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Mesembryanthemum—continued. 
M. cuneifolium (wedge-shape-leaved). 
criniſlorum. 
M. curtum (short-sheathed). f,. white, terminal, sub-paniculate, 
June. J. connate and sheathing at the base, usually approxi- 
mate, incurved, smooth, green, with the angles rough at the 2 
a ms bushy. h. lft. to lift. Shrub. (M. A. S. § 36, 
M. curvifolium (curved-leaved). f,. white, or ultimately rose, 
large; peduncles clavate, length of bracts. June. l compressed, 
triquetrous, glaucescent. Stem shrubby; branches robust, terete. 
K A “4 Sft. 1818. Closely allied to M. blandum. (M. A. S. § 47, 
g. 2. 
A synonym of M. 
Fic. 556. FLOWERING BRANCH OF MESEMBRYANTHEMUM 
DELTOIDES. 
M. deltoides (deltoid). fl. rose-coloured, sweet-scented, ternate 
or cymose. Summer. J. incurvate, erect, glaucous, trifuriously 
Mesembryanthemum—continued. 
M. diversifolium (diverse-leaved). fl. ed ages striated 
bya red line on the outside, pedunculate. May. i very long, 
triquetrously semi-cylindrical, rather recurved, green, crowded in 
heads. Stems prostrate, rather nodose; adult ones robust, 
angular, red and yellow. 1726. Shrubby. (M. A. S. § 15, Fig. 2.) 
M. dolabriforme (hatchet-shaped). fl. yellow, fully expandin 
in the evening and night only, June. l. somewhat — pea : 
hatchet in shape, dotted. A, 6in. 1705. A free-flowering ever- 
green. (B. M. 32.) 
echinatum (hedgehog). f. yellow. August. Ll oblong- 
ovate, filled; rather triquetrous, gib „ Tamentaceously echi- 
nated. Stems erect, branched. Zin. to bin. 1774, Shrub. 
(M. A. S. § 53, Fig. 2.) 
M. edule (edible).* Hottentot Fig. fl. qellon, large, solitary, ter- 
minal. July. (. equally ees, otless, a little channelled, 
attenuated at both ends, with the keel serrulated. Branches ex- 
prostrate shrub 
ded, with quite entire angles. 1690. This 
2 hardy in dry, sunny spots in the southern counties. 
M. elegans (elegant). jl. reddish, pedunculate, middle-sized. 
May to be J. rather „ very 8 
Stems suffruticose; branches decumbent, white. 1724, Shrub. 
Syn. M. retroflexwm. 
M, emarginatum (emarginate). le red, soli : uncles 
bibracteate. June Lt meer ig or whives, — Sg Stems 
suffruticose ; branches expanded, filiform. A. lft. to 2ft. 1732. 
(M. A. S. § 48, Fig. 4.) 
M. ermininum (ermine). A. yellow, solitary, terminal, opening 
in the evening. May. 2 triquetrous, wrinkled from e dots; 
margins with short teeth at the apex. h. lin. Plant 
ss stemless, glaucous. A densely-tufted herb. (M. A. S. § 6, 
ig. 6.) 
M. falciforme (sickle-s ) fl. pink, terminal, solitary or 
ternate, expanding at midday, t, pedunculate. ¿ in clus- 
ters, thick, falcate, acinaciform, glaucous, large-dotted. Stems 
su flexuose, woody, d. h. lft. 1805. Evergreen 
b. (M. A. S. § 29, Fig. 1.) 
M. 8 = of a fulvous colour on the out- 
side, whiter and paler on the inside, solitary, middle-sized. Jul 
to September. l. crowded, fiexuously reflexed, subulate, semi- 
terete, glaucescent. Stems slender, erect at first, but at length 
mone decumbent. h. lft. 1794. Shrub. (M. A. 8. 
Fig. 3. 
M. felinum (cat). f. yellow, expanding after midday, sessile, 
solitary, August to November. J. 14in. long, ciliated, with 
teeth, obsoletely dotted, cartilaginously keeled at the apex, f 
= 
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ALEN 
Fic. 557. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM DENSUM. 
toothed. erect, shrubby species, with reddish - brown 
branches. See Fig. 556. 
M. densum (dense).* fl. pink; peduncles hispid ; calycine leaflets 
almost equal, peal —＋ ; June. J. semi- 
short as the pi 
cylindric, crowded with prickles at R egpaar 
Evergreen trailer See Fig. 557. (B. M. 1220.) 
A Zin. 1732. 
M. depressum (depressed). fl. yellow, large, solitary, sessile. 
-i sha „ obt recurved, 
September. f. pale, narrow-tongue- ped, ge 8 ecurved, 
2 p the apex. 
depressed, variously — 3 (M. A. S. § 8, Fig. 7.) 
s when examined by the light. 1730 Plant 
a pin —— assou. (M. A. 5.45, Fig 2) 
M. m (bundle-flowered).* f. pale red, with the petals 
white at the base, numerous, expanding before midday. May to 
October. L. almost cylindrical, somewhat incurved, papulose, 
obtuse. Stems suffruticose, bushy; branches spreading, very 
numerous. A. 6in. 1704. (M. A. S. § 51, Fig. 7.) : 
M. formosum (beautiful).* fl. purplish (filaments white), terminal. 
