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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Mesembryanthemum—continued. 
disposed by threes, pedunculate. August. J. triquetrous, long, 
green, glittering in sunshine, much-crowded, but more remote on 
the 4 H. Ift. 1820. (M. A. S. 
§ 27, Fig. 4.) 
tems suffruticose, dwarf. 
fragrans (fragrant). f. yellow, 3in. in diameter, fragrant, 
solitary, ona short peduncle. August. l. tongne-shaped, thick, 
one side rather convex and obtuse at the apex, the other side 
thrown out into a sy h. bin. Plant almost stemless, herbaceous. 
(M. A. S. § 8, Fig. 2. 
ey 5 
A. pale pink, small, terminal. 
April and May, (. erect, spread- 
ing, triquetrous, penin smooth, 
cartilaginous at the mai 
Stems suffruticose, dwarf ; branch- 
lets 5 4 5 ascending. A. 
lit. 1792, Evergreen. 
M. um (bluish- A 
* 0 be eee 
„grandiflorum (large-flowered). 
I. yellow, almost most soentiss, large, 
menn. July. Z. broad tongu 
postai ule Micon the tendons ee ee large 
1824. Plant herbaceous. 
(M. A. S. § 8, Fig. 3.) 
hirtum (hairy). A, of a bright 
ela ed about Izin. in diameter, 
usually solitary, some 
times two or ese together, Sum- 
mer. Z. connate at base, sub-erect, 
recurving, linear, attenuate, both 
surfaces covered with minute glis- 
tening papillw. Stems diffuse, pro- 
cumbent, terete. k. 3in. 1862. 
Her (G. C. n. s., x. p. 138.) 
crowded x the top of t 
e tk p of the canescen! 
M. imbricatum (imbricated), A synonym of M. multiflorum. 
open ier peas somewhat Fee scentless, always 
Sanaa eta, Fun. door 
Branches vergreen 
© flowers of this plan 3 or cutting purposes, 
as * will last — tay . (A. B. R. 384. a 
. introrsum nden, E nander ek obscur uncles; 
y hemisph obscurely 8 ly an, angled, 
two ser limb of tive segments ; 
ous in e white, fading to rose, ae 
Sisal oy wounded ads Sd eee hae ea 
an 2 bie yri 5 Stems — Dua . mer’ 
South Atrica, 
Fig. 558. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM LINGUZFORME. 
eee (neye tornet A. 
: er: e 
green, n, Kopled on one side. h. Ein. 17 t 
See Fig. 558. (M. A. S. § 8, Fig. 8.) 
if). ak yellow; petals two or three-seriate. 
c : l ciliæ very long and numerous. 
3 and perhaps only a variety 
lly brownish-scarlet, with a 
in colour, pedunculate, II in. in 
sylindric, and, — = the 
s glittering cles, Stem 
a shrub. ae 448.) 
ellow, dee on 
5 & pois 
of a whitish- FIG, 
Mesembryanthemum—continued. 
M. microphyllum (small-leaved). f. reddish, small, solitary, on 
short peduncles. May. l. connate, triquetrous, acuminated, a 
little awned, green, dotted, pustulate on the inside at the base. 
Stems short, r. 20 branched, decumbent. 1795. Shrub. 
(M. A. S. § 34, Fig. 2 
M. minimum (smallest). fl. very pale yellow, almost whites soli- 
tary, sessile, central. September to December. h. zin. 1776. 
Plant stemless, obconical, glaucescent, herbaceous, with con- 
fluent, rather branched, spots. 
559. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM MINUTUM. 
M. minutum (minute).* jl. long, tubular; pog pale yellow in 
the free part, i tube slender, Zin. ong. September to 
November. Plant stemless, obconical, glaucous, hardly 
size of ae common Loa and without spots. Evergreen shrub. 
M, mole (so ra (B. M. 1376.) 
molle 2 jl. pale red, small, solitary, terminal. October. 
J. spreading, t EY e triquetrous, firm, canescent, the margins 
blunt, and lined with dots. Branches crowded, two-edged, 
decumbent. A. lft. 1774. Evergreen. 
M. multifiorum (many-flowered).* white, panicled, numerous, 
nearly lin. in di racteate even to the calyx. 
July. i. connate and sheathing at the base, glaucous, remote, 
smooth, dotted, rather compressed, a Stems and 
branches erect, sub- -tetragonal, h. 2ft. to 3ft. 1792. Shrub. 
SYN. M. imbricatum. (M. A. S. § 37, Fig. 1.) There are three or 
four varieties of this species, including minus, nitens, and patens. 
M. muricatum * Jl. red, numerous, aggregate, small, 
fragrant. May. l. crowded, deltoid, glaucous, and, as well as 
the bracts and lobes of calyx, trifariously denticulated. Stem 
erect, branched. h. IIft. 18 Shrub. (M. A. S. § 30, Fig. 3.) 
M. e (mouse). jl, yellow, seal, solitary, sessile. Sep- 
tember. r ee e hree rows on each side, and 
full of ots, with the m and keel ciliately den- 
tleulated at the apex. h. IZin. 1 Plant almost stemless, 
„ herbaceous. (M. A. S. § 5, Fig. 4.) 
Fig. 500. LEAFY SHOOT AND INPLORFSCENCE OF 
RYANTHEMUM MUTABILE. 
