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FICOIDE/E. T. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



Haw. obs. 288. misc.103.syn.27C.rev. 189. B.C. pi. grass, t. 24. 

 Jacq. schcenbr. t. 487. M. setosum, Mcench. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, Album (Haw. 1. c.) flowers white. 



Hedge-hog Fig-marigold. Fl.Jul.Oct. Clt. 1774. Sh.ito|ft. 



234 M. STRUMOSUM (Haw. rev. 190.) stems decumbent, 

 branched ; leaves crowded, depressedly cylindrical, hispid all 

 over ; lobes of calyx nearly equal ; root at length tuberous. 

 Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla pale 

 straw-coloured or white. 



Strumose Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. itojft. 



45. Hispida (from hispidus, bristly ; branches rough from 

 bristles). D. C. prod. 3. p. 441. Hispicaulia, Han. syn. 273. 

 ret. 185. Salm-Dyck. obs. 26. Stems suffruticose, bushy; 

 branches hispid from bristles. Leaves distinct, cylindrical, papu- 

 lose. Peduncles hispid. Flowers middle-sized, expanding before 

 meridian, reddish, or rose-coloured, rarely white. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Stigmas 5. 



235 M. CALYCI'NUM (Haw. rev. 187.) branches effuse; leaves 

 cylindrical, rather filiform, obtuse, papulose ; two of the caly- 

 cine lobes are foliaceous, much exceeding the other three in 

 length ; stamens longer than the stigmas. Ij . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Long-calyxed Fig-marigold. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1819. Sli.-fft. 



236 M. TUBERCULA'TUM (D. C. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 44.) stems 

 decumbent, much branched ; branches ascending ; leaves terete, 

 acute, papulose, soft ; branches, peduncles, and calyxes hispid ; 

 calyx campanulate at the base ; stamens hardly exceeding the 

 stigmas. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 

 hispifolium, Haw. suppl. 94. rev. 189. Petals rose-coloured, 

 but purplish above, with a deeper-coloured middle line. There 

 is also a variety of this with white flowers. 



Tubercled Fig-marigold. Fl. Oct. Clt. 1818. Shrub dec. 



237 M. ATTENUA'TUM (Haw. rev. 188.) plant slender; 

 branches decumbent, filiform ; leaves semi-cylindrical, filled, 

 obtuse, or nearly terete, papulose ; peduncles elongated ; calyxes 

 hairy at the base. T? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Petals at first white, or with a rose-coloured middle 

 line, whence there is a rose-coloured circle in the flower. 



Attenuated-branched Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1821. 

 Shrub decumbent. 



238 M. STRIA'TUM (Haw. obs. 280. misc. 188.) stem erect; 

 leaves semi-cylindrical, subulate, papulose ; calyx woolly ; sta- 

 mens collected, length of stigmas. Tj . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Capsule angular at the apex. 



Var. a, rdseum (Haw. rev. 188.) petals pale rose-coloured, 

 with a deeper-coloured line in the middle. Dill. elth. f. 281. 



Var. ft, pollens (Haw. 1. c.) petals white, each with a red line 

 at the base. D. C. pi. grass, t. 132. 



Striated- flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1727. 

 Shrub | foot. 



239 M. FLORIBU'NDUM (Haw. misc. p. 100. syn. 274. rev. 

 187.) branches spreading, very numerous ; leaves almost cylin- 

 drical, somewhat incurved, papulose, obtuse ; calyxes hemisphe- 

 rical, beset with papulose pili ; stamens not equalling the stigmas 

 in length, i; . D< (} Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. 

 hispidum ft, pallidum, Haw. obs. 279. Flowers numerous, 

 pale red ; with the petals white at the base. 



Var. ft, torquatmn (Haw. rev. 187.) flowers fewer, larger and 

 more remote ; stamens exceeding the stigmas. According to 

 Salm-Dyck this is not distinct from M. floribundum, which are 

 both perhaps referrible to M. stridtum, var. ft. 



Bundle-lowered Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1704. 

 Shrub ^ foot. 



240 M. CA'NDENS (Haw. rev. p. 186.) branches long, weak, 

 procumbent or prostrate ; leaves cylindrical, incurved, canes- 



cent, and glittering, obtuse. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers unknown. Leaves shining in the sun 

 from papulae. M. hirtellum, Salm-Dyck. obs. p. 24. but not of 

 Haw. Perhaps only a variety of M. hirtellum. 



Var. a, glaucescens (Salm-Dyck. in litt.) leaves glaucescent. 

 M. candens, var. a, minus, Haw. in phil. mag. dec. 1831. 

 p. 422. 



Var. ft, virescens (Salm-Dyck. in litt.) leaves greener ; branches 

 less elongated. M. candens ft, virideus, Haw. 1. c. 



Glittering Fig-marigold. Clt. 1820. Shrub pr. 



241 M. HIRTE'LLUM (Haw. obs. 284. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes, misc. 102. syn. 274. rev. 186.) stem erect, bushy; leaves 

 crowded, cylindrical, very blunt, beset with glittering papulae ; 

 calyx turbinate, beset with papulose pili ; stamens equal in length 

 to the stigmas. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers larger than those of any other species of this section, 

 showy ; petals pale red, white at the base. 



Bristly Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1792. Sh.^tolft. 



242 M. SUBCOMPRE'SSUM (Haw. in phil. mag. Aug. 1826. p. 

 131.) plant erect and twiggy ; leaves greenish-canescent, com- 

 pressedly semi-terete, obliquely obtuse ; upper part of branches 

 rather pilose. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers of a reddish violaceous colour. 



Var. ft, minus (Haw. 1. c.) plant not half the size of the 

 species. 



Subcompressed-]en\ecl Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1825. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



243 M. FURFU'REUM (Haw. in phil. mag. Dec. 1831. p. 421.) 

 shrub bushy ; branches crowded, straightish, stiff, furfuraceous; 

 leaves cylindrical, very blunt, and are, as well as the calyx, beset 

 with obsolete crystalline papulae ; flowers small, numerous. 

 Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers termi- 

 nating the branches, usually solitary, very pale red. 



Furfuraceous Fig-marigold. Clt. 1 830. Shrub 1 foot. 



244 M. HI'SPIDUM (Lin. spec. 691.) stem erect, bushy ; leaves 

 cylindrical, very blunt, green, glabrous, and covered with glit- 

 tering papulae, as well as the calyx, which is conical ; stamens 

 exceeding the stigmas. Jj. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Dill. elth. f. 278. D. C. pi. grass, t. 66. M. hispidum a, 

 Haw. obs. 277. M. hispidum, Haw. syn. 273. rev. 186. Flowers 

 deep purple. 



Hispid Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1704. Sh. | to 1 ft. 



245 M. SUBHISPIDUM (Haw. in phil. mag. Dec. 1831. p. 421.) 

 stem erect ; branches and peduncles usually without hairs ; 

 leaves cylindrical, very blunt, and are, as well as the obconical 

 calyxes, glabrous, greenish, and covered with glittering papulae. 

 Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. hispidum ft, 

 platyptalum, Haw. rev. 186. Petals pale purple, whitish at 

 the base, emarginate at the apex. Very like M. hispidum, but 

 taller, less branched ; but the branches are longer, more erect, 

 and straight, and the flowers paler. 



Subhispid Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1704. Sh. 1 foot. 



46. Aspericaulia (from asper, rough, and caulis, a stem ; 

 stems rough). Haw. misc. 97. rev 182. Salm-Dyck, obs. 26. 

 Stems shrubby, hardly afoot and a half high ; branches filiform, 

 scabrous. Leaves distinct, remote, nearly terete, glittering from 

 papultz. Flowers expanding before meridian ; reddish or cop- 

 per-coloured. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5, but in one of the 

 species the calyx is 6-cleft, and the stigmas are 6. 



* Floners reddish. 



246 M. PULVERULE'NTUM (Haw. obs. 265. misc. 89. syn. 272. 

 rev. 185. but not of Willd.) stem erect; branches crowded; 

 leaves cylindrically triquetrous, obtuse, dotted with white, pow- 

 dery, scabrous ; calyx C-cleft. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape 



