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-MESEMBRYANTHEMUM SPECTABILE. SHEWY> 
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7a  Clafs and Order. 
IcosANDRIA PENTAGYNIA, 
Generic Charaé&er. 
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Calyx 5-fidus,  Petala numerofa, linearia. Cup/ula carnofa, a 
infera, poly{perma, : 
Specific Charaer. 
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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM /pedfabile, foliis perfoliatis, lon- 
+ ~ giflimis, glaucis, pun@tatis, integerrimis, tri- 
7 guetris, apice fubulatis, caule lignofo adfcen- 
dente. Haworth, Mefemb. p. 385. 
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Mr. Haworru, in his obfervations on the genus Mefem-_ 
bryanthemum, gives to this fpecies the name of Spedabile, its 
bloffoms being uncommonly fhewy. | = 
Of this tribe there are fpecies whofe flowers are fuperior in- 
fize and brilliancy of colour to the prefent, whofe leaves are 
more remarkable for the fingularity of their form, yet in point — 
of ornament, this, perhaps, is of all other the moft defirable, 
as it continues to produce its fine large purple flowers during © 
the whole of the fummer, is of ready growth, and raifed with 
out difficulty from cuttings, | 3 
It has been introduced to this country within thefe few years, 
moft probably from the Cape, by Mr. Masson. 
To Mr. Haworrn’s defcription of the foliage we have onl ; 
to add, that the leaves fometimes throw out internally a tooth 
near their extremities, as is {hewn in our figure. oe 
