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The following species are brilliant or showy in flower : M. blandum, 

 at first white, then pinkish ; M. aureum, bright orange ; M. coccincum, 

 scarlet; M. aurantiacum, orange; M. conspicmim,ve&; M. spectabile, red. 



The ' Hottentot Fig,' an edible fruit, is borne by M. edule. 



Compositae. — Very remarkable in South Africa are some plants of 

 this order. Among succulents they usually belong broadly to the genus 

 Scnccio. Flowers of a structure quite similar to that of a groundsel are 

 found on plants of a totally different appearance. In suiting themselves 

 to their environment they have attained the succulent habit common to 

 some two dozen genera which, as it were, more exclusively belong to the 

 dry conditions of this part of the world. 



Fig. 83. — Cotyledon reticulata. 



Senecio. — S. macroglossus (" Bot. Mag.," t. 6149) is a very ornamental 

 climbing plant with leaves so ivy-like as to have been mistaken for ivy 

 by a great botanical authority. The flower-heads are large, with yellow 

 rays and decidedly ornamental. Of S. junceus a good specimen consists 

 of little more than a few green sticks in a pot, bearing small yellow 

 flower-heads without a ray. S. oxyriaefolius is a prostrate plant, with 

 round succulent leaves, and S. tropacolacfolius is similar. 



Kleinia. — K. ficoides (fig. 84) is one of the most ornamental, with 

 long white sharp -pointed leaves and wbite flowers. K. articulata has 

 round-ended cylindrical stems ; this is known as the ' Candle-plant.' 

 K. Galpini (" Bot. Mag.," t. 7239) is a dwarf-habited plant with orange 

 flower-heads, worth growing for its colour and ornamental character. 

 K. Haworthii (" Bot. Mag.," t. 6063) is a curiosity on account of its 



