Kosandria.: Péntagynia. Mesembryanthemum., 
arrives, the author proposes the present im- 
proved distribution of this vast genus, as the re- 
sult of all he has hitherto, with every advan- 
tage, been able to accomplish. ; 
It will be found to comprise all the Mesembryan- 
thema hitherto discovered or described by the 
author and his friends (above 300 species and 
threescore varieties) ; with an epitomized de- . 
scription of the whole ; tracing each species to 
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strange construction of their extraordinary 
forms, : 2e. 
ACAULALA. |. Caule nullo brevissimove, 
radice perenni ; foliis magnis. 
solum consistentia, et. semper rup- 
* tata ab egressione novarum vagis 
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