Mesembryanthemum pinnatifidum. Jag- 
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C/*/jr <?//^ Order . 
IcOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
, Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa, linearia. Capf. carnofa infera 
polyfperma. 
Specific Character. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM pinnatifidum foliis pinnatifidis, 
Lin. Syfi. Vegetab.p. 470. Sup pi. 
p. 260. 
This fpecies of Mejembryanthemum , fo different in the fhape 
of its foliage from all the others hitherto introduced into this 
country, is firfl deferibed in the Supple?nentum Plantarum of 
the younger Linnaeus, from which we learn that it grew in 
the Upfal Garden, into which it w T as raoft probably introduced 
by profeffor Thunberg, as on his authority it is mentioned 
as a native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Mr. Zair, Apothecary, of Caftle-Street, was fo obliging as 
to prefent me this fummer with the feeds of this curious plant, 
I lowed them in a pot of earth, plunged in a tan pit, whofe 
heat was nearly exhaufted ; they quickly vegetated, and though 
the fummer was far advanced, they proceeded rapidly into 
flower, and bid fair to produce ripe feeds, as the Capfules have 
long fmee been formed. . 
f he \rhole plant is fprinkled over with glittering particles 
like the ice plant, to which it bears fome affinity in its duration, 
being an annual and requiring the fame treatment. 
1 he bloflbms are fmall and yellow, and if the w T eather be 
fine, open about two or three o’clock in the afternoon, the 
flalks are of a bright red colour, and the foliage yeilowifh 
green. 
