FICOIDE./E. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



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solitary in the forks of the branches ; calyx 4-cleft. fj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, and of Egypt and Arabia. 

 Dill. elth. f. 261. Bradl. succ. t. 34. D. C". pi. grass, t. 17. 

 Haw. syn. 254. misc. 59. rev. 167. Petals pale yellow. Stig- 

 mas 4, erect, short. 



Knee-jlorvered Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1727. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



51. Splendentia (from splendens, shining ; in reference to the 

 leaves, which are covered with glittering papulae, which shine in 

 the sun). D. C. prod. 3. p. 445. Digitiflbra and Crassulina, 

 Haw. rev. 170. and 172. Teretiuscula albiflora, Salm-Dyck, 

 obs. p. 23. Stems suffruticose, branched, erect. Leaves oppo- 

 site, distinct, somewhat cylindrical, when young furrowed above, 

 beset with papilla more or less, which glitter in the sun. Flowers 

 middle-sized, solitary, rarely by threes, white, expanding before 

 meridian. Calyx generally 5-lobed, rarely 4 or 6-loled, usually 

 leaf-formed. Stigmas as many as there are calycine lobes. 



275 M. CRASSULI'NUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 445.) stem suffruti- 

 cose, erect, decumbent ; branches numerous, rather effuse ; 

 leaves crowded, thick, linear-lanceolate, channelled, almost with- 

 out papulee, green ; flowers solitary ; 3 of the segments of ca- 

 lyx membranous at the base, and 2 larger than the rest. ^ . 

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

 Haw. rev. 170. Flowers expanding before meridian ; petals 4 

 lines long, white, but at length becoming pale rose-coloured. 

 Stigmas 5, which after fecundation are very conspicuous above 

 the anthers. 



Crassula-like Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. 

 decumbent. 



276 M. INCOMPTUM (Haw. suppl. 96. rev. 171.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, branched, bushy ; leaves crowded, rather papulose, erectly 

 imbricating, semi-terete, firm, almost subulate ; flowers by 

 threes ; peduncles clavate ; lobes of calyx finger-shaped, acute. 

 fj . D, G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Plant half a 

 foot high, pale green. Corolla snow white. Stigmas 5, ramen- 

 taceous, equal in length to the anthers. 



Undecked Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. Sh. i ft. 



277 M. SPLE'NDENS (Lin. spec. 689.) stem shrubby, erect, 

 much branched ; leaves distinct, crowded, semi-terete, obtuse, 

 spreading, somewhat recurved, dotless, rather papulose ; flowers 

 solitary ; lobes of calyx finger-shaped. Tj . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Dill. elth. f. 260. D. C. pi. grass, t. 

 35. Haw. obs. 209. misc. 61. syn. 257. rev. 172. Flowers 

 middle-sized, white, shining. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5, thick, 

 but subulate at the apex. 



Shining Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1716. Sh. 1| ft. 



278 M. SULCA'TCM (Haw. rev. p. 173.) stem shrubby, erect; 

 leaves crowded, linear-subulate, semi-terete, channelled, pale- 

 green, adult ones expanded, semi-terete; lobes of calyx leaf- 

 formed, acute. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers white. Stigmas 5, erect, not exceeding the stamens. 

 Perhaps only a variety of M. splendens. 



Furrowed Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1819. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



279 M. ACUMINA'TUM (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. vol. 64. p. 

 426.) stem and branches erect ; leaves crowded, semi-terete, 

 acuminated, green ; lobes of calyx 5, 2 of which are much more 

 prolonged than the other 3. T? . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Allied to M. sulcatum, but differs from all the 

 species of this section in the lobes of the calyx being very un- 

 equal. Corolla white, expanding before meridian. 



Acuminated-leaved. Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



280 M. ALBICAU'LE (Haw. in phil. mag. Nov. 1826. p. 331.) 

 stem and branches erect, slender, and whitish ; leaves subulate, 



green, semi-terete, a little recurved, and mucronulated at the 

 apex. fj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 white. Like M. acuminatum in habit, but three times smaller. 



White-stemmed Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 1 foot. 



281 M. FLEXUOSUM (Haw. misc. p. 61. syn. 257. rev. 172.) 

 stem suffruticose, and is, as well as the branches, flexuous, slen- 

 der, and shining ; leaves crowded, flexuously incurved, very 

 green, semi-terete ; lobes of calyx finger-shaped. Tj . D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white, reddish on 

 the outside. Stigmas 4-5. 



Flexuous-branched Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1795. 

 Shrub 1^ foot. 



282 M. FASTIGIA'TUM (Haw. rev. 173. but not of Thunb.) 

 stems slender, erect at first, but at length becoming decumbent ; 

 leaves crowded, flexuously reflexed, subulate, semi-terete, glau- 

 cescent ; lobes of calyx equal, 3 of which are membranous on 

 both sides. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Corolla of a dirty fulvous-colour on the outside, white and paler 

 on the inside. M. fastigiatum, Haw. misc. p. 60. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Bradl. 



Var. ft, reflexum (Haw. rev. p. 173.) lobes of calyx unequal; 

 stem erect. M. reflexum, Haw. misc. 60. var. a. 



Fastigmte Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1794. Sh. 1 ft. 



283 M. UMBELLIFLORUM (Jacq. ex Willd. enum. 534.) stem 

 erect ; leaves distinct, nearly terete, papulose ; branchlets 1-flow- 

 ered. T? . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The 

 rest unknown. Perhaps only a variety of M. fastigiatum, Haw. 

 or a proper species, ex Haw. rev. 1 74. ? 



Umbel-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub li foot. 



284 M. LONGI'STYLUM (D. C. pi. grass, t. 147.) stem suffru- 

 ticose ; branches elongated ; leaves opposite, distinct : when 

 young linear-filiform, but at length becoming a little keeled, 

 acute, and minutely papulose ; peduncles 1-flowered ; calyx 5- 

 cleft, with 2 or 3 of the lobes having hyaline margins ; stigmas 5, 

 exceeding the stamens. Tj . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. M. pallens, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. t. 279. but 

 not of Ait. M. pallescens ft, Haw. rev. p. 174. Flowers white, 

 or somewhat rose-coloured, half an inch in diameter. 



Var. ft, purpurascens (D. C. prod. 3. p. 446.) flowers pur- 

 plish. M. pallescens a, Haw. rev. 174. M. reflexum ft, Haw. 

 misc. 64. 



Long-styled Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 l foot. 



52 Juncea (from junceus, like a bull-rush, slender; stems). 

 Haw. rev. p. 175. Articulata, Salm-Dyck, obs. p. 24. Stems 

 suffruticose or herbaceous, rather erect ; branches slender, green. 

 Leaves opposite, distinct, small, linear- simulate, slender, deciduous 

 when dry, whence the stems appear to be articulated from the 

 cicatrices of the fallen leaves. Flowers small, pedunculate, white 

 or reddish. Calyx k-cleft. Stigmas 4. 



285 M. JU'NCEUM (Haw. misc. 175. syn. 255. rev. 59.) stem 

 shrubby, much branched ; branches articulated, filiform ; leaves 

 subulate, semi-terete, acute, remote ; flowers terminal, dichoto- 

 mous ; lobes of calyx 4, very unequal, fj . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Corolla small ; petals reddish, but whitish 

 at the base. Stigmas 4, erect, a little longer than the filaments. 

 M. aphy'llum, Hortul. M. articulatum, Thunb. fl. cap. 415.? 



Rushy Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1800. Sh. 1 ft. 



286 M. GRANULICAU'LE (Haw. in phil. mag. 1824. vol. 64. p. 

 424.) stem very slender, suffruticose; branches terete, dotted 

 from numerous grains ; leaves very narrow, obtuse, glaucescent, 

 semi-terete, longer than the internodes. f? . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers unknown. 



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