lcosandria Pentag. Mesembryanthemum. 
See Dip erre — Nolis in miscel. nat. 
p.i ed. 2. v. 8. p. ns 
HABITAT OQ. B.5 G. Hit. 
FronET Mai. Nor A. M. 
INTROD. 1792. 
Ons. Corolla majuscula speciosa lzte rubicun- 
da, basi alba. 
M. (Striped-flower'd) foliis. subulatis semicy- $ 
lindricis, | calycibus lanuginosis, staminibus 
collectis longitudine pistillorum. — INobis in 
miscel. nat. p. 103.— Hort. kew. ed. 9. v. 3. 
y^ 251.—M. striatum. Willd. sp. pl. 9. 1045. 
rpureum mcam. e purpureo striato. 
pul elth. 291. t. M nd. — Bradl. succ.4. 
D. 13. (. 35. incompleta : excluso titulo, seu 
synon, ymo Doerhavi, qui ad .M. coccineum 
pertinet. 
Hanrrar C. B. S. G. H. h. 
FrLonRET Mai.—Oct. copiosé, 
CurT. 1727 
Ons. The M. striatum figured in. Plant. ipa 
£. 132, drawn apparently from an aged wood 
plant, can hardly belong to this species, d 
cause its flowers are smaller, less striated, and 
paler, with far shorter peduncles, iege nearly 
depilated calyces. Tliese cugnmenong can 
scarcely all be attributed to the age of the 
plant (apad although most of them may ; 
as the description and synonyms well accord 
with our plant. 
It i&obseryable farther, that Person, in bis Sy- 
n0psis, has, under 77. hispidum, yes se i 
pue. X  subspecies of that plant, by the 
name, character, &c. 
«M Mum. Plecuen, fa diio 
striatum. 
153. 
