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Mesembryanthemum Densum. Great 

 Bearded-Leaved Fig-Marigold. 



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Oafs and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA PeNTAGYNIA, 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa, linearia, ball cohaErentia. 

 G#/". carnofa, infera, polyfperma. 



Specific CharaRer and Synonyms. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM den/am s foliis . femicylindricis 



apice barbatis confertis, pe- 

 dunculis hifpidis, foliolis caly- 

 cinis fubaequalibus petalis bis 

 brevioribus. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM denfum ; fubacaule foliis denfif- 



fime imbricatis connatis femi- 

 cylindricis, fupra concavis apice 

 barbatis, calycibus hexaphyllis 

 fubaequalibus hifpidis. Haworth 

 Me/em. p. 302. ». 94. 

 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM radiatum humile, foliis majori- 



bus. Dill. Elth. 248. /. 190. f, 

 236. 

 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM barbatum. y. Sp.PL 691. Willd. 



v. 2. p. 1046. 



Mr. Haworth, the author of a monograph upon this 

 genus, has, in our opinion, very properly feparated the three 

 varieties of M. barbatum in the Species Plantarum, into as 

 many diftinft fpecies. The firft of thefe is figured above 

 {No. 72) and is at once diftinguifhed from both the others 

 °y the leaves being generally fo remote, as to fhew a con- 

 siderable fpace of italk between each pair, and by the peduncles 

 and calyxes being deftitute of hairs. 



The fecond variety, the M. birfutum of Haworth, comes 

 much nearer to our prefent plant, but has fmaller leaves and 



flowers, 



