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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM TRICOLOR. PURPLE- 
| EYED Fig Maryeo.p. 
SER ea eee de teak sea eile 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpRiA Penracynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerosa, linearia, basi cohezrentia. 
Caps. carnosa, infera, polysperma, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
MEsEmBryAnTHEMUM tricolor ; subcaulescens, foliis punctatis 
lineari-spathulatis connatis subtus convexis supra sulco 
exaratis. Willd. Enum. 530. 
ESEMBRYANTHEMUM {tricolor ; foliis amplexicaulibus dis- 
tinctis punctatis lineari-spathulatis subtus convexis 
superne sulco exaratis, caule brevissimo herbaceo. 
Willd. Hort, Berol. v. 1. p, 22. t. 22. 
Oxs. Species a tricoloro Haworthii omnino distincta. 
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A pretty little annual species altogether different from the 
fricolorum of Hawortu and Arron. It is easily propagated 
y seeds, which it produces freely ; these should be sown in 
the spring on a hot bed, and treated as the ice plant and other 
annual species, 
he first account we have of this plant is in WittpEnow’s 
ortus Berolinensis. It is supposed to be a native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Communicated by Mr. Anprerson from the 
Chelsea Garden, who received the seeds from Mr. Orro, of 
the Royal Garden in Berlin. Mr. Anperson informs us that 
there are two varieties of this species cultivated at Kew, one 
with paler and the other with deeper coloured flowers. 
