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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM obliquum. 
Bright Afternoon Mesembryanthemum. 
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ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. FICOIDEZ. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. V. supra fol. 260. 
Div. Aspericaulia. Suffrutices vix sesquipedales ramosi, ramulis filiformibus 
scabris; foliis distinctis, remotis, papuloso-micantibus; floribus anti- 
meridianis aurantiis rubicundisve, Ha plante ob micantia folia, corus- 
cantem cohortem efficiunt. Haw. rev. succ. p. 182. 
M. obliguum ; foliis distantibus cylindraceis obtusis parvis papuloso-nitenti- 
bus, uno singulo pari deflexo, altero ascendente, ramis filiformibus duris 
asperiusculis suberectis. Haworth, 1. c. 
Fruticulus spithameus, erectus, ramosus: ramulis sepius alternis, ascen- 
dentibus erectisve, subfiliformibus, duris, semper asperiusculis, papulis puncti- 
Sormibus squamulisve persistentibus demumque ad lentem, vel sub oculo optimo 
pallidis. Folia distantia, vix semuncialia, obtusa, teretia, at suprà aliquan- 
tillum depressa, papulosa-nitentia viridia. Flores terminales, solitarii, letè 
rubicundi, vix unciales. Pedunculi subunciales, filiformes, superne parum 
clavellati. Calyx laciniis 5, subequalibus, revoluto-recurvis, obtusissimis, 
membranatis, demembranatisque, ut in plurimis. Petala paucula, subbi- 
serialia, acuta, integra, sole ardente revoluto-recurva; intima angustiora, 
erecta, apicibus expansis, basi pallida, uti filamenta rosea. Stamina erecta, 
collecta, paucave deflorata solüm patentia. Anthere pallide, petalis humi- 
liores. Styli quinque, filamentorum longitudine, superne patentes expansive, 
rubicundi. Haworth MSS. 
This pretty little plant is, we believe, recorded only in 
Mr. Haworth's excellent Synopsis of the genus Mesembry- 
anthemum, published in his Revisions of Succulent Plants, 
in 1821. To that gentleman we are indebted for the mate- 
rials of the present article, which were communicated for 
the use of this work some years ago, but were then unfor- 
tunately mislaid. 
This species was raised in his Majesty's Garden at Kew, 
from Cape seeds, and thence communicated to Mr. Haworth 
by VV. T. Aiton, Esq. By the former gentleman we are in- 
formed that it thrives well, during summer, out of doors, in 
