; fructiferous peduncles compresseclly clavate ; 

 lobes of calyx very unequal. I? . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Bradl. succ. 7. bad. ex Haworth. Very like 

 M. bicoldrum, but differs in the branches being effuse, the flowers 

 being paler on the outside, and in the calycine lobes being longer 

 than the membrane. 



Unequal-calyxed Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1716. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



211 M. TENUIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 693.) stem shrubby, erect- 

 ish ; leaves semi-terete, rather compressed, subulate, green, 

 glabrous, longer than the internodes ; peduncles elongated, 

 naked. fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill, 

 elth. f. 236. D. C. pi. grass, t. 82. Bradl. succ. t. 9. Haw. 

 obs. 239. misc. p. 86. syn. 267. rev. 151. Flowers of coppery 

 red colour. There are varieties of this species with erect and 

 procumbent stems. 



Slender-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1700. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



212 M. VARIA'BILE (Haw. misc. 85. syn. 266. rev. 152.) 

 stem shrubby, effuse, rather decumbent ; leaves somewhat tri- 

 quetrous, compressed, glaucous, scabrous ; lobes of calyx nearly 

 equal. T? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals 

 yellow, at length becoming reddish. There are varieties of the 

 species with distant and crowded leaves and branches. 



Variable Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1796. Sh. l| ft. 



40. Adunca (from aduncus, hooked ; leaves hooked at the 

 apex). Salm-Dyck, obs. 25. Han. rev. 152. Adunca clau- 

 dentia, Han. misc. 87. Stems suffruticose, hardly half a foot 

 high. Leaves nearly terete, subulate, usually incurved, acutely 

 hooked at the apex. Planers solitary, expanding before meridian, 

 and closing in the evening, small, reddish. Petals usually striated 

 or white at the base. 



213 M. SPINIFORME (Haw. obs. 240. misc. 87. syn. 291. rev. 

 152.) stem suffruticose, with erect branches ; leaves cylindrical, 

 subulate, spine-formed, erect, recurved at the apex ; peduncles 

 and keels of the bracteas rather scabrous. T? . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Bark of branches dark. Flowers 

 small, pale red, with the petals paler at the base. 



Var. /3, subaduncum (Haw. suppl. 96. ex rev. 152.). Leaves 

 less hooked. 



Spine-shaped Fig-marigold. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1793. Sh. ^ft. 



214 M. CURVIFOLIUM (Haw. misc. p. 88. syn. 290. rev. 152.) 

 stems suffruticose ; branches firm, erectish, roughish, angularly 

 compressed ; leaves rather distant, expanded at the base, and 

 incurvedly recurved at the apex. >j . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Flowers numerous, middle-sized, pale red. 

 Stigmas blackish. M. ceratophyllum, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 

 37. is referred to this species by the Prince de Salm-Dyck, but 

 this is doubted by Haworth, who gives a different character to 

 the plant. 



Curve-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1799. Sh. -J ft. 



215 M. FLEXIFOLIUM (Haw. suppl. 98. rev. 153.) stem suf- 



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fruticose ; brandies filiform, compressed, flexuous, decumbent, 

 crowded ; leaves subulate, triquetrous, incurved below, recurved 

 and rather flexuous above, and a little hooked at the apex. Jj . D. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. This plant is 3 times 

 smaller than t'^e preceding species, and more depressed. Flowers 

 unknown. There are varieties of this species with pale green 

 and dark green leaves. 



Bent-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1820. Sh. dec. 



216 M. INCONSPI'CUUM (Haw. in phil. mag. aug. 1826. 

 p. 128.) stems suffruticose, very stiff; leaves trigonal-semi- 

 terete, small, hooked ; flowers solitary, minute, terminal. Ij . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. A small, bushy 

 subshrub, with spreading, ascending, or incurved, hard, glitter- 

 ing branches ; leaves glittering in the sunshine from papulae. 

 Flowers deep red, expanding in the morning. 



Inconspicuous Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. ^ ft. 



217 M. ADu'NcuM(Haw. syn. 291. rev. p. 153.) stem shrubby ; 

 branches erect, much crowded ; leaves crowded, semi-cylindrical, 

 acuminated, very much recurved at the apex. Tj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers small, reddish, tipped 

 with a deeper colour. Stigmas subulate, spreading, greenish 

 yellow. This species is very like M. jlexifdlium, but is less 

 erect. 



Hooked-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Feb. Mar. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub \ foot. 



218 M. FILICAC'LE (Haw. syn. 291. rev. 153.) stems tufted, 

 suffruticose, filiform, very weak, creeping ; leaves much crowded, 

 semi-cylindrical, acuminated. \i . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Peduncles elongated, flexuous, bibracteate in 

 the middle. Petals pale red inside, but of a deeper colour on 

 the outside, and more so at the apex. Stigmas erect, subulate, 

 green. 



Thread- stemmed Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1808. 

 Shrub -| foot. 



41. Haworthiana (in honour of A. H. Haworth, F.L.S. ; 

 who has done more to elucidate the succulent tribes of plants than 

 any other individual). D. C. prod. 3. p. 439. Corallina, Ham. 

 rev. 154. exclusive of M. cordllina perhaps. Teretiuscula, Han. 

 syn. 301. Rubictinda, Salm-Dyck. obs. 23. Stems suffruti- 

 cose, smooth, erect ; branches decussate, numerous, of a chestnut 

 colour. Leaves somenhat cylindrical, subulate, elongated, glau- 

 cous. Flowers solitary, showy, reddish, or white. 



219 M. PRODU'CTUM (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. p. 424.) stem 

 suffruticose, erect ; branches finely decussate, numerous ; leaves 

 crowded at the tops of the brandies, semi-cylindrical, glau- 

 cous, rather incurved, full of pellucid dots ; flowers terminal, 

 by threes ; calycine lobes unequal, two of which are long and 

 the other three short. I/ . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Corolla rose-coloured. Stigmas 5, erect. 



Produced-ady-aed Fig-marigold. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1822. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



220 M. STIPULA'CEUM (Lin. spec. 693.) stem shrubby, and is 

 as well as the branches erect ; leaves teretely triquetrous, long, 

 subulate, incurved, glaucous, full of pellucid dots, margined at 

 the base. Pj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Dill. elth. f. 267. and 268. Haw. obs. 256. misc. 65. syn. 301. 

 rev. 154. Axils usually bearing leaves, hence the metaphorical 

 name of stipulaceum, there being no stipules. Corolla light red, 

 paler on the under side, 2 inches in diameter. 



Stipttlaceous Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1723. Sh. 1 ft. 



221 M. HAw6RTHii (Willd. enum. suppl. 36. Donn, hort. 

 cant. ed. 6.) stem shrubby, erect; leaves crowded, compressedly 

 cylindrical, attenuated at both ends, erect when young, but 

 spreading and glaucous when old. (Salm-Dyck. inlitt.). fj . D. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. syn. 302. rev. 



