( 1866 ) 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM DEPRESSUM. DepreEssEp 
Tonaure Fic-MARIGoLp. 
Class and Order. 
IcosANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerosa, linearia, basi coherentia. 
Caps. carnosa infera, polysperma. — , 
Specific Character and Synonyms. — 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM depressum ; subacaule, foliis lingue- 
formibus obtusis humi valde adpressis pallide viridibus. 
Haworth Misc. Nat. p. 34. ejusd. Succul. p. 221. Hort. 
Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 219. j 
MrsEMBRYANTHEMUM folio linguiformi angustiore. Hort. 
Eltham, 237. t. 184. f. 226. | 
_Mr. Haworrn has for many years paid great attention to 
this extensive genus, and his names and characters have been 
almost entirely adopted in the new editions of the Hortus 
Kewensis. We cannot but suspect, however, that this 
gentleman has made species of what, in many cases, had 
been better considered as varieties only. But as culti- 
vators can alone determine, by careful observation, what are 
permanently distinct species, and as Mr. Haworrn has him- 
self been a considerable cultivator of these plants, we cannot 
do better, perhaps, at present, than to adhere to his names. 
We find, however, a great difficulty, in the present instance, 
in determining to which our present plant belongs. Mr. 
Grorce Graves, to whom we are indebted for the com- 
munication of this plant, and who possesses a large epee 
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