leosandria Pentag. Mesembryanthemum. 
-minoris folis... Moris. hist. 2. p. 610. s. 5. 
i493. fL x) . 
HaairAT in ZEgvpto. -40G- H. O. 
FrLongT Aug.—Oct. A. M. | 
CuLT. 1739. 
Ons. As this species ripens no seed with us, 
having but an aunual root, it can only be 
preserved. in the gardens by renewing it from 
^ euttings two, three, or four times in a year: 
or by fresh supplies of foreign seed. 
M. (Apetalous) foliis amplexicaulibus distinctis 
linearibus, supra planis, internodiis papulosis 
ongioribus, papulis oblongis, floribus pedun- 
culatis; calycibus quinquefidis.— M. apeta- 
dum. Linn. supp. 958.— Hort. kew. ed. 1. 
v. 9. p. 180; &* ed. 2. v. 3. p. 228.—] ilid. 
sp. pl. 9. p. 1036.— Nobis in misc. 
apeta- 
lum. 
104. 
p - 
..54.— M. copticum, humifusum, foliis line- — 
ri dato iitie calycibus foliolis magnis parum 
incequalibus petalis inconspicuis multoties lon- 
gioribus.. Jacq. hort. 3. p. 1. t. 6. 
HaziTAT C. B; 5. 
FrLonET Jul. Aug. 
INTROD. 1774. . 
£s, HO. 
Hort. kew. ed. 1. v. 9. p. 178 ; ed. 9. v. 3. 
mh Au 2: TN E 
WI ue Ear T zi 
caducum, 
105. 
