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300 M. CRYSTA'LUNUM (Lin. spec. 688.) plant diffusely pro- 

 cumbent, herbaceous, covered with large glittering papulae on 

 every part, which makes the plant appear as if covered with ice; 

 leaves ovate, alternate, stem-clasping, undulated ; flowers axil- 

 lary, almost sessile. . H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, Canary Islands ; and of Greece, about Athens, in the sand 

 by the sea side. Smith, fl. grasc. t. 481. Dill. elth. f. 2t. 

 Bradl. succ. t. 48. D. C. pi. grass, t. 128. Haw. misc. 43. 

 Flowers white. There are two varieties of this plant ; one a 

 biennial, which is said to be the true M . crystdllinum ; and the 

 other an annual, which is the common ice-plant of the gardens, 

 which is called by Haw. M . glaciate. The whole plant is covered 

 with glittering white papulae, that shine in the sun, whence it 

 is called ice-plant; others name it the diamond-plant. 



Crystalline Fig-marigold or Ice-plant. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 

 1775. PI. procumbent. 



301 M. CRI'SPUM (Haw. misc. 44. rev. 157.) leaves alternate, 

 ovate, petiolate, undulated; petals minute. 0. H. Native of 

 the Capd of Good Hope. Petiv. gaz. t. 88. f. 5. M. crispk- 

 tum, Haw. obs. 470. Flowers reddish. This species is hardly 

 known. 



Curled-\eaved Fig-marigold. PL pr. 



302 M. PINNATI'FIDUM (Lin. fil. suppl. 260.) stems diffuse ; 

 leaves opposite, oblong, bluntly pinnatifid, papulose ; petals 

 shorter than the calyx. O- H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and also said to be a native of Chili. Curt. bot. mag. t. 

 67. D. C. pi. grass, t. 142. Haw. obs. 112. misc. 44. syn. 244. 

 rev. 157. Stems reddish, papulose. Petals small, yellow in one 

 series. Stigmas 5, ascending. Flowers small in the forks of 

 the branches, pedunculate. 



Pinnatijld-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Oct. Clt. 1774. 

 PI. pr. 



303 M. SESSILIFLORUM (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 193.) branches 

 divaricate ; leaves flat, spatulate, and are, as well as the stems, 

 beset with papulae; flowers sessile. O- H. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow. Haw. syn. p. 247. 



Var. fl, Album (Haw. rev. 158.) flowers white; leaves ovate, 

 petiolate : upper ones alternate ; flowers panicled, small. $ . 

 D. G. Perhaps a proper species, but is not sufficiently known. 



Sessile-Jlorvercd Fig-marigold. Fl. July. Clt. 1774. PI. pr. 



304 M. LANCEOLA'TUM (Haw. misc. 45. rev. 159.) stems de- 

 cumbent ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, bluntish, papulose ; calyx 

 and peduncles beset with crystalline dots. . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. M. Volckameri, Haw. obs. p. 426. 



Volck. norib. p. 266. with a figure ? M. filiforme, Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 417. ? Flowers white. 



Var. ft, roseum (Haw. rev. 159.) flowers reddish ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate-spatulate. 



Lanceolate-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1795. 

 PI. dec. 



. 305 M. LA'NCEUM (Thunb. fl. cap. 417.) stem erect, rather 

 tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate, flat, connate, acute, papulose ; 

 flowers terminal. Q. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Haw. rev. 170. Flowers white. 



Zance-leaved Fig-marigold. PI. ^ foot. 



306 M. PAPULI'FERUM (D. C. prod. 3. p. 448.) stem very 

 short; branches almost radical, somewhat fastigiate, gradually 

 thickened, and are as well as the leaves and calyxes beset with 

 papulae ; leaves connate, ovate ; flowers terminal, sessile, 1-3 

 together ; calyx 5-cleft. O- H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, on hills in very dry places. M. fastigiatum, Thunb. fl. 

 cap. 413. but not of Haw. Flowers white. Lobes of calyx 

 purple. This species differs from M. rectum of Haw. in being 

 annual, not shrubby. 



Papula-bearing Fig-marigold. PI. ^ to \ foot. 



307 M. PAPULbsuM (Lin. fil. suppl. 259. exclusive of the 



synonymes) branches decumbent, terete ; leaves opposite, spatu- 

 lately oblong, papulose ; flowers pedunculate, rising from the 

 forks of the stem; lobes of calyx linear. O- H. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Haw. misc. 48. rev. 158. Corolla 

 yellow, hardly longer than the calyx. 

 Papulose Fig-marigold. PI. dec. 



308 M. CLANDESTINUM (Haw. in phil. mag. aug. 1826. p. 

 129.) branches procumbent, papulose ; leaves acutely ovate, 

 petiolate ; flowers usually terminal, solitary or by threes, on a 

 terete, clavate peduncle ; petals very small. Tj . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, 



Hidden-ftowered Fig- marigold. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1822. 

 PI. pr. 



309 M. PUBE'RULUM (Haw. in phil. mag. sept. 1831. p. 419.) 

 stems branched, procumbent, papulose ; florifcrous branches and 

 margins of leaves pubescent ; leaves opposite or alternate, obo- 

 vate-spatulate, channelled, keeled ; peduncles subcylindrical. 

 O- D. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Very like M. 

 papulosum. Flowers white. 



Puberulous Fig-marigold. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1829. PI. pr. 



310 M. ANGULA'TUM (Thunb. fl. cap. 426.) stem herbaceous, 

 decumbent, angular, branched ; leaves opposite, obovate, sessile, 

 papulose; calyx 5-cleft, angular. .? D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Flowers yellow, as in M. papulosum, but 

 the stems are angular, not terete. The stems are angular, how- 

 ever, in M. Ahbnis, but the flowers are pale red, not yellow. 



Angular-stemmed Fig-marigold. PL pr. 



811 M. AITONIS (Jacq. hort. vind. t. 7.) branches decumbent, 

 angular ; leaves opposite or alternate, ovate-spatulate, papulose ; 

 pedicels short ; calyxes angular. $ . D. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Haw. misc. 48. rev. 158. Flowers ex- 

 panding in the evening, pale reddish, about the size of those of 

 M. cordifolium. Lobes of calyx very unequal. Stigmas 5, erect, 

 recurved at the apex. 



Alton's Fig-marigold. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1774. PL pr. 



56. Cordifolla (from cor, the heart, and folium, leaf; 

 shape of leaves). D. C. prod. 3. p. 449. Stem suffruticose. 

 Leaves opposite, distinct, peliolate, fiat, ovate, cordate, rather 

 papulose. Flowers purple. Calyx 5-lobed ; having 2 of the 

 lobes larger than the rest. Stigmas 4. 



312 M. CORDIFOLIUM (Lin. fil. suppl. 260.) stems suffruticose, 

 diffuse ; leaves opposite, flat, petiolate, ovate-cordate, rather 

 papulose ; calyx 4 -cleft, 2-horned. 0. or T? . D. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Glox. obs. t. 1. f. a. Smith, pict. 

 t. 6. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 487. D. C. pi. grass, t. 102. Haw. 

 misc. 50. syn. 218. rev. 159. Branches procumbent, rather 

 herbaceous. Flowers solitary, terminal, or rather lateral on the 

 elongated branches. Corolla red. Stigmas 4, erect. 



Heart-leaved Fig-marigold. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1774. PI. 

 diffuse. 



57. Expdnsa (from expansus, expanded ; stems). D. C. 

 prod. 3. p. 449. Planifolia -f- {, Haw. rev. 167. Stems suffru- 

 ticose, diffuse, or procumbent, terete. Leaves fiat, opposite, almost 

 without papulae, stem-clasping, a little keeled. Flowers white 

 or pale yellow, rarely pale red. Tube of calyx somewhat pear- 

 shaped; lobes 4-5, unequal. Stigmas 4-5. 



313 M. EXPA'NSUM (Lin. spec. 697.) stems divaricate, loosely 

 expanded ; leaves distinct, remote, opposite or alternate, flattish, 

 ovate-lanceolate, dotless. J? . D. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Dill. elth. f.223. M. tortuosum, D. C. pi. grass. 

 t. 94. exclusive of the synonymes. M. expansum, Haw. obs. 

 195. misc. 50. rev. 168. Lobes of calyx 5, unequal. Corolla 

 large, pale yellow. Stigmas 4-6, short, erect. 



