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MesEMBRYANTHEMUM AUREUM 
Gotpen Fic-Marico.tp. 
Clafs-and. Order, 
IcosANDRIA PENTAGYNIA.« 
Generic Chara€er. 
~ Cal. 5-fidus. ' Petala numerofa linearia. Capf. carnofa infera 
poly{perma. Le 
Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM aureum foliis cylindrico-trique- 
| oe tris pun@latis diftin&tis, piftillis 
atro purpurafcentibus. Linn. 
_ Sy ft. Nat. ed. 10. p. 1060. Ait, — 
Kew. v. 2. p. 190 . = 
a 
iF sg 
peo 
* 
It was firft defcribed in the 10¢b ed, of Linn. Sy/ft. Nat. and. 
afterwards inferted in the Hort. Kew. of Mr. Aiton, who in- 
forms us that itis a native of the Cape, and was cultivated 
by Mr. Mixxx, in the year 1750. Prof. Murray omits it 
‘in his 12¢ ed. of the Syft. Vegetab. of Linn £us, as does Prof. 
GmeE tin in the laft edition of Linn. Syff. Nat. : ae 
The facility with which this tribe in general is increafed 
cuttings is well known; this is raifed as readily as the other 
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