FICOIDE./E. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



145 



of Good Hope. Flowers almost like those of M. barbalum, 

 reddish. Stigmas 6, recurved at the apex. 



Powdery Fig-marigold. Fl. May. Clt. 1792. Sh. | to 1 foot. 



247 M. SE'SSILE (Thunb. fl. cap. 419.) stem erect, terete; 

 branches flexuous, divaricate ; leaves globosely trigonal, very 

 blunt, glabrous ; flowers sessile. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Leaves a line long. Flowers red. 



Sessile-Rovtered Fig-marigold. Shrub 1 foot. 



248 M. SUBGLOBOSUM (Haw. syn. 273. rev. 185.) branches 

 numerous, filiform, divaricate, rather decumbent ; leaves ex- 

 panded, rather papulose, very short, cylindrically subglobose. 

 lj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. capillare, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 419. but not of others. M. subglobosum and 

 M. brevifolium a, Haw. misc. 62. and 99. Flowers red. 



Subglobose-\eaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



249 M. BREVIFOLIUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 188.) stems erect- 

 ish ; branches diffuse, filiform, numerous ; leaves cylindrical, 

 very blunt, spreading, papulose. Pj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. M. brevifolium, Haw. misc. p. 99. var. 0, 

 syn. 272. rev. 185. M. erigerifolium, Jacq. hort. vind. t. 477. 

 ex Salm-Dyck in litt. Corolla small, red. 



Short-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1777. Sh. 1 ft. 



250 M. PARVIFOLIUM (Haw. rev. 184. but not of Lam.) stem 

 erectish ; branches rather crowded, filiform, rough, hard ; leaves 

 grain-formed, expanded, bluntly triquetrous, rather glittering 

 from papulae. J? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Corolla expanding in the day time, deep purple, nearly like that 

 of M. hispidum, but one-half smaller. Stigmas 5, erect, green. 



Small-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. | to 1 ft. 



251 M. OBLI'QUUM (Haw. rev. 183. but not of Willd.) stem 

 erect ; branches filiform, hard, roughish, erectish ; leaves distant, 

 cylindrical, obtuse, small, glittering from papulae, with one of the 

 pair deflexed, and the other opposite it ascending. Tj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Ker, bot. reg. 863. Pe- 

 tals purple, spreading, acute. Stamens erect, collected, white. 

 Flowers 9-10 lines in diameter. 



OWi^e-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. 1 ft. 



* * Flowers copper-coloured or yellow. 



252 M. FLA'VUM (Haw. rev. 183.) stem erectish; branches 

 very slender, scabrous from dots ; leaves nearly terete, rather 

 attenuated at both ends, glittering from papulae, erectly incurved 

 or variously bent ; lobes of calyx obtuse, nearly equal. Ij . D. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla expanded half 

 an inch broad, of a golden yellow-colour, rather reddish on the 

 outside ; filaments white. 



Yellorv-fiowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



253 M. MI V CANS (Lin. spec. 696.) stem erect; branches sca- 

 brous ; leaves semi-cylindrical, bluntish, rather recurved, glit- 

 tering from papulae ; lobes of calyx and petals acutish. 1? . D. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 283. and 

 423. Bradl. succ. t. 8. Curt. bot. mag. 448. D. C. pi. grass, t. 

 158. Haw. obs. 268. and 423. misc. 98. syn. 271. rev. 182. 

 Flowers pedunculate, copper-coloured, an inch and a half in dia- 

 meter, with dark sterile filaments. Stigmas 5, thick, and 

 greenish. 



Glittering Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1704. Sh. 1| ft. 



254 M. MACULA'TUM (Haw. syn. 271. rev. 182.) stems erect, 

 covered with rough spots ; leaves expanded, remote, obtuse, 

 semi-cylindrical, and rather compressed, papulose. Tj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. maculatum and M. 

 micans ft, Haw. misc. 99. Flowers unknown. 



Spotted-stamened Fig-marigold. Clt. 1732. Shrub li foot. 



255 M. SPECIOSUM (Haw. obs. 367. misc. 98. syn. 270. rev. 

 VOL. in. 



182.) stem erect, with scabrous branches ; leaves semi-cylindri- 

 cal, subulate, acutish, incurved, glittering a little from papulae ; 

 lobes of calyx and petals obtuse ; corolla rather funnel-shaped. 



Tj. D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla large, 

 deep scarlet, with a green base, less than that of M. micans, ex- 

 panding in the height of the sun. 



Elegant Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1793. Shrub 1| ft. 



47. Trichotoma (the flowers are disposed by threes, or in a 

 trichotomous manner). Haw. rev. 178. Tuberbsa. Salm-Dyck, 

 obs. 25. Erect branched subshrubs. Leaves usually nearly cy- 

 lindrical, and glittering in the sun from papulce. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 Flowers small, disposed by threes, of various colours, but usually 

 of a yellowish coppery-colour. An artificial section. 



256 M. TUBEROSUM (Lin. spec. 693.) stem erect, branched ; 

 leaves rather triquetrous, compressed, beset with minute papulae, 

 recurved at the apex ; flowers trichotomous ; root tuberous, 

 hard. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Dill, 

 elth. f. 264. D. C. pi. grass, t. 78. Haw. obs. 271. misc. 89. 

 syn. 253. rev. 170. Peduncles usually permanent and spinose, 

 as in M. spinosum. Flowers small, flesh-coloured. Stigmas 5, 

 rarely 6, ex Haw. 



Tuberous-rooted Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1714. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



257 M. MEGARHI'ZUM; root large, tuberous; stem erect, 

 branched ; leaves recurvely hooked ; branches erect, thong- 

 formed, flexile. 1-> . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Very like M. tuberosum, but differs from it in the principal stem 

 being more equal in thickness ; and in the flowers being more 

 numerous and white. M. macrorhizum, Haw. in phil. mag. Nov. 

 1826. p. 332. but not of D. C. 



Large-rooted Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



258 M. TESTA'CEUM (Haw. suppl. 97. rev. 1 78.) stem shrubby, 

 erect ; leaves semi-terete, rather triquetrous, glaucescent ; 

 flowers disposed in trichotomous umbels. Tj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Stems 2-3 feet high. Flowers 

 small, of a coppery-colour, pedunculate. Petals in one series. 

 Both the fertile and sterile stamens are snow white, collected 

 into a cone. 



Testaceous-fiowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



259 M. TRICHO'TOMUM (Thunb. fl. cap. 419.) stem straight; 

 branches divaricate ; leaves connate, trigonal, obtuse ; flowers 

 terminal, sessile ; calyx 4-cleft. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. It differs from M. geniculifldrum in the leaves 

 being connate, and without papulae, and in the flowers being red. 

 Stigmas 4, purple, short. 



Trichotomous Fig-marigold. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



260 M. SUBINCA'NUM (Haw. in phil. mag. Dec. 1824. p. 427.) 

 stem firm, branched, erect ; leaves expanded, compressed, tri- 

 gonal, rather canescent, soft, recurved, and mucronulate at the 

 apex ; flowers terminal, disposed by threes ; lobes of calyx 5, 

 unequal. Fj.D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 middle-sized, snow white, expanding before meridian. This 

 species is most nearly allied toM. tnchbtomum. 



Rather-hoary Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug, Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



261 M. DECUSSA'TUM (Thunb. fl. cap. p. 414.) stem shrubby, 

 trichotomous ; branches erect ; leaves connate, linear-semiterete, 

 rather papulose ; flowers pedunculate, solitary. Jj . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers spreading, snow white. 

 Calyx 5-cleft. 



Decussate-\eave<\ Fig-marigold. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



262 M. BRACHIA'TUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 119.) stem much 

 branched ; branches trichotomous, papulose ; leaves cylindrical, 



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