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Mesembryanthemum Viridiflorum. 

 Green-Flowered Fig -Marigold. 



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C/^z/> a;zi Order. 



ICOSANDRIA PeNTAGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa linearia. Cap/, carnoia infera 

 polyfperma. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM viridiflorum foliis femicylindra- 



ceis papulofo-pilofis, calycibus 

 qurnquefidis birfutis. Ait. KeWi 

 v. 2. p. 196. Haworth Mefemb. 

 p. 199. Syji. Nat. ed. Gmei. 

 p. 848. 



Of the feventy fpecies of Mefembryanthemum defcribed in. 

 the Hortus Kezvenjis, this is the only one with green flowers. 



Mr. Masson introduced it from the Cape in 1774* 



The flowers arc not only remarkable for their colour, but 

 the extreme finenefs of the florets ; they begin to come forth 

 in July, and continue to be produced till the end of September; 

 the plant is eafily increafed by cuttings, is of ready growth, 

 and blows freely. 



In Mr. Havvorth's Ohfervations on the Genus Mcjcmhyan- 

 tbemum, lately publifhed, there is a very ample defcription or 

 it, to which we refer fuch of our readers as wifh for more 

 minute information reflecting it. 



