234 
edule. 
69. 
Icosandria Pentag. | Mesembryanthemum. 
HanBriTAT ad Caput Bone Spei. G.H. 5.. 
FronET Jun. at rarissimé. 
Cur. ante 1802. 
Oas. I have not seen the flowers of this species, 
but understand from Mr. Trimmer of Brent- 
. ford, that he bas produced them. And Mr. Col- 
vill Junior informs me he saw them, at Mr. 
"c: - d 
rubicund. 
M. (Red-border'd) foliis acuté. compresso-tri- 
quetris sub-acinaciformibus, marginibus cari- 
náque asperis rubris. 
HaBiTAT ad Caput Bonz Spei. ,GQ.H- $5 
Fronzs non vidi. 
InTROD. 1811, a Dom 
- This chatsnbes Was donusd from a small 
prig grown in the open air, and communi- 
enel in October 1811 by Mr. Ross. It "er 
much resembles M. icevigatum, but ap 
less... ]ts red margins are very handsome, bat 
may not prove permanent. 
M. (Hottentot-Fig) foliis sequilateraliter tri- 
nctatis subcanaliculatis utrinque 
attenuatis: carina serrulata; angulis ramulo- 
rum integerrimis.— 4M. edule. T sp. pl. 
2. p. 1052.— Hort. kew. ed. 2. . p. 239. 
— Nobis in misc. nat. p. 16.— Min br. fal- 
catum, majus, flore amplo luteo. — Dill. elth. 
'983. t. 219: f. 972. 
HasnrtTAT ad Caput Bone Spei. G. H.5. 
FronET Jul. ead atrarissimé,. — 
^^ IwT&Op. 16 
. Ons. I have never seen the great yellow flowers 
m 
^ 6f this species ; but they were produced in the 
J summer Mix iol in Mr. Swainson's collection 
^s I believe; and that they were large and. 
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