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Mesembryanthemnm continued. 



M. cuneifolium (wedge-shape-leaved). A synonym of if. 

 criniflorum. 



M. curium (short-sheathed), ft. white, terminal, sub-paniculate. 

 June. I. connate and sheathing at the base, usually approxi- 

 mate, incurved, smooth, green, with the angles rough at the top. 

 Stem erect, bushy, h. 1ft. to lift. Shrub. (M. A. S. 36, 

 Fig. 6.) 



M. cnrrlfolinm (curved-leaved), fl. white, or ultimately rose, 

 large ; peduncles clavate, length of bracts. June. I. compressed, 

 triquetrous, glaucescent. Stem shrubby ; branches robust, terete. 

 h. 2ft. to 3ft. 1818. Closely allied to M. blandum. (M, A. S. 47, 

 Fig. 2.) 



Mesembryanth.em.um continued. 



M. dlversifolium (diverse-leaved), fl. yellowish-brown, striated 

 by a red line on the outside, pedunculate. May. I. very long, 

 triquetrously semi-cylindrical, rather recurved, green, crowded in 

 heads. Stems prostrate, rather nodose ; adult ones robust, 

 angular, red and yellow. 1726. Shrubby. (M. A. S. 15, Fig. 2.) 



M. dolabriforme (hatchet-shaped), ft. yellow, fully expanding 

 in the evening and night only. June. I. somewhat resembling a 

 hatchet in shape, dotted. A. 6in. 1705. A free-flowering ever- 

 green. (B. M. 32.) 



M. echlnatum (hedgehog), ft. yellow. August. L oblong- 

 ovate, filled, rather triquetrous, gibbous, ranientaceously echi- 

 nated. Stems erect, branched, h. 3in. to 6in. 1774. Shrub. 

 (M. A. S. 53, Fig. 2.) 



SLedule (edible).* Hottentot Fig. fl, yellow, large, solitary, ter- 

 minal. July. I. equally triquetrous, dotless, a little channelled, 

 attenuated at both ends, with the keel serrulated. Branches ex- 

 panded, with quite entire angles. 1690. This prostrate shrub 

 is nearly hardy in dry, sunny spots in the southern counties. 

 ins (elegant). /. reddish, pedunculate, middle-sized. 



- -"--*-'- - - ibrous. 



Shrub. 



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May to October. I. rather triquetrous, very glaucous, scabrous. 

 Stems suffruticose ; branches decumbent, white. 1724. 



Fin 556. FLOWERING BRANCH OF MESEHBRYANTHEMUM 



DELTOIDES. 



deltoides (deltoid), ft. rose-coloured, sweet-scented, ternate 

 cymose. Summer. I. incurvate, erect, glaucous, trifariously 



An erect, shrubby species, with reddish - brown 



See Fig. 556. 



or cym 

 toothed. 

 branche 



SYN. M. retrojlexum. 



M. emarginatum (emarginate). fl. pale red, solitary ; peduncles 

 bibracteate. June L triquetrous, scabrous, glaucescent. Stems 

 suffruticose ; branches expanded, filiform, h. 1ft. to 2ft 1732. 

 (M. A. S. 48, Fig. 4.) 



M. ennininum (ermine), fl. yellow, solitary, terminal, opening 

 in the evening. May. I. triquetrous, wrinkled from large dots ; 

 margins with short teeth at the apex. h. IJin. 1824. Plant 

 almost stemless, glaucous. A densely-tufted herb. (M. A. S. 5, 

 Fig. 6.) 



M. falciforme (sickle-shaped), fl. pink, terminal, solitary or 

 ternate, expanding at midday, fragrant, pedunculate. I. in clus- 

 ters, thick, falcate, acinaciform, glaucous, large-dotted. Stems 

 sub-erect, flexuose, woody, rigid, h. lift. 1805. Evergreen 

 shrub. (M. A. S. 29, Fig. 1.) 



M. fastigiatum (fastigiate). ft. of a fulvous colour on the out- 

 side, whiter and paler on the inside, solitary, middle-sized. July 

 to September. I. crowded, flexuously reflexed, subulate, semi- 

 terete, glaucescent. Stems slender, erect at first, but at length 

 becoming decumbent, h. 1ft. 1794. Shrub. (M. A. S. % 44, 

 Fig. 3.) 



M. felinum (cat), fl. yellow, expanding after midday, sessile, 

 solitary. August to November. I. liin. long, ciliated, with long 

 teeth, obsoletely dotted, cartilaginously keeled at the apex, full 



. 557. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM DENSUM. 



M. densum (dense).* fl. pink ; peduncles hispid ; calycine leaflets 

 almost equal, twice as short as the petals. June. I. semi- 

 cylindric, crowded with prickles at the apices, h. Sin. 1732. 

 Evergreen trailer See Fig. 557. (B. M. 1220.) 



M. depressum (depressed), fl. yellow, large, solitary, sessile. 

 September. I. pale, narrow-tongue-shaped, obtuse, recurved, 

 depressed, variously incurved af the apex. h. lift. 1795. Plant 

 almost stemless, prostrate, herbaceous. (M. A. S. 8, Fig. 7.) 



of pellucid dots when examined by the light. 1730. Plant 

 stemless, glaucescent, herbaceous. (M. A. S. 5, Fig. 2.) 



M. florlbundtun (bundle-flowered).* fl. pale red, with the petals 

 white at the base, numerous, expanding before midday. May to 

 October. I. almost cylindrical, somewhat incurved, papulose, 

 obtuse. Stems suffruticose, bushy ; branches spreading, very 

 numerous, h. 6in. 1704. (M. A. S. 51, Fig. 7.) 



M. formosum (beautiful).*/, purplish (filaments white), terminal. 



