loosandria Pentag.  Mesembryanthemum. 259 
Ons. The heads of small yellow flowers have a 
' boney-like scent. "The 'erop of large blunt 
juicy leaves, is the heaviest of all the genus ; 
and, if not watered too much, they bave rubi- 
cund tips, and make a fine appearance on 
- old plants; entirely hiding their clustered 
branches in clusters of foliage. 
M. (Purple-saffron-flower'd) . foliis «confertis purpuro- 
tereti-triquetris obtusis perglaucis, foliolis ca- croceum. 
lycinis valde (orit edd extus lete 
rubicundis intus croce is in misc. nat. 
. 81.— Hort. &ew. ad. p^ v. 3. p. 242. 
.S. 
FrLongT Aug.—Oct. A. M. — 
Oss. Before the s flowers open, there is all 
the colour externally of abright rubicund blos- . 
som ; but as soon as they expand, no colour 
on the petals withiu, but deep saffron ap 
The plant is delicate, and requires. frequent 
renewal from cuttings. 
tt NocriFLORA. Caulibus.| suff rutescentibus 
ibus duris, valde defoliatis (in. hoc 
genere) foliis fragilibus et inde fere ii- 
duis $, seu caducis, ter 
carnoso-incrassatis fibris perpaucis. 
Ozs. The britle and thence nearly caducous 
nature d s € o this subdivision, i is pe- 
. culiar to it, as arealso its slender wiry shoots. 
m iia has the ficdh" ot shooting freely from 
the. wood when cut down below the 
| circumstances, but weg an 
1s leaves, render it xe- 
