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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



79462 to 79502— Continued. 



the keel dilated, and purple flowers, 

 about 4 inches across, said to be the 

 largest in the genus. The edible fruits 

 about the size of a gooseberry, are eaten 

 by the natives of South Africa. 



79481. Mesembbyanthemum blandum 

 Maw. 



An erect perennial succulent, 2 feet 

 high, with numerous branches, com- 

 pressed-triangular leaves 2 inches long 

 or less, with minute dots and pale- 

 rose or white flowers 2 inches across. 

 It is native to the Cape of Good Hope. 



79482. Mesembbyanthemum cordi- 

 folium L. f. Heartleaf figmarigold. 



A diffuse-stemmed perennial, native 

 to South Africa, 1 to 2 feet high, with 

 opposite cordate leaves somewhat 

 papillose and solitary purple daisylike 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 



77228. 



79483. Mesembbyanthemum .cultra- 

 tum Salm-Dyck. 



A low stemless succulent, native to 

 South Africa, with thick 2-ranked, 

 tongue-shaped leaves curved like a 

 priming knife, with a blunt apex, and 

 yellow flowers on a somewhat 3-angled 

 peduncle an inch or more high. 



79484. Mesembbyanthemum depressum 

 Haw. 



A stemless prostrate succulent, na- 

 tive to South Africa, with narrow, 

 tongue-shaped, recurved-depressed acute 

 leaves and yellow flowers with the 

 petals somewhat recurved. 



79485. Mesembbyanthemum dip- 

 forme L. 



An almost stemless fleshy plant, na- 

 tive to South Africa, with obliquely 

 cross-shaped, narrow, tongue-shaped 

 punctate leaves about 2 inches long 

 and solitary large yellow flowers. 



79486. Mesembbyanthemum edule L. 



A low. fleshy plant with an angular 

 prostrate stem, opposite triquetrous 

 curved leaves 3 to 4 inches long, with 

 the keel serrate, and large yellow or 

 purple flowers. The small edible 

 fruits are the " figs " of the Hottentots 

 in South Africa, where this plant is 

 native. In California this species is 

 used as a ground cover. 



79487. Mesembbyanthemum heteeo- 

 petalum Haw. 



A low succulent with erect-spread- 

 ing stem and branches and glaucous, 

 subfalcate leaves. The pale-red or 

 whitish flowers are solitary. It is 

 native to South Africa. 



79488. Mesembbyanthemum lingui- 

 forme L. 



A low fleshy plant, with deflexed, 

 somewhat falcate, and unequally 

 tongued-shaped leaves, flatfish above, 

 and yellow flowers. It is native to 

 South Africa. 



79489. Mesembbyanthemum salmii 

 Haw. 



A nearly stemless succulent from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, with decussate 

 attenuate leaves, one of each pair 

 acute and the other oblique and blunt. 

 The yellow flowers are sessile. 



79462 to 79502— Continued. 



79490. Mesembryanthemum sbrrc- 

 latum Haw. 



A rather shrubby plant, erect when 

 young, with 3-angled fleshy thick 

 leaves and purplish asterlike flowers. 

 It is native to the Cape of Good Hope. 



79491. Mesembbyanthemum specta- 

 BILE Haw. 



A prostrate succulent, native to 

 South Africa, with ascending branches, 

 thick 3-sided linear leaves 2 to 3 

 inches long, and daisylike purplish 

 flowers 2 inches across. 



For previous introduction see No. 



79492. Mesembbyanthemum uncatum 

 Salm-Dyck. 



A low, nearly stemless plant with 

 narrow tongue-shaped fleshy leaves 2V 2 

 inches long, hooked at the apex, and 

 yellow flowers. It is native to South 

 Africa. 



79493 to 79502. Stapelia spp. Asclepia- 

 daceae. 



Low fleshy cactuslike plants with 

 coarsely 4-angled stems and large showy 

 flat evil-smelling flowers. 



79493. Stapelia atrata Todaro. 



The erect, 4-angled, fleshy stems of 

 this plant are 2 to 6 inches high and 

 are green and more or less mottled 

 with purple. The one to five dark 

 purple-brown flowers are 2 to 3 inches 

 across, with acuminate-deltoid corolla 

 lobes. It is native to South Africa. 



79494. Stapelia ciliolulata Todaro. 



A robust plant with fleshy stems, 

 up to 3 inches high, armed with short 

 projecting lateral teeth. The flower, 

 about 3 inches across, is bright yellow, 

 with lighter spots, and the broadly 

 triangular-oval lobes are marked with 

 irregular brown spots. It is of garden 

 origin. 



79495. Stapelia clypeata Jacq. 



An erect fleshy plant, with obtusely 

 angled stems 2 to 6 inches high which 

 are green, often mottled or tinted with 

 purple. The flowers, single or as 

 many as. five at the bases of the young 

 stems, are 2 or 3 inches across and 

 are pale greenish yellow with dark 

 purple-brown spots. It is native to 

 South Africa. 



79496. Stapelia discolor Todaro. 



A rather large carrion-flower with 

 green, purple-tinged, sharply 4-angled 

 stems 3 to 18 inches high, and one to 

 three dark purple-brown flowers, about 

 one-half inch across, marked with faint 

 yellowish transverse lines. It is na- 

 tive to the Cape of Good Hope. 



79497. Stapelia divergens N. E. Brown. 



A perennial succulent with 4-angled 

 stems about 4 inches high and slightly 

 wrinkled light-yellow flowers, 2 inches 

 across, with thick ramified brown- 

 crimson lines on the disk and lower 

 two-thirds of the petals. It is a 

 hybrid, of unknown parentage, raised 

 in Europe. 



79498. Stapelia mutabilis Jacq. 



A rather large carrion-flower, with 

 green or purplish stems 3 to 18 inches 



