102 
Icosandria. Pentagynia. Mesembryanthemum, 
M. angustum. Hort. dyck. A.D. 1818. p. 7. 
Forte Adi vel varietas alii speciei. 
AM. fetocuMtm, Jackson in Bot. rep. v. 8 
Pp 
Oss. The above figure in Bot. rep. does not (asin 
Syn. succ, p. 223 J queried) belong to M.pr«- 
pingue, but more probably to the present spe- 
ies as a variety ; and by no means to my 
M. i Neither i is the account in 
Bet 
m e contains the zew and interesting 
idea of painting the dry and reviviscent capsules 
ornamentally. "This may lead to pleasing amuse- 
ments, and I recommend for trial the larger 
^ (more than ineh wide capsules) of M. medium, 
M. pugioniforme, &c. tastily blended with 
others of every size. "Those of M. purpuro- 
di oil (which b Aden Ee eiiim 
; "e RM may y duke our mantlepieces in 
