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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Mesembryanthemnm continued. 



disposed by threes, pedunculate. August. I. triquetrous, long, 

 green, glittering in sunshine, much-crowded, but more remote on 

 the branches. Stems suffruticose, dwarf. A. 1ft. 1820. (M. A. S. 

 27, Fig. 4.) 



M. fragrans (fragrant), fl. yellow, 3in. in diameter, fragrant, 

 solitary, on a short peduncle. August I. tongue-shaped, thick, 

 one side rather convex and obtuse at the apex, the other side 

 thrown out into a keel. h. 6in. Plant almost stemless, herbaceous. 

 (M. A. S. 8, Fig. 2.) 



M. geminiflorum (twin-flowered). 

 rl. pale pink, small, terminal. 

 April and May. I. erect, spread- 

 ing, triquetrous, glaucous, smooth, 

 cartilaginous at the margins. 

 Stems suffruticose, dwarf ; branch- 

 lets dichotomous, ascending, h. 

 1ft 1792. Evergreen. 



M. glaucinum (bluish-grey). A 

 synonym of M. mutabilt. 



M. gran diflorum (large-flowered). 

 it yellow, almost scentless, large, 

 sessile. July. I. broad tongue- 

 shaped, long, thick, having a large 

 pustule on the inside at the base. 

 h. 3in. 1824. Plant herbaceous. 

 (M. A. S. 8, Fig. 3.) 



M. hirtum (hairy). /. of a bright 

 purple, about liin. in diameter, 

 terminal, usually solitary, some 

 times two or three together. Sum- 

 mer. I. connate at base, sub-erect, 

 recurving, linear, attenuate, both 

 surfaces covered with minute glis- 

 tening papillae. Stems diffuse, pro- 

 cumbent, terete, h. Sin. 1862. 

 Herbaceous. (G.C. n.s.,x. p. 138.) 



M. Imbrlcans (imbricating), fl. 

 red, pedunculate. May to Octo- 

 ber. I. linear, obsoletely trique- 

 trous, smoothish, of a whitish- 

 glaucous colour, imbricately crowded at the top of the canescent 

 branches. Stems erect, shrubby. 1818. 



M. imbricatum (imbricated). A synonym of M. muUiflorum. 



M. inolaudena (never-closing).* fl. purplish-pink, scentless, always 

 open ; inner petals somewhat imbricated. June. I. dolabriform, 

 green, tipped with red. Branches red. h. lift. 1805. Evergreen 

 shrub. The flowers of this plant are useful for cutting purposes, 

 as they will last for several days. (A. B. B. 384.) 



M. introrsum (introrse). fl. on long, slender, terminal peduncles ; 

 calyx tube turbinately hemispheric, obscurely obtusely angled, 

 green ; limb of five spreading and recurved segments ; petals in 

 two series, very various in colour, white, fading to rose, or 

 ochreons or red. I. in distant pairs, somewhat recurved, semi- 

 terete, with very rounded sides, tipped with brown bristles, con- 

 nate at base, light green, fleshy. Sterna branched from the base. 

 South Africa, 1824. (B. M. 6057.) 



Mesembryanthemum continued. 



ff. microphyllum (small-leaved), fl. reddish, small, solitary, on 

 short peduncles. May. I. connate, triquetrous, acuminated, a 

 little awned, green, dotted, pustulate on the inside at the base. 

 Stems short, densely branched, decumbent. 1795. Shrub. 

 (M. A. S. 34, Fig. 2.) 



H. minimum (smallest). /. very pale yellow, almost white, soli- 

 tary, sessile, central. September to December, h. iin. 1776. 

 Plant stemless, obconical, glaucescent, herbaceous, with con- 

 fluent, rather branched, spots. 



559. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM MINUTUM. 



M. minutum (minute).* fl. long, tubular ; petals pale yellow in 

 the free part, spreading ; tube slender, Jin. long. September to 

 November. 1795. Plant stemless, obconical, glaucous, hardly 

 the size of a common bean, and without spots. Evergreen shrub. 

 See Fig. 559. (B. M. 1376.) 



M. molle (soft), fl. pale red, small, solitary, terminal. October. 

 I. spreading, turgidly triquetrous, firm, canescent, the margins 

 blunt, and lined with dots. Branches crowded, two-edged, 

 decumbent h, 1ft. 1774. Evergreen. 



M. multiflornm (many-flowered).* fl. white, panicled, numerous, 

 nearly lin. in diameter ; peduncles bracteate even to the calyx. 

 July. I. connate and sheathing at the base, glaucous, remote, 

 smooth, dotted, rather compressed, triquetrous. Stems and 

 branches erect sub-tetragonal, h. 2ft. to 3ft. 1792. Shrub. 

 SYN. M. imbricatum. (M. A. S. 37, Fig. 1.) There are three or 

 four varieties of this species, including minus, nitens, and patens. 



M. muricatum (muricated). fl. red, numerous, aggregate, small, 

 fragrant. May. I. crowded, deltoid, glaucous, and, as well as 

 the bracts and lobes of calyx, trifariously denticulated. Stem 

 erect, branched, h. IJft. 1731. Shrub. (M. A. S. 30, Fig. 3.) 



M. murinnm (mouse), fl. yellow, small, solitary, sessile. Sep- 

 tember. I. ciliately denticulated, three rows on each side, and 

 full of tubercular dots, with the margin and keel ciliately den- 

 ticulated at the apex. h. IJin. 1790. Plant almost stemless, 

 glaucous, herbaceous. (M. A. S. 5, Fig. 4.) 



FIG. 558. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM UNGU.EFORME. 



M. llngnaaforme (tongue-formed), fl. yellow, solitary, on very 

 short peduncles. March to November. L unequally tongue- 

 shaped, thick, green, keeled on one side. h. 6in. 1732. Plant 

 stemless, herbaceous. See Fig. 558. (M. A. S. 8, Fig. 8.) 



M. lupinum (wolf), fl. yellow; petals two or three-seriate. 

 Summer. I. glaucescent ; marginal ciliee very long and numerous. 

 Plant stemless. Very closely allied to, and perhaps only a variety 

 of, IS. felinum. (M. A. S. 5, Fig. 3.) 



M. micans (glittering), fl. usually brownish-scarlet, with a 

 golden-yellow centre, but varying in colour, pedunculate, liin. in 

 diameter. July and August I. sub-cylindric, and, as well as the 

 flower-stalks, covered with conspicuous glittering particles. Stem 

 erect h. 2ft to 3ft 1704. Evergreen shrub. (B. M. 448.) 



FIG. 560. LEAFY SHOOT AND INFLORESCENCE OF 

 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM MUTABILE. 



