494. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM capitatum. 
Short dagger-leaved Fig-Marygold. 
— es 
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. | 
Nat. ord. FicoipEm. Jussieu gen. 315. Div. IT. Germen inferum. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. Supra vol. 3. fol. 260. 
Div. IV. Capitata. Foliis densé alternéque imbricato-capitatis longissimis, 
absque punctis aut papulis; caudice pre foliorum pondere decumbente, 
_ petalis angustissimis deorstim plus minus ciliatis ; stylis numerosis, germi- 
nibus depressis. laworth MSS. 
M. capitatum, foliis wquilateri-triquetris glaucescentibus, membranis caly- 
cinis pallidis, petalis luteis longitudine calycis, exterioribus purpurascenti- 
bus, stylis strictis setaceis. Haworth misc. nat. 41. 
Mesembryanthemum capitatum. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3.223. Haw. mesembr. 
390. n. 227; et ejusd. synops. pl. succ. 228. n. 58. 
Mesembryanthemum pugioniforme. Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. 1. 699. Mill. dict. 
ed. 8.n. 46. Willd. sp. pl. 2.1050, Ejusd. enum. 1. 538. 
Ficoides capensis caryophylli folio, flord aureo specioso. Bradl. succ. 2. 5. t. 
- 14. 
Astero aizoide del Capo di Buona Speranza. Zanon. ist. bot. 35. t. 13. 
Suffrutex stolonibus perennans radice fibrosd, caudice simplici, seniori 
pedali v. ultra, procumbente. Folia summo caudice congregata, interiora 
erecta, exteriora patentia sesuncialia, subulata, equilateri-triquetra, glau- 
ciuscula efflorescentia papillosa nulla, ad angulos plus minus canaliculata. 
Rami infra folia provenientes, subverticillatt folios elongati procumbentes. 
Pedunculi ramorum continui, subpaniculati, quadriunciales, obsolete angulosi, 
asperiusculi. Folia ramea breviora, sepé remota, terna vel sparsa, brac- 
teacea. Cal. amplus, 5-angularis, 5-fidus, segmentis subequalibus, & basi 
rotundiuscula caudato-attenuatis, interiortbus ut sepits membrana latd in- 
structis. Cor. ampla diametro triunciali: petala ordine multiplict numerosa, 
infra medium subciliata; exteriora linearia acuta purpurascentia, media 
lineari-lanceolata lucido-lutea, intima capillaria conniventia. Filamenta 
mimerosa, a stylis distantia; anthe. lutee, polline luteo. Germ. hemisphe- 
ricum, depressius quam in specicbus affinibus; styli 16, @ filamentis distantes, 
breves, erecti, setacei, lutescentes. Maw. misc. 41; (phraseologia plurimis 
mutata.) , 
Cultivated here in 1717. Came originally from the 
Cape of Good Hope. Lasts sometimes from eight to nine 
years in a warm greenhouse. 
The prior name of pugioniforme has been transferred by | 
Mr. Haworth from this to the plant constituting the 72d 
article of the ‘ Plantes Grasses;” differing from capita- 
tum in being scarcely more than biennial, in being larger, 
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