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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Mesembryanthemum — continued. 
channelled, pale green, adult ones expanded. Stems shrubby, 
erect. A. 2ft. 1819. (M. A. S. § 44, Fig. 1 
M. Sutherlandi (Sutherland’s). „. lilac, with a yellow centre, 
2in. to 24in, broad. Summer. (. oblong-lanceolate, recurved, 
scaberulous at the edge. A. Zin. 1870. (B. M. 6299.) 
M. tenuifolium (slender-leaved). fl. copper-red, solitary ; pe- 
linel longated, naked, June to September. Z. semi-terete, 
rather compressed, subulate, green, glabrous, longer than the 
internodes, Stems shrubby, erectish. A. lft. 1700. (M. A. S. 
§ 40, Fig. 6.) 
Fig. 563. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM TESTICULATUM, 
M. testiculatum (testiculated). fl. prog nearly lin. in dia- 
meter ; calyx six-cleft, with two leaf-bracts at base. November. 
rather erect, convex beneath, 
N. 2 1819. lant stemless, by. SYN. 
Fig. 563. (B. M. 1573.) 
Fie. 564. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM TIGRINUM, 
M. tigrinum (tiger). fl. yellow, expanding after n large, 
central, — ag Se ber to November. l. — ing 
ovate-cordate, expa marbled with white, flat above, cillated 
with long hairs, cartilaginously keeled at the apex. A, Sin. 1790. 
greenish, herbaceous. See Fig. 564. (B. R. 260; 
Plant stemless, 
NI. A. S. 6 5, Fig. 1.) 
olo ).* fi large, shining, peduncu- 
M. tricolorum (three-colow 
late ; petals straw-coloured, blood-coloured at the base. April. 
L exactly cylind: acute, ps Stems prostrate ; branches 
distant. 1794 Shrub. See Fig. 565. (M.A. S. $15, Fig. 7.) 
m (truncate). fl. solitary, sessile; calyx tube 
r between the two uppuma leaves, 
the lobes obtuse, tinged purple; petals 
‘series; stamens numerous; anthers 
fleshy, broadly cuneate, connate to 
| face convex ; crown lunate, brown, 
Plant forming tufts of pale glaucous- 
, translucent, fleshy masses. (B. M. 6077.) 
Mesembryanthemum —continued. 
M. uncinatum (hooked-leaved). „. red, middle-sized, solitary. 
August. l. connate, and sheathing at the base, rather decurrent, 
green, dotted, triquetrous, furnished with two spines underneath 
at the apex. Stems shrubby, erect. h. lft. to 2ft. 1725. (M. A. S. 
§ 33, Fig. 3.) 
M. v: tum (sheathed). AH. white, small, panicled, numerous. 
July. J. spreading, straight, remote, triquetrous, rather recurved 
at the apex, and, as well as the sheaths, green and glabrous, but 
with the angles rough near the top. Stems erect, bushy. h. 1}ft. 
1882. Shrub. (M. A. S. § 36, Fig. 4.) 
M. variabile (variable). fl. yellow, at length becoming reddish, 
solitary, pedunculate, expanding in the morning. July. l. some- 
what triquetrous, compressed, glaucous, scabrous. Stems shrubby, 
effuse, rather decumbent. h. 1ft. 1796. (M. A. S. § 46, Fig. 2. 
Fic. 665. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM TRICOLORUM, showing Habit, 
and Unopened and Fully-expanded Flowers. 
violaceum (violaceous).* fl. flesh-coloured to violet, ex. 
panding in the heat of the sun; peduncles one: flowered, naked 
or bracteate at the very base. June to October. l. tri- 
8 semi-terete, rough from dots, acute, glaucous. Stems 
shrubby, erect; branches violaceous, expanded. B. lft. to 2ft. 
1820. Syn. M. polyphyllum. (M. A. S. § 48, Fig. 3.) 
M. viridifiorum (green-flowered). f. greenish; petals very 
narrow; calyx hairy. July to November. l. semi-terete, beset 
with papulose hairs. Branches diffuse. k. lft. to 2ft. 1774. 
Shrub, (B. M. 326.) 
M. vittatum (striped). f. bright shining yellow, paler on the 
back, with a narrow red line down the centre on both sides; 
uncle one-flowered, bibracteate at the base. November. 
connate at the base, erect, lanceolate, acute, mucronate. Plant 
cect cæspitose, forming dense tufts, Iain. to 2in. high. 
MESEMBRYEZ. A tribe of Ficoidec. 
MESOCHLZENA. Included under Didymochlena. 
MESOCLASTES. A synonym of Luisia (which 
see). 
MESOSPINIDIUM. Now included, by Bentham 
and Hooker, under Odontoglossum (which see). 
MESPILUS (from the old Greek name Mespilos, used 
by Theophrastus). Medlar. Orp. Rosacew. A small 
genus of hardy deciduous trees, now included, by Bentham 
and Hooker, under Pyrus. Flowers large, nearly sessile. 
usually solitary; petals nearly orbicular. Pome turbi- 
nate, open, five-celled. Leaves undivided, shortly stalked, 
lanceolate or oblong, slightly toothed or lobed. For 
culture, &c., see Medlar. 
M. acuminata (acuminate). A synonym of Cotoneaster acu- 
M. Amelanchier (Amelanchier). A synon of Amelanchier 
vulgaris, Frequently met with in gardens — ea the name 
M. Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster). A synonym of Cotone ster vul- 
