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MeseMbryanthemum Bicolorum. Two- 
Coloured Fig-Marigold. 
Clafs and Order. 
IcOSANDRIA PeNTAGYNIA. 
Generic Character. 
Gal. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa, linearia. Cap/, carnofa, in- 
fera, polyfperma. 
Specific Char after and Synonyms . 
MeseMbryanthemum bicolorum foiiis fubuiatis punc- 
tatis lsevibus diftin&is, caule 
frutefcente,corollis bicoloribus. 
Linn. Syd. Vegetab. p. 4 70. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM tenuifolium fruticefcens, flore 
croceo. Dill. Llth. 2 67. t. 202. 
/ 2 5 8 ‘ 
Contrary to the Mefembryanthemum dolabriforme , lately fi- 
gured in this work, this fpecies expands its flowers in the day- 
time, and that only when the fun fhines powerfully on them; 
on fuch occafions, the bloffoms on the top of the branches 
being very numerous, exhibit a moft fplendid appearance* 
It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, flowers in July, 
and is moft readily propagated by cuttings. 
Like moft of the Cape plants, it requires the fhelter of a 
green-houfe during the winter. 
