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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Mesembryanthemum continued. 



ML aurantiacum (orange-coloured), fl. deep orange - colour, 

 large, solitary. June to August. I. bluntly triquetrous, some- 

 what compressed, very glaucous ; bracts semi-terete. Stem erect. 

 A. 1ft. to 2ft. 1793. Shrub. (M. A. S. 25, Fig. 2.) 



M. aurenm (golden), fl. bright orange, with yellow stamens and 

 dark purplish pistils. February to May. I. cylindric-triquetrous, 

 glaucous. A. 1ft. 1750. An upright evergreen shrub. (B. M. 262.) 



M. australe (Southern), ft. pale pink, middle-sized ; peduncles 

 bluntly two-edged, bibracteate at the base. July. I. triquetrous, 

 glaucescent, dotted, smooth, incurved. Stems semi-terete, creep- 

 ing, shrubby. Australia, 1773. Evergreen. (M. A. S. 18, 



M. barbatum (bearded). A. flesh-coloured ; tubercles five, dark 

 green within the flower. June to August. I. rather remote, 

 spreading, ending in five or six radiating hairs at the apex. Stems 

 erect ; branches effusely procumbent. A. 6in. to 9in. 1705. 

 Evergreen shrub. SYN. M. stelligerum. (B. M. 70 ; M. A. S. 

 52, Fig. 1.) 



M. bicolor (two-coloured). A synonym of M. coccineum. 



M. blandum (charming).* fl. at first white, but at length pale 

 rose or red, large ; peduncles equal, longer than the bracts. June. 

 I. compressed, triquetrous, crowded, narrow, acutish, smooth. 

 Stems shrubby; branches numerous, compressed, ascending. 

 A. 1ft. 1810. Evergreen. (B. R. 582 ; M. A. S. 26, Fig. 1.) 



M. Bolusil (Bolus'), fl., petals yellow in their lower half, red in 

 the upper, numerous, spreading over the tops of the plant. 

 1. two, large, fleshy, trigonous, keeled, truncate, pale glaucous- 

 green, dotted with dark green. 1883. (B. M. 6664.) 



ML candens (glittering).* fl. white, terminal, solitary. June to 

 August. I. cylindrical, incurved, canescent, glittering, obtuse. 

 Branches long, weak, procumbent or prostrate. 1814. Evergreen 

 trailer. (M. A. S. 51, Fig. 4.) 



ML imtHiiiiTn (dog), fl. yellowish-orange, opening after midday ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves. August to October. I. glau- 

 cous, carinately-triquetrous, rather club-shaped, incurved towards 

 the apex, and, as well as the bracts, somewhat toothed. 1717. 

 Plant almost stemless, herbaceous. (M. A. S. 5, Fig. 9.) 



ML caulescens (caulescent), fl. red, fragrant, numerous, 

 gate, small. May to July. I. much-crowded, glaucous, rath 

 long, triquetrously deltoid, with the sides hardly toothed, and the 

 keel entire. Stems erect, branched. A. lift. 1731. Shrub. 

 (M. A. S. 30, Fig. 1.) 



FIG. 554. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM COCCINEU.V, showing Habit, 

 detached Flower, and Portion of Branch, with Leaves. 



ML coccineum (scarlet).* /. scarlet, solitary ; peduncles smooth 

 at the base. May to September. I. teretely triquetrous, rather 

 compressed, obtuse, glaucescent. Stems shrubby, erect. 1696. 

 See Fig. 554. (L. B. C. 1033 ; M. A. S. 46, Fig. 1 ; B. M. 59, 

 under name of M. bicolor.) 



ML consplcuum (conspicuous).* fl. of a beautiful red, peduncu- 

 late. Autumn. I. green, glittering in sunshine, triquetrous, 

 and. as well as the branches, crowded. Floriferous stems erect. 

 A. 1ft. 1806. Shrub. (M. A. S. 27, Fig. 1.) 



ML Cooperl (Cooper's).* ft. handsome purple, solitary, about 2in. 

 in diameter. I. terete, glaucous, pointed, studded with papillae. 

 A. Sin. 1862. A much-branched decumbent herb. (B. M. 6312.) 



ML coralUflorum (coral-flowered). /. pink, solitary, showy. 

 May. I. nearly terete, incurved, smooth, rather thicker in the 

 middle, glaucous. Stems straight, much-branched. A. 1ft. 1820. 

 Shrub. (M. A. S. 40, Fig. 2.) 



M. cordlfolium (cordate-leaved), fl. red, solitary, terminal, or 

 rather lateral, on the elongated branches. May "to September. 

 L opposite, flat, petiolate, ovate-cordate, rather papulose. Stems 



Mesembryauthemnm continued. 



suffruticose, diffuse. 1774. Annual or biennial. (M. A. S. 61, 

 Fig. 1.) 



M. O. variegatum (variegated).* fl. bright rosy-purple, sessile. 

 1. flat, fleshy, small, cordate, distinctly margined with cream- 

 colour. A very handsome little perennial ; it forms a diffuse 

 yellowish mass, entirely covering tne surface of the ground, and 

 is largely employed in bedding-out designs. 



FIG. 555. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRINIFLORUM. 



M. criniflornm (hairy-flowered), a. pedunculate ; petals purple, 

 paler on the outside ; stamens very short ; calyx lobes five, 

 unequal, larger ones oblong and contracted in the middle. July. 

 I. opposite, cuneiform, flat, obtuse, rather scabrous from papulae. 

 Stems short, branched from the base, herbaceous, h. bin. 1774. 

 See Fig. 555. SY\. M. cuneifolium. 



M. cruciatnm (cross-leaved). /. yellow, large, solitary ; 



rduncles two-edged, lin. to 2in. long. May to November, 

 linear-tongue-shaped, semi-cylindrical, very soft, cruciate. 

 1792. Plant nearly stemless ; old stems Sin hi^h Herbaceous 

 (M. A. S. 7, Fig. 7.) 



M. crystallinum (crystalline).* Ice Plant, fl. white, axillary, 

 almost sessile. May to August. 1. ovate, sessile, alternate, stem- 

 clasping, undulated. 1775. Plant diffusely procumbent, her- 

 baceous, covered with large glittering papulae on every part, 



which makes the plant appear as if covered with ice. , 



annual. This species is sometimes grown for garnishing pur 

 poses. It is a most effective plant for the rockwork, and thrives 

 in any moderately good soil, and in a sunny situation. Seeds 

 should be sown in gentle heat, during March, and the seedlings 

 planted out in the open in June. 



tt. cultrattun (cultrate). fl. of a shining yellow above, and 

 reddish beneath, large, solitary ; peduncles compressed, rather 

 longer than the flowers. Autumn. L distichous, tongue-shaped, 

 cultrate at the margin and apex, Sin. to 4in. long. h. bin. 1820. 

 Plant almost stemless, herbaceous. (M. A. S. 8, Fig. 5.) 



