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SPECIES OF MESEMBllYANTHEMUM. 139 



EXPLANATION OF TlIK PLATES. 



(Unless otherwise stated, all the drawings are of natural size and made from living plants.) 



Plate 5. 



Figs. 1 & 2, M. mitratian, Marl. Copied from Dr. Marloth's fignres. 



Figs. 3 & 4. M, proximiim^ N. K Br. 3^ a cluster of three cones as seen in June; 4, 



outline of one of those cones^ sliowing the size it had attained in October of the 



same year. 



Figs. 5-8. M, clivorum, N. E. Br. 5 & 6^ two branches from the same plant as seen in 



April; 7, tlie terminal body (cori'esponding to the cone of Hg. 1) of the larger 

 branch of tig. in its resting stage at the end of August of the same year; 8, 

 apex, of leaf enlai'gL^d, sliowing papillate surface. 



Fig. 9. M, dissitum, N. E. Br, 



Fig. 10. M. moniliforme, Haw, Drawn partly from a very crude sketch and partly from 



memory, therefore only approximately correct. 



Plate 6. 



M. 



its new growtli : A, A^ being thr new pair of leaves formed and concealed within 

 the cone, the dark patches on them being tlie dried-up fragments of the 

 exhausted cone; B, a new internode of stem developing; C, early stage of a 

 new cone, at this time scarcely distinguishable from the iJiternode. 



Figs. 12-13, M, tuber culat am ^ Mill. 12 represents two growths in April, and 13 tlie 



outline of the Larger growth when fully developed in October, 



Fig. 14. M, btbracteafum, Haw. Copied from a drawing of a type phint. 



Figs, io-18. M, vescum, X. E/lJr. lo-16^ two growths a.s seen in July; 17^ outline of a 



growth in October, with sections below the tips of tlie leaves: 18, enlarged 

 outline of the tip of the larger leaf of a pair. 



Figs. 19-20. M. inspersumy N. E. Br. With sections of the leaves. 



Plate 7. 



Figs. 21-22, M. cognatnm, N. E. Br. 22 is an enlarged tip of a leaf. 



Fig. 23. M. ci/ltndn'cian, Haw. Copied from a drawing of a type plant. 



Fig. 24, M. dimimdiitn^ Haw. Copied from a drawing of a type plant. 



Figs. 2-J-2G. 3f. candidissimian, N. E. Br. A small plant and tip of a leaf from a dried 



specimen of a larger plant. 

 Fig. 27. M, rostratoides, Haw. Copied from a drawing of a type plant, • 



Plate 8. 



Fig. 28. M, purptirasccns, Salm-Dyck. Copied from a drawing of a type plant. 

 Figs. 29-31, M. rostratujUj Linn. Two growths representing the plant as seen in June ai^d 



one growth as seen in November of the same year ; 31, enlarged apex of leaf. 



Plate 9. 



Fig. 32. M. quadnfidum^ Haw. Copied from a drawing of a type plant. This supposed 



species is really the true M, rostratuin^ Linn. 

 Fig, 33. M. denticuJatiimj Haw. Copied from a drawing of a type plant. 



