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Mesembryanthemum— continued. 
M. mutabile (changeable). fi. reddish, solitary, on short pedicels. 
July to September. J. nearly distinct, crowded, triquetrous, 
dotted, with a cartilaginous, entire keel. Stems shrubby, erect, 
branched, two-edged. h. 14ft. 1792. Shrub. Syn. M. glaucinwm. 
See Fig. 560. (M. A. S. § 21, Fig. 3.) i 
M. nobile (noble). jfi. yellow, scentless, e, sessile, openi 
before midday, bibracteate at the base. July. l. coarsely kod 
iquetrously clavate, obtuse, somewhat recurved, rather concave 
above, marked by large elevated tubercles. h. 1}in. 1822. Plant 
rather caulescent, herbaceous, (M. A. S. § 4, Fig. 1.) 
M. obcordellum (reversed-heart-shaped). j. whitish, small, 
sessile. June. zin. 1794. Plant stemless, obconical, 
glaucescent, with confluent branched dots. Evergreen shrub, 
(B. M. 1647.) 
M. octophyllum (eight-leaved). A synonym of M. testiculatwm.. 
M. patulum (spreading). f. pale red, solitary, pedunculate. 
June. (. compressed, triquetrous, very glaucous, attenuated at 
both ends, acinaciform. Stems suffruticose, erect. h. 1}ft. There 
are several varieties of this species, 
M. polyanthum (many-flowered). „H. pale red, small, very 
A J. small, — triquetrous, 
numerous, panicled. 
scabrous, ranches flexuous, crowded; bark on young stems 
rufous. R. lft. to L4ft. 1803. Shrub. 
M. polyphyllum (many-lea ved). A synonym of M. violaceum, 
<i tty 
= AVE Ses! = 
HG. bol. M&seMBRYANTHEMUM POMERIDIANUM, showing 
Habit and detached Flower. 
M. pomeridianum (afternoon). f. yellow, large, 
midday, solitary, on axi „very long, hairy luncles. 
1 uly. . broad-lanceoléte, flat, — ciliated, distinct. 
ranched. h. lft. 1774. A pretty 
hardy annual. See Fig. 561. Gb. M. 5807 M. A. 8. $05, Fig. 1) 
M. (dagger-formed). f. pale yellow, large + 
uncles bracteate. July to September. . alternate, crowded 
at the tips of the e us, Stems erectish, 
“suffruticose ; branches few, terete, decumbent. f. lit. 1714. 
Shrub. See Fig. 562. (N. A. S. $16, Fig. 4.) 
M. „ burpureo-album (purple and 3 — 
8 naked, with a broad al. fall 
l. green, 
of little : “crow: Branches short, angular, 
tote; e „ie n Shrub. (M.A. B. J 15, 
M. retroflexum (reflexed) A synonym of M. elegans. 
M. Rossii (Ross). f. white at base, deep purple above, 
solitary, terminal, large, showy. Summer. l. acinaciform, or 
y triquetrous, with red, smooth, cartila- 
i . Stems decumbently prostrate. 1820. Shrub. 
2 § 19, Fig. 2.) Soa : 
rostratum (beaked . yellow, expan n the sun, soli- 
; , Pedunculate ; „ than ‘the scape. À. Zin, 
1 Plant stemless, herbaceous. (M. A. S. § 3, Fig. 7.) ; 
M. rubrocinctum (red-girded). A synonym of M. acinaci- 
M. Salmii te) „ large, sessile. September 
e a "sem lindrical, nitenuate and 
acute n ‘ and bluntish. A. in. 7 
rr 
Serratulum (serrate). jl. with purple lines, ternately 
1 (serrate) Aber and December. i. sub-connate, 
, serrated at the angles or 
longer 
dotted, 
ucous, usuall han 
— minutely — but Dasdi 
Mesembryanthemum—continued. 
cartilaginous. Stems shrub hen young ; branches 
erectly decumbent. 1795. rop 9 
(bristly). fl. bright Magy wi solita 
M. setuliferum in th 
forkings of the branches; peduncle slender, cal, É 
0 
n. to Ain. long. 
June. (. usually rather distant, sub-cylindri blunt, covered 
with setuliferous papille, ending in a tuft of from seven to 
sixteen flexuose, white, radiating hairs. Stems branching dif- 
fusely ; branches procumbent, lft. or more long. 1876, Shrub. 
Fic. 562. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM PUGIONIFORME, showing 
Flowering Branch and Immature Capsule. 
bile + f of a beautiful red, in. in diameter. 
ggg En triquetrous, and, as well as the 
dwarf: floriferous ones 
ascending or erect. A, lft, 1787. Shrub. (B. M. 306; M. A. 8. 
A synonym of M. barbatum. 
M. (sti ). f. light red, paler on the under side, 
„ solitary. May. L — f triquetrous, long. 
» base. Stems 
the Ensinas (M. A. & $ 40, Fig. 3.) 
„ A. reddish, with a deeper-coloured line 
‘before noon ; peduncles hispid. May to 
nding 
Jetobe' lindrical, subulate, papulose. Stems erect. 
he Sin. 125 M $51, Fig. L) 
— — Y Pticulated at the apex. 
fl. white, spotted with rose, middle- 
L crowded, linear-subulate, semi-terete, 
Stems branched. Plant 
, sulcatum (furrowed). 
— solitary. August. 
