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FICOIDE^E. I. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



Granular- stemmed Fig-marigold. Clt. 1820. Shrub \\ foot. 



287 M. MICRA'NTHUM (Haw. syn. 257. rev. 174.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, slender, much branched ; leaves linear, keeled, dotless, 

 distinct ; peduncles 1-flowered ; calyx 4-cleft, having 2 of the 

 lobes very long, and 2 very short. Jj . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. M. parviflorum, Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 3. 

 t. 278. but not of Haw. Corolla small, snow white, shorter than 

 the calyx. Stigmas 4, spreading. 



Small-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 804. 

 Shrub !- foot. 



288 M. TE'NUE (Haw. rev. p. 175.) stem suffruticose ; 

 branches effuse, very slender, rather secund, articulated ; leaves 

 linear, channelled, erect, very slender. T? . D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves hardly half an inch long. 

 Flowers unknown. Perhaps different from M, micrdnthum. 



Weak Fig-marigold. Clt. 1819. Shrub 1 foot. 



289 M. RAPA'CEUM (Jacq. fragm. 43. t. 52. f. 1.) root tu- 

 berous ; stem herbaceous ; branches terete, and somewhat 

 articulated ; leaves distinct, terete, obtuse, dotted, spreading 

 much; peduncles 1-flowered ; lobes of calyx filiform ; stigmas 

 5, spreading. % . D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Flowers snow white, 9-10 lines in diameter. Lobes of calyx 

 nearly equal, or very unequal. 



Turnip- like-rooted Fig-marigold. PI. 1 foot. 



53. Nodijlora (from nodus, a knot, andflos, a flower ; flowers 

 rising from the knots of the stem, or axils of the leaves). D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 446. Cylindracea, Haw. rev. 163. Salm-Dyck, obs. 

 15. Roots annual. Stems herbaceous, branched. Leaves nearly 

 terete or linear, thick, opposite, rarely alternate, papulose. Flowers 

 axillary, nearly sessile. Calyx 4>-5-lobed, exceeding the petals, 

 n'hich are small and white. Stigmas 4-5. 



290 M. NODIFLORUM (Lin. spec. 687.) stem erectish ; leaves 

 opposite and alternate, nearly terete, obtuse, ciliated at the base; 

 flowers axillary, nearly sessile ; lobes of calyx very unequal, ex- 

 ceeding the petals, which are small. O- D. G. Native of 

 Egypt, Barbary, Corsica, and Naples, in sandy places by the sea 

 side. D. C. pi. grass, t. 88. Smith, fl. graec. t. 480. Moris, 

 hist. sect. 5. t. 37. f. 7. Haw. rev. 166. Column, ecphr. 2. t. 

 73. This species is often confused with the two following. 

 Perhaps the calyx is 4-cleft, as mentioned by Haworth, but in 

 some plants which have been examined it has been found to 

 be 5-cleft. 



Knot-flowered Fig-marigold. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1739. PL 

 i foot. 



291 M. COPTICUM (Lin. spec. 688.) stem nearly erect ; leaves 

 distinct, semi-terete, papulose ; flowers sessile in the forks of 

 the branches ; calyx 5-cleft, exceeding the petals, which are 

 small. O- D. G. Native of Egypt. 'Willd. spec. 2. p. 1037. 



Coptic Fig-marigold. PI. 1 foot. 



292 M. APE'TALUM (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 258.) stem diffuse, 

 rather prostrate ; leaves papulose, distinct, stem-clasping, linear, 

 flat above, longer than the internodes ; flowers pedunculate ; 

 calyx 5-cleft, much exceeding the petals, which are very small. 

 O- D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. M. apetalum, 

 Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 180. Haw. rev. 165. M. Copticum, Jacq. 

 hort. vind. 3. t. 6. Petals 14-18, white. Stigmas 5, short. 

 Perhaps sufficiently distinct from M. Copticum. 



Apetalous Fig-marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. pr. 



293 M. CADU'CUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 179.) leaves semi- 

 terete, filiform, distinct, beset with ovate papulae ; flowers lateral, 

 sessile, terminal, girded by a pair of leaves. O. D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. The rest unknown. 



Caducous Fig- marigold. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. PI. 1 ft. 



SUBDIVISION VIII. PLANIFOLIA (from planus, level or flat, 



and folium, a leaf ; leaves flat). Haw. misc. p. 43. but not of 

 rev Papulosa, with flat leaves, Haw. rev. 79. A'nnua plani- 

 folia, Salm-Dyck, obs. 15. Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves flat, 

 beset with papulae. 



54. Scaposa (from scapus, a scape or stalk ; in reference 

 to the peduncles). D. C. prod. 3. p. 447 Limpida, Haw. 

 rev. 162. Annual nearly stemless herbs. Leaves opposite, 

 almost all radical, linear or cuneiform, quite entire, papulose. 

 Peduncles \-flowered, rising from the root like scapes. Flowers 

 expanding in sunshine. Lobes of calyx 5, unequal. Petals dis- 

 posed in one or two series. Sterile filament none. Stigmas 5. 

 The four last species of this section are hardly known. 



294 M. CUNEIFOLIUM (Jacq. coll. 2. p. 319. icon. rar. 3. t. 

 488.) stem short, branched from the base, herbaceous ; leaves 

 opposite, cuneiform, flat, obtuse, rather scabrous from papulae ; 

 flowers pedunculate ; lobes of calyx 5, unequal, larger ones ob- 

 long, and contracted in the middle. O. O. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. D. C. pi. grass, t. 134. M. limpidum, 

 Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 183. Haw. misc. 36. syn. 245. rev. 162. 

 Petals purple, paler on the outside. Stamens very short. Stigmas 

 5, erect. 



Wedge-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1 774. PI. i ft. 



295 M. PYRO'PEUM (Haw. suppl. p. 99.) plant almost stem- 

 less ; leaves linear, broadest at the apex, obtuse, rather scabrous 

 from papulae ; flowers pedunculate ; lobes of calyx 5, oblong, 

 one of them very long. O- D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. M. tricolor, Willd. hort. berol. t. 22. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 2144. but not of Haw. M. pyropeum a, Haw. suppl. 

 99. M. tricolor a, Haw. rev. 163. but not of his syn. Petals 

 shining, greenish-purple, white at the base. Anthers black. 



Var. /3, rbseum (D. C. prod. 3. p. 447.) flowers rose-coloured. 

 M. pyropeum var. /3, Haw. suppl. 99. M. roseum, Haw. 



Var. y, album (Haw. rev. 163.) flowers white. M. lineare, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 411. 



Wheat-leaved Fig-marigold. PI. |- foot. 



296 M. GRAMI'NEUM (Haw. misc. 55. exclusive of the syn. of 

 Thunb.) plant almost stemless ; leaves linear ; scapes filiform ; 

 lobes of calyx 5, lanceolate, longer than the corolla. O- D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petiv. gaz. t. 88. f. 7. 

 Corolla yellow. This species is not sufficiently known. Perhaps 

 it comes nearest to M. tricolor. 



Grassy-leaved Fig-marigold. PI. \ foot. 



297 M. CRINIFLORUM (Hout. pfl. syst. 2. p. 53.) plant almost 

 stemless ; leaves radical, connate, obovate, papulose ; peduncles 

 rising from the root like scapes ; calycine lobes 5, oval, 3 of 

 them longer than the rest. O- D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Thunb. fl. cap. 411. M. spatulatum, Thunb. in 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 1025. Flowers white. 



Hair-flowered Fig-marigold. PI. -j foot. 



298 M. SABULOSUM (Thunb. fl. cap. 422.) plant almost stem- 

 less ; leaves radical, stem-clasping, oblong, flat, acutish, fur- 

 rowed above ; calycine lobes 5, oblong. O- D. G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. 



Gravelly Fig-marigold. PI. \ foot. 



299 M. CLAVIFORME (D. C. prod. 3. p. 448.) plant almost 

 stemless; leaves clavate, obtuse ; flowers terminal. Q. D. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Petiv. gaz. t. 88. f. 7. M. 

 clavatum, Haw. obs. 471. misc. 56. rev. 164. but not of Jacq. 

 Flowers golden yellow. Species hardly known. 



Club-formed-leaved Fig-marigold. PI. \ foot. 



55. Platyphylla (from TrXaruc, platys, broad, and (j>v\\ov, 

 phyllon, aleaf; leaves broad). Haw. rev. p. 156. Roots annual 

 or biennial. Stems herbaceous. Leavesflat, variable inform, and 

 are papulose, as well as the branches. Flowers of various colours. 

 Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. 



