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<^uetrovi3, wrinkled, bending this way and that, 

 somewhat resenibhng bulls' horns, glaucous, 

 except the younger ones, which are green and 

 less wrinkled ; when held up to the light they 

 appear to have innumerable pores : from one 

 a.\d of each pair of leaves, sometimes from bolh, 

 one pair of leaves usually springs, \\hich be- 

 comes a shoot, with several pairs of leaves on 

 it: the flowers terminating, white, opening 

 when the sun shines, from seven or eight in the 

 morning to two or three in the afternoon, and 

 smelling like those of May- or White-thorn. 

 It is a native of the Cape, flowering from June 

 to September. 



The tenth has the stems and branches irregu- 

 lar and distorted, as in the thirty-ninth sort, 

 from which, however, it differs in being some- 

 what higher and more branched ; the branches 

 interwoven, less woody, but softer and more 

 fleshy, with the bark smoother and of a paler 

 yellow ; the leaves greener, something wider 

 and thinner, with the ridge on the outer and 

 the groove on the inner part more conspi- 

 cuous, though less concave ; the dots rather 

 oblong than round, shinine: like silver in the 

 sunshine j they are not produced in bundles, as 

 in that sort, but more loosely, and decussated : 

 the flowers are somewhat larger and paler : the 

 petals rather wider, becoming yellowish with 

 age. It is a native of the Cape, flowering in 

 July and August. 



In the eleventh the leaves are numerous, 

 cither upright or bending upwards, rigid, thick, 

 and fleshy, about a finger's length, appearing to 

 be round, but slightly flatted on the inside, 

 especially near the base ; they are deep green 

 and glaucous, thickly set with small green dots 

 and some transverse lines, pointed at the end ; 

 the point purple or green : the flowers solitary, 

 on a short scape from the centre of the plant, 

 large : the calycine segments are unequal : the 

 petals very narrow, white, shining like silver in 

 the sun, void of scent, opening ahout noon in 

 July, August, and September. It is a native of 

 the Cape. 



The twelfth species has the leaves clustered, 

 decussated, from an inch to two inches in 

 length, deeply glaucous, flat above, but below 

 produced into a sharpish back, towards the end, 

 both above and below, or on all the sides armed 

 with stitfish sharp toothlets ; they are smooth, 

 and do not appear to be dotted unless they are 

 held up to the light, but they have a few trans- 

 verse wrinkles : the peduncles arc from an inch 

 to an inch and half and two inches in height, 

 tender, round, usually leafless, but sometimes 

 having a pair of leaves: the flowers are solitary, 

 terminating, the form and size of a Daisy, 



whitish with a tinge of purple, and streaked 

 with a purple line along the middle of each 

 petal both within and without j they spread out 

 regularly in two or three rows, and are some- 

 times entire, sometimes cut a little at the end, 

 opening about noon. It is a native of the Cape^ 

 flowering from June to Aut;ust. 



The thirteenth has the ped^incles one-flowered, 

 two-leaved : the corollas pale purple, sweet- 

 smelling, not longer than the calyx : the sta- 

 mens white, upright, and forming a cone: the 

 ajithers are yellow : the flowers open in the 

 morning as soon as the sun shines strongly upon 

 them. It is a native of the Cape. 



There are different varieties; as the Great 

 Delta-leaved, the Small Delta-leaved Marigold. 

 In the fourteenth species, the Icallets of the calyx 

 being bearded at the tip, as well as the leaves 

 of the plant, show the origin of the perian- 

 thium. The least interior petals, which sur- 

 round the stamens, are white. It is a native of 

 the Cape. 



There are several varieties; as the shrubby, 

 bearded, the small dwarf-bearded, and the great 

 dwarf-bearded. 



The fifteenth has the peduncle very rug- 

 ged downwards, rather to the sight than the 

 touch : the calyx is awnless: the flower is 

 sweet-smelling, very like that of the preceding, 

 from which perhaps it originally sprung, losing 

 the beard of the leaves, and having it scat- 

 tered over the stem. It is a native of the Cape, 

 flowering the greater part of the year. 



There are diffisrent varieties; as the purple 

 flowered, the pale flowered, and the striped flow- 

 ered. 



The sixteenth species has the leaves linear, 

 semicylindric, channelled-flat, opaque, with 

 villose hairs scattered over them, especially at 

 the base : the stem is pubescent, with villose 

 hairs scarcely standing out : the plant is hairy, 

 prostrate, finally shrubby : the branches in di- 

 stant pairs, crossing each other, axillary, cy- 

 lindrical, covered with the permanent, cylindri- 

 cal, hairy sheaths of the connate leaves, whose 

 hairs are not very thick set, but short, while, 

 and rather pressed to the stem ; some of them 

 expanding, but pointed upwards : the leaves 

 are less succulent than those of any other species, 

 connate, but appearing distinct, unless attentive- 

 ly examined ; they are linear, scarcely pimpled, 

 or, if so, the pimples are extremely minute, 

 shining in the sun, and of a dark green colour ; 

 they are channelled above, with a convex or 

 rounded keel, slightly attenuated both ways, 

 rather dilating again at the very base, and em- 

 bracing the stem, where they are quite destitute 

 of succulency, and slightly membranaceous at 

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