MESE3IBRYANTHEMUM 



A. Epapulosa: Pliint twf bearing gUttcriiirj papUhe or 



projections (species 1-23). 



B. Plant stemless or nearly so. 



C. Lvs. 4-6. .'tpmi-terctf at thf base, thickening and 

 tii'iiu IniHs at the apex. 



1 . tigrinum V I r ■ ■ s Jaw. Stemless or essen- 



tially so: h - J m. or less long, glaucous 



green and i lute, the upturning edges 



with I. .11, 1 I i.ith, the keel entire: fls. 



n. Ill _ Mllow. B.E. 3:2C0. 



_' f-liini'i 1' Fig. 1393. Lvs. triquetrous, rhom- 



lic i 1 iir less long, hut narrower than in 



thi • I It i;laucous, faintly dotted with white, 



the i.il-i s Willi h oihate teeth; keel entire: fls. nearly 

 sessile, yellow. 



cc. ics. 4-0. tviriiietrnu<!, thickened from the base to the 

 middle, but tapering to the apex. 



3. albin^tum, Haw. Stemless: Its. curved -triquet- 

 rous upwards, with a, recurved mucro or spine at the 

 apex, hearing elevated whitish dots: fls. sessile, yellow. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM 



1007 



DD. Stem, or at least the branches, erect or prominently 



E. Fls. yelloiv, orange or copper-color. 



K. atirantlacum. Haw. Stem becoming 1 ft. or more 



high, much bruiu In .1, ..m. Tiii;r s decumbent at base, the 



branches som<*\v)i * ii .1: lvs. 1 in. or less long, 



smooth and i;li!: i ri(|uetrous: fls. orange, 



with petals iJ4 in. I -ii^ ,ii. iiout 3 series. 



13. aireum, Liiiii. Larger: lvs. l'5-2 in. Innc;. cylin- 

 drically triquetrous, smooth and u'lanrwu-. minroiiate; 

 fls. golden, 2 in. across, the petals in inaiiv ^i i-i.^, B.M. 

 262. — In this and the last, the lower lv>. ar. i.li.n nearly 

 connate at the base. 



EE FU rose color or purplish 

 F P f I ft H k 1 - b I t II 



1 I t 



1 m tab le W W \ 1 or redd 1 



1 1 I long CO 



t1 II il 1 k n Ipe 



4. angustuin 



1 other hooked. 



D. Pol, I 



5. linguaeSorme, I 

 pflexed and ^mn, 



arly sessile, yellon 



J/. 



nti. P. dun, I. 1 III. or more long. 



6. cultratum, Salm-Dyck. Lvs. 2-ranked, thick, 

 tongue-shaped and curved like a pruning-knife, blunt 

 at the apex: fls. yellow, on a somewhat 3-angled pe- 



7. deprSssum, Haw. Prostrate: lvs. narrow, tongue- 

 shaped, recurvpil-depressed, acute: fls. yellow, with 

 petals somewhat reeui\td. 



8. pustuiatum, Haw Lvs. 2-ranked, narrow, tongue- 

 shapeil. long and .i^cending, blunt, bearing pustules near 

 the base: fls. yellow. 



BB. Plant With an evident erect or prostrate stem. 



c. Fohnge Iv^. di.stivrt or , ^^, nt„i!h/ „o {not truly per- 



f„l,„t, „„, ,„„„., I, ). 



D. St^n, ., ,.,<„h , I , sirate. 



9. tricolftrum, Haw. {JI.f,i,,.J , Unit ) Stem 1 ft. 

 long: lvs. cylindrical, acuf. jm.h. J- ; m l.mtr. 



petals acute, the anthers lir<.Hii (.n _'4, p S'l. -There 

 is a white fld. fnrm. 



in acinacifdrme, Linn ^t, m .nti. ulate. 2-3 ft. long, 

 till- \ mii_' _i..\Mli , ..iii|,i, x^, d l\s opposite, 2-3 in. 



the 1^1 1 I dil It. 1 " I I I. .1 1 t I .11 across, "the lar- 

 gest ill tl . _ 1 ft size of a goose- 

 berry , and I I iidsome. 



11. rubrocin t iiii , .Iv a form of the 



last, .hit. nil. 1 i,a ..., .. 1, i ..i.c on the keels of the 

 hs. B K J(i 17..J. 



12 aequilaterale. Haw. Differs from iT. acinaciforme 

 cliK li\ in iliinii. 1 l\s. and .smaller fls.: fls.. fragrant, 

 I'o 111. .1. r.jss. ^atlve to Australia, Tasmania, Chile and 

 S. Cahf. 



EE. Peduncle without bracts. 



13. ^dule, Linn. Stem angular: lvs. opposite, 3-4 in. 

 lonir. trifpietrons, curved, the keel serrate: fls. large, 

 yeH.iw iir pnriil. . the stamens 8: fr. edible, being one of 

 the II. itr, nt.it [i--. Grows well on the sea cliffs in S. 

 En-la, 1.1. mikiii- l„ng, hanging masses (Gn. 55, p. 235, 

 with iiiftni-.-i. 



1395 Mesemb yan hemum fel 



(X%) 



1 ncladdens H 1 t bed f om tl e la t by 



1 1 I I u I I I I et 1 Is crow 1 1 



u] I 1 an 1 n ta shap I 



(th keronon ed^e) 



FF P f Isofo I I 



18 bUndum Haw Two ft w tl n n o b an I 



11 or le s Ion co np It quet on 



I I de na ow m n t 1} dott 1 acut 1 



1 pale rose the petal too bed B R 



99 



spe tib le H 



wha h L 11 JO 



mur catum H w l t 1 1 nt I lu 1 

 1 le tl n n 1 I 1 delt 



n 1 to th d y gla ri II If ant th( 



p als a ut 



F 1 ge I s t Ij not o perfol at 

 D L s t q t s 



1 gem nitnm H w D ft 1 hrubby tl < 



a utingulum II 



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