Compilation
Mesembryanthemum ciliatum

stem and branches smooth; branches secundate, erect-spreading, terete, articulate, not contracted at the joints; leaves connate, a little sheathing, sheaths at the base ciliated with long deflexed hairs; leaves subcylindrical, obtuse, papillose; flowers terminal, short, peduncled, subcymose; calyx lobes 5, equal, obtuse, subpapulose, nearly equalling the white petals. Stem 1 foot. Branches fastigiate. Articles cylindrical. 4–6 lines long. Sheaths of the leaves nearly 1 line long, ciliated, with 1–1 1/2 line long hairs at the base, not at the top. Leaves as long as the articles or longer. Flowers on the tops of the branchlets; peduncles 1–1 1/2 lines long. Calyx 3 lines long, a little shorter than the very narrow-linear petals. Capsule as large as a small pea, 5-valved.