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be found in any of our collections. Native of the Cape. See 

 the fifth species. 



52. Mesembryanthemum Micans ; Glittering Fig Man- 

 gold. Leaves subcylindric, papulose, distinct ; stem rugged ; 

 two or three feet high ; leaves in pairs, overspread with glit- 

 tering spangles of a greenish yellow colour ; flowers large, 

 concave; the narrow middle petals next the white filamenta 

 being very dark, by which it is easily distinguished from all 

 the other sorts. It varies with paler smaller flowers. Native 

 of the Cape. 



53. Mesembryanthemum Grossum; Gouty Fig Mangold. 

 Leaves subcylindric, clustered, papulose ; trunk thickened at 

 the base; branches diffused, smooth. Native of the Cape. 



54. Mesembryanthemum Brachiatum ; Three-forked Fig 

 Marigold. Stem and leaves cylindric, papulose; branches 

 trichotomous. Native of the Cape. 



55. Mesembryanthemum Rostratum ; Heron-leaved Fig 

 Marigold. Stemless : leaves semicyliudric, connate, exter- 

 nally tubercled. Dillenius remarks that this species is distin- 

 guished from all others by the central leaves being long and 

 narrow, not ill representing a heron's bill. 'Native of the 

 Cape. See the fifteenth species. 



56. Mesembryanthemum Compactum; Dotted or Thick- 

 leaved FigMarigold. Stemless : leaves connate, dotted, half 

 round, three-sided at the tip, somewhat reflex, sharp ; flowers 

 sessile ; calix subcylindric, six-cleft. Native of the Cape ; 

 flowering in November. 



57. Mesembryanthemum Veruculatum ; Spit-leaved Fig 

 Marigold. Leaves three-sided, cylindric, acute, connate, 

 bowed, undotted, distinct. Stem woody, a foot or two in 

 height, covered with an ash-coloured bark, deformed by age 

 with irregular wide fissures ; flowers in a sort of umbel at the 

 ends of the branches from the axils of the leaves, small, pale 

 yellow, smelling very sweet. Native of the Cape; flowering 

 in May and June. 



58 Mesembryanthemum Molle ; Soft Fig Marigold. 

 Leaves three-sided, connate, erect, glaucous, undotted ; 

 branches half round ; peduncles axillary, compressed. 

 Native of the Cape. 



59. Mesembryanthemum Glaucum ; Glaucous-leaved Fig 

 Marigold. Leaves three-sided, acute, dotted, indistinct ; 

 calicine leaflets ovate-cordate. Stems a foot and half high, or 

 more, woody ; flowers large, pale yellow or sulphur-coloured 

 on both sides, sometimes slightly tinged with red on the out- 

 side. They remain expanded only a few hours, and contract 

 about noon; but open several times, and have a succession 

 during the summer months. It is a strong upright shrub. 

 Native of the Cape. See the twenty-fourth species. 



60. Mesembryanthemum Corniculatum ; Horned Fig Ma- 

 rigold. Leaves three-sided, semicylindric, rugged-dotted, 

 with a raised line above the base, and connate ; stems half 

 erect or reclining, scattered, round at top. The flowers 

 continue some days, and expand about noon. Native of the 

 Cape. See the twenty-fourth species. 



61. Mesembryanthemum Pinnatifidum ; Pinnated Fig 

 Marigold, leaves flat, oblong, pinnatifid. Root annual, 

 uot much branched, of short duration. Flowers small, soli- 

 tary, ou longish peduncles, yellow; expanding in the after- 

 noon. The whole plant is sprinkled over with glittering 

 particles like the Ice Plant, to which it bears some affinity in 

 its duration. Native of the Cape. See the first species. 



62. Mesembryanthemum Sesgiliflorum; Sessile-flowered Fig 

 Marigold. Leaves flat, spatulate, both these and the stems 

 papulose ; branches divaricate ; flowers sessile. Annual. 

 Native of the Cape. See the first species. 



63. Mesemhryautbuemum Tortuosum ; Twisted-leaved Fig 



Marigold. Leaves flattish, oblong-ovate, subpapillose, clus- 

 tered connate ; calices three-leaved, two-horned ; stem short, 

 thickish. Native of the Cape. See the first species. 



64. Mesembryanthemum Glabrum ; Smooth-leaved Fig 

 Marigold. Leaves embracing, distinct, spatulate, very smooth ; 

 peduncles the length of the leaves^ calices hemispherical. 

 Annual. Native of the Cape. See the first species. 



65. Mesembryanthemum Helianthoides ; Spatula-leaved 

 Fig Marigold. Leaves spatulate, flat, even ; peduncles very 

 long ; calices flat at the base, angular. Annual. Native of 

 the Cape. See the first species. 



66. Mesembryanthemum Pomeridianum ; Great-flowered 

 Fig Marigold. Leaves flattish, broad-lanceolate, even, 

 subciliate, distinct ; stem, peduncles, and germ, rough-haired. 

 Root annual ; stem herbaceous, a span high, scarcely thicker 

 than a goose-quill ;. flowers upright, the size of the common 

 Marigold; corolla sulphur-coloured, shining, spreading very 

 much. Native of the Cape. See the first species. 



67. Mesembryanthemum Echinatum; Echinated Fig Ma- 

 rigold. Leaves oblong-ovate, subtriquetrous, gibbous, ramen- 

 taceous-hispid ; calicine segments leaf-shaped. Native of 

 the Cape. 



68. Mesembryanthemum Ringens ; Ringent Fig Marigold. 

 Almost stemless : leaves ciliate-toothed, dotted. There are 

 several varieties of this species. That called the Dog-chap 

 Fig Marigold is stemless while young, but acquires by age 

 considerable trailing woody stems, with large showy yellow 

 flowers, opening in the afternoon, and closing in the evening. 

 The Cat-chap Fig Marigold is entirely sessile, of a whitish 

 glaucous colour ; corolla golden-coloured within, not having 

 any tinge of red, yellow with a tinge of red on the outside. 

 Native of the Cape ; flowers from May to June. 



69. Mesembryanthemum Dolabriforme ; Hatchet-leaved 

 Fig Marigold. Stemless : leaves hatchet-shaped, dotted. 

 This is a low plant at first, but grows larger and stronger ; 

 flowers of a pale yellow colour. Native of the Cape. 



70. Mesembryanthemum Diffbrme ; Various -leaved Fig 

 Marigold. Stemless : leaves dirForm, dotted, connate. 

 Native of the Cape. See the fifteenth species. 



71. Mesembryanthemum Albidum; White Fig Marigold. 

 Stemless : leaves three-sided, quite entire. Flowers large, 

 yellow, on long peduncles. Native of the Cape. 



72. Mesembryanthemum Linguiforme ; Tongue-leaved Fig 

 Marigold. Stemless : leaves tongue-shaped, thicker at one 

 edge, undotted. The leaves of this species in all the varieties 

 (of which there are three) are not decussated, but lie in the 

 same oblique plane. Native of the Cape. 



73. Mesembryanthemum Pugioniforme; Dagger-leaved Fig 

 Marigold. Leaves alternate, clustered, awl-shaped, three- 

 sided, very long, undotted. This species grows up into a 

 stem an inch and more in thickness, and two or three feet in 

 height ; with a crown of clustered leaves a span in length at 

 top, and branches a foot long at the base, hanging down with 

 the multitude of leaves. Flowers large, expanding when the 

 sun shines, straw-coloured above, tinged with red trader- 

 neath, composed of numerous slender cusped petals, gradually 

 smaller, and the inner ones filamentose. The flowers open 

 from eight or nine in the morning to four or five in the after- 

 noon. It flowers from May to August. Native of the Cape. 



**** With green Corollas. 



74. Mesembryanthemum Viridiflorum; Green-flowered Fiji 

 Marigold. Leaves semicylindric, papulose, hairy; calice* 

 five-cleft, hirsute. Native of the Cape. 



75. Mesembryanthemum Capillare. Leaves connate, round, 

 papulose; stem upright; branchlets one-flowered, filiform, 

 smooth. Native of the Cape. 



