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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Mesembryanthemum continued. 
M. aurantiacum (orange-coloured). fl. deep orange-colour, 
large, solitary. June to August, J. bluntly triquetrous, some- 
what compressed, very glaucous ; bracts semi-terete. Stem erect. 
h. lft. to 2ft. 1793. ‘Shrub, (M. A. S. § 25, Fig. 2.) 
M. aureum (golden). fl. bright orange, with yellow stamens and 
dark purplish pistils. February to May. 1. cylindric-triquetrous, 
glaucous. h. lft. 1750. An upright evergreen shrub. (B. M. 262.) 
M. australe (Southern). fl. pale pink, middle-sized ; peduncles 
bluntly two-edged, bibracteate at the base. July. J, triquetrous, 
glaucescent, dotted, smooth, incurved. Stems semi-terete, creep- 
ing, shrubby. Australia, 1773. Evergreen. (M. A. S. § 18, 
Fig. 2.) 
M. barbatum (bearded), fl. flesh-coloured ; tubercles five, dark 
green within the flower. June to August. J. rather remote, 
spreading, ending in five or six radiating hairs at the apex. Stems 
erect; branches effusely procumbent. *. bin. to din. 1705. 
52. Hie. shrub. SYN. M. stelligerum. (B. M. 70; M. A. S. 
§ 52, Fig. 1.) 
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M. bicolor (two-coloured). A synonym of M. coccineum. 
M. blandum (charming).* fl. at first white, but at length pale 
rose or red, large ; peduncles equal, longerthan the bracts. June. 
l. compressed, triquetrous, crowded, narrow, acutish, smooth. 
Stems shrubby; branches numerous, compressed, ascending. 
R. Ift. 1810. Evergreen. (B. R. 582; M. A. S. 5 26, Fig. 1.) 
M. Bolusii (Bolus). f., petals yellow in their lower half, red in 
the upper, numerous, spreading over the tops of the plant. 
J. two, Be fleshy, trigonous, keeled, truncate, pale glaucous- 
green, dotted with dark green. 1883. (B. M. 6664.) 
M. candens (glittering).“ fl. white, terminal, solitary. June to 
August. l cy. KTD incurved, canescent, glittering, obtuse. 
Branches long, w rocumbent or prostrate. 1814. 
trailer. (M. A. S. § 61, Fig. 4.) 
M. caninum (dog). fl. yellowish-orange, opening after midday ; 
peduncles longer than ihe leaves. August to ber. l neal 
cous, carinately-triquetrous, rather club-shaped, incurved towards 
the apex, and, as well as the bracts, somewhat toothed, 1717. 
almost stemless, herbaceous. (M. A. S. § 5, Fig. 9.) 
caulescens (caulescent). red, fragrant, numerous, - 
gate, small. May to July, E much-crowded, glaucous, er 
ong, poi age a! deltoid, with the sides Sager A thed, and the 
keel entire. Stems erect, branched. R. 12 1751. Shrub. 
re. 
(M. A. S. § 30, Fig. 1.) 
Fig. 554. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM COCCINEUM, showing Habit, 
detached Flower, and Portion of Branch, with Leaves. 
A. scarlet, solitary; peduncles smooth 
September. l. teretely triquetrous, rather 
com glaucescent. Stems shrubby, erect. 1696, 
See Fig. 554. (I. B. C. 1033; M. A. S. § 46, Fig. 1; B. M. 59, 
under name of M. bicolor.) 
nsp (conspicuous).* AH. of a beautiful red, peduncu- 
Autumn. {. green, glittering in sunshine, triquetrous, 
well as the branches, crowded. Floriferous stems erect. 
it. 1806. Shrub. (M. A. S. § 27, Fig. 1.) 
1 (Cooper’s).* fl. handsome purple, solitary, about 2in. 
e ucous, pointed, studded with papille. 
ranched decumbent herb. (B. M. 6312.) 
cora wered H. pink, solitary, showy. 
te, in ed, . thicker in the 
m Eien, much-branched. k. lft. 1820. 
M. coccineum (scarlet), * 
leav A. red, solitary, terminal, or 
ated branches. May to September. 
er papulose, Stems 
Mesembryanthemum—continued. 
suffruticose, diffuse. 1774. Annual or biennial. 
Fig. 1.) He. Fl. Gras, jor 
M. c. variegatum (variegated).* fl. bright rosy-purple, sessile. 
J. flat, fleshy, small, cordate, distinctly margined with cream- 
colour. A very handsome little perennial; it forms a diffuse 
yellowish mass, entirely covering the surface of the ground, and 
is largely employed in bedding-out designs, 
(M. A. S. § 61, 
FIG. 555. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRINIFLORUM. 
criniflorum (hairy-flowered), fl. unculate; petals le, 
paler on the outside; stamens 55 po Ba ie ve, 
133 larger ones oblong and contracted in the middle. July. 
ki eee pe on. 3 ing scabrous from . 
tems d from the base, herb $ 6 . 
See Fig. 555. Syn. M. cuneifolium. oc e na 
N. yellow, large, solitary ; 
peduncles t Pd gag 
u wo-edged, lin. to 2in. long. May to November. 
ia parren sansa, somi pints, var sot ucla 
stemless ; in, . 1 
185 18 7 . gs old stems Sin. high. Herbaceous. 
crystallinum (crystalline).* Ice Plant white, axillary, 
almost sessile. May to August. 1. ovate, sessile, alternate, stem- 
3 undulated. 1775. Plant diffusely procumbent, her- 
pew covered with large glittering papulæ on every part, 
ch makes the plant appear as if covered with ice. Hardy 
annual. This species is sometimes grown for garnishing pur- 
pa It is a most effective plant for the rockwork, and thrives 
shoul ‘ceramide wg — pons sor 2 sunny situation. Seeds 
n in gentle heat, during March, and the seedlings 
e ee the open in June. 
* (cultrate). fl. of a shining yellow above, and 
on beneath, large, solitary ; eee eee rather 
onger than the flowers. Autumn. J. distichous, tongue-shaped, 
cultrate at the margin and apex, Sin. to din. long. h. bin. 
Plant almost stemless, herbaceous. (M. A. S. § 8, Fig. 5.) 
