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FICOIDE^E. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



papulose. Jj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Haw. obs. 25. misc. 58. (exclusive of the synonyme of Thunb.) 

 syn. 234. rev. 178. but not of D. C. Flowers yellow. 



Armed Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. 1^ foot. 



48. Spinulifera (from spinula, a little thorn, and fero, to 

 bear ; leaves appearing like little thorns, when old). Ham. rev. 

 176. Salm-Dyck, obs. 26. Stems suffruticose, usually strumose 

 at the base; brandies rather fleshy, papillose, when old they ap- 

 pear as if they mere spiny from the permanent remains of the 

 dried leaves. Leaves cylindrical, papulose, opposite, somewhat 

 channelled. Flowers expanding before meridian, fulvous or 

 greenish red. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. 



263 M. SPINULI'FERUM (Haw. obs. 206. and 443. misc. 57. 

 syn. 252. rev. 176.) caudex and branches erect and thickened; 

 leaves crowded, semi-terete, channelled, papulose ; peduncles ter- 

 minal, subumbellate. J? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Corolla an inch in diameter, straw-coloured. 



Spine-bearing Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Oct. Clt. 1794. Sh. 1 ft. 



264 M. LONGISPI'NULUM (Haw. in phil. mag. Dec. 1824. p. 

 426.) branches few, procumbent, nodosely strumose at the base; 

 leaves linear, channelled, and are, as well as the branches, papu- 

 lose ; old leaves permanent, long, hard, and spine-like ; flowers 

 usually solitary ; peduncles strong, subclavate. fj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petals pale yellow or straw- 

 coloured. Stigmas 5, erect. 



Long-spined Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 procumbent. 



265 M. SALMONEUM (Haw. rev. p. 176.) stems rather fili- 

 form, weak, elongated, prostrate ; leaves linear, furrowed, longer 

 than the internodes, beset with sordid papulae ; roots at length 

 strumose above. J? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers trichotomous, small, at first of a salmon colour, but 

 afterwards becoming white inside. Stigmas 5, erect. 



Salmon-coloured-ftowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 

 1819. Shrub pr. 



266 M. CANALICULA'TUM (Haw. obs. 218. misc. 57. syn. 253. 

 rev. 177.) stems procumbently prostrate, filiform ; leaves linear- 

 semiterete, covered with shining papulae. T? . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Corolla pale rose-coloured. Old stems 

 half a foot high. 



Channelled-]eaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1794. 

 Shrub pr. 



267 M. VIRIDIFLORUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 196.) caudex 

 thickened ; branches diffuse, knotted ; leaves semiterete, beset 

 with papulose hairs ; calyx hairy, pedunculate. 17 . D. G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. bot. mag. t. 326. D. C. 

 pi. grass, t. 159. Jacq. fragm. t. 52. f. 2. Petals very narrow, 

 greenish. Stigmas 5, joined in one body. 



Green-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1774. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



268 M. GROSSUM (Haw. misc. p. 57. syn. 252. rev. 176.) cau- 

 dex thickened ; branches effusely decumbent ; leaves linear, 

 nearly terete, obtuse, attenuated at both ends, papulose. Tj . 

 D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. grossum, M. 

 carneum, and M. aggregatum, Haw. obs. 205, 206. and 419. 

 Corolla middle-sized, pale, at length becoming of a reddish 

 straw colour. 



Coarse Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 ft. 



269 M. TENUIFIORUM (Jacq. fragm. t. 32. f. 3.) stems dif- 

 fuse, weak, cinereous ; leaves semiterete, obtuse, channelled, 

 spreading, beset with crystalline papulae ; flowers 1-2, termi- 

 nal, on short peduncles, fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Petals linear-filiform, of a dirty red-colour. 



Slender-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



270 M. NI'TIDUM (Haw. obs. 412. misc. 57. syn. 243. rev. 

 177.) stem erect ; branches slender, effuse, knotted ; leaves semi- 

 terete, beset with glittering papulae; flowers terminal, usually by 

 threes. T? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 yellow. Salm-Dyck ex Spreng. nov. prov. 27. M. brachiatum, 

 D. C. pi. grass, t. 129. M. pruin6sum, Thunb. fl. cap. 425. ex 

 Salm-Dyck and Spreng. but according to Haworth this species 

 differs in the stem being decumbent, and in the branches being 

 bent. 



Shining Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1790. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



49. Noctiflbra (from nox, the night, and flos, a flower ; 

 flowers expanding at night). Han. syn. 259. rev. 179. Salm- 

 Dyck, obs. 23. Slender subshrubs, almost without leaves at the 

 base, at length becoming thickened at the roots ; nith elongated 

 branches. Leaves distinct, cylindrical, glaucous, remote, dotless, 

 soon falling off. Flowers usually by threes, terminal, white, rose- 

 coloured or straw-coloured on the outside, expanding in the even- 

 ing. Calyx turbinate, 4:-cleft. Stigmas 4. 



271 M. NOCiiFLbauM (Lin. spec. 689.) stems suffruticose ; 

 branches erect, with white bark ; leaves rather remote, obso- 

 letely semicylindrical, glaucous ; peduncles biternately cymose. 



Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. rev. 1 79. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. 495. 



Far. a, Phcemceum (Haw. rev. 179.) flowers white inside, and 

 scarlet outside, very sweet-scented. Dill. elth. f. 262. M. 

 noctiflorum, D. C. pi. grass, t. 10. Haw. obs. 2S1. misc. 63. 

 syn. 260. 



Var. j8, stramineum (Haw. rev. 179. but not of Wilkl.) 

 flowers white inside, and straw-coloured on the outside. Dill, 

 elth. f. 263. 



Var. y? elatum (Haw. rev. 180.) leaves longer, semi-erect, 

 white from mealiness, cylindrically triquetrous, at length re- 

 flexed ; flowers by threes, white inside, and rose-coloured on the 

 outside. Perhaps a proper species. 



Night-flowering Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1714. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



272 M. FU'LVUM (Haw. rev. p. 180.) stem suffruticose ; bark 

 of branches brownish-grey ; leaves remote, nearly cylindrical, 

 glaucescent, exactly half erect ; flowers by threes. 7 . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. stramineum, Haw. obs. 

 252. (exclusive of the synonyme of Dillenius,) misc. 63. syn. 

 261. but not of Willd. Flowers fulvous, but white on the in- 

 side. Ovarium top-formed. Perhaps distinct from the pre- 

 ceding species, according to the Prince de Salm-Dyck in litt. 



-PWeous-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



273 M. CLAVA'TDM (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. t. 108.) stem erect, 

 sparingly branched ; leaves nearly terete, remote, horizontal ; 

 peduncles clavate, aggregate, cymose. Tj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. M. defoliatum, Haw. misc. 83. rev. 

 181. Flowers white. 



Var. ft, horizontdle (D. C. prod. 3. p. 445.) flowers straw- 

 coloured, but white on the inside, disposed by threes. M. ho- 

 rizontale, Haw. syn. 261. rev. 181. M. stramineum a, Haw. 

 misc. 63. exclusive of the synonymes. Perhaps a proper species. 



C/auate-peduncled Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



50. Geniculiflora (from geniculum, a little knee, andfas, a 

 flower ; from the flowers rising in the knees or forks of the 

 branches). D. C. prod. 3. p. 445. Stems frutescent, erect. Leaves 

 opposite, distinct, papulose, semi-terete. Flowers sessile in the forks 

 of the branches, solitary, yellowish, expanding in the day time. 



274 M. GENICULIFLORUM (Lin. spec. 688.) stem frutescent, 

 erect ; leaves distinct, semi-terete, papulose ; flowers sessile and 



