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Mesexnbryauthemnm continued. 



M. mutablle (changeable), fl. reddish, solitary, on short pedicels. 

 July to September. I. nearly distinct, crowded, triquetrous, 

 dotted, with a cartilaginous, entire keel. Stems shrubby, erect, 

 branched, two-edged, h. lift 1792. Shrub. SYN. M. glaudnum. 

 See Fig. 560. (M. A. S. 21, Fig. 3.) 



ML noblle (noble), fl. yellow, scentless, large, sessile, opening 

 before midday, bibracteate at the base. July. I. coarsely and 

 triquetrously clavate, obtuse, somewhat recurved, rather concave 

 above, marked by large elevated tubercles, h. liin. 1822. Plant 

 rather caulescent, herbaceous. (M. A. S. 4, Fig. 1.) 



M. obcordellum (reversed-heart-shaped). /. whitish, small,* 

 sessile. June. h. liin. 1794. Plant stemless, obconical, 

 glaucescent, with confluent branched dots. Evergreen shrub 

 (B. M. 1647.) 



M. octophyllum (eight-leaved). A synonym of M. testiculatum. 



M. patnlnm (spreading), fl. pale red, solitary, pedunculate. 

 June. I. compressed, triquetrous, very glaucous, attenuated at 

 both ends, acinaciform. Stems suffruticose, erect, h. lift. There 

 are several varieties of this species. 



M. polyanthum (many-flowered), fl. pale red, .small, very 

 numerous, panicled. August. I. small, glaucous, triquetrous, 

 scabrous. Branches flexuous, crowded ; bark on young stems 

 rufous, h. 1ft. to lift. 1803. Shrub. 



M. polyphyllum (many-leaved). A synonym of M. violaceum. 



Mesembrya: 



-continued. 



FIG. 561. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM POMERIDUNUM, showing 

 Habit and detached Flower. 



M. pomeridiannm (afternoon). /. yellow, large, expanding 

 after midday, solitary, on axillary, very long, hairy peduncles. 

 July. I. broad-lanceolate, flat, smooth, ciliated, nearly distinct. 

 Stems hairy, terete, branched, h. 1ft. 1774. A very pretty 

 hardy annual. See Fig. 561. (B. M. 540 ; M. A. S. 65, Fig. 1.) 



M. pugioniforme (dagger-formed), fl. pale yellow, large ; 

 peduncles bracteate. July to September. I. alternate, crowded 

 at the tips of the branches, glaucous, triquetrous. Stems erectish, 

 suffruticose ; branches few, terete, decumbent, h. 1ft. 1714. 

 Shrub. See Fig. 562. (M. A. S. 16, Fig. 4.) 



M. purpureo-album (purple and white).* /. showy; petals 

 white, polished, naked, with a broad dark purple line ; peduncles 

 filiform. August. 1. green, triquetrously semi-cylindrical, full 

 of little dots ; upper ones crowded. Branches short, angular, 

 prostrate, furrowed, yellowish. 1824. Shrub. (M. A. S. 15, 

 Fig. 3.) 



M. retrofleznm (reflexed). A synonym of M. elegans. 



M. Rossii (Ross 1 ). /. white at base, deep purple above, 

 solitary, terminal, large, showy. Summer. I. acinacifonn, or 

 compressedly triquetrous, glaucescent, with red, smooth, cartila- 

 inous edges. Stems decumbently prostrate. 1820. Shrub. 

 . A. S. 19, Fig. 2.) 



M. rostratum (beaked), fl. yellow, expanding in the sun, soli- 

 tary, pedunculate ; bracts two, longer than the scape, h. 3in. 

 1742. Plant stemless, herbaceous. (M. A. S. 3, Fig. 7.) 



M. rubrocinctum (red-girded). A synonym of M. aeinaci- 

 forme. 



VL Salmil (Salm-Dyck's). /. yellow, large, sessile. September 

 to November. I. decussate, semi-cylindrical, attenuate and 

 acute at the apex, or oblique and bluntish. h. 6in. 1820. 

 Plant nearly stemless, herbaceous. (M. A. S. 7, Fig. 8.) 



M. serratulttm (serrate). /. yellow, with purple lines, ternately 

 disposed, solitary. November and December. I. sub-connate, 

 triquetrous, subulate, elongate, dotted, serrated at the angles or 

 only at the keel, and rather glaucous, usually longer than the 

 internodes, with the margins minutely serrulated, but hardly 



gin 

 (M. 



cartilaginous. Stems shrubby, when young erect ; branches 

 erectly decumbent 1795. 



9L setnliferum (bristly), fl. bright violaceous, solitary in the 

 forkings of the branches ; peduncle slender, liin. to 2in. long. 

 June. I. usually rather distant, sub-cylindrical, blunt, covered 

 with setuliferous papillae, ending in a tuft of from seven to 

 sixteen flexuose, white, radiating hairs. Stems branching dif- 

 fnsely ; branches procumbent, 1ft. or more long. 1876. Shrub. 



FIG. 562. MESEMBRYAXTHEMUM PUGIOMFORME, showing 

 Flowering Branch and Immature Capsule. 



M. spectabile (showy).* /. of a beautiful red, 2in. in diameter. 

 May to August. I. glaucous, triquetrous, and, as well as the 

 branches, crowded. Stems rather dwarf; floriferous ones 

 ascending or erect, h. 1ft. 1787. Shrub. (B. M. 396 ; M. A. S. 

 27, Fig. 3.) 



M. stelligerum (star-bearing). A synonym of if. barbatum. 



M. stipulaceum (stipuled). ft. light red, paler on the under side, 

 2in. ui diameter, solitary. May. I. teretely triquetrous, long, 

 subulate, incurved, glaucous, full of pellucid dots, margined at 

 the base. Stems shrubby, and, as well as the branches, erect. 

 A. 1ft. 1723. (M. A. S. 40, Fig. 3.) 



M. striatum (striped), fl. reddish, with a deeper-coloured line 

 in the middle, expanding" before noon ; peduncles hispid. May to 

 October. I. semi-cylindrical, subulate, papulose. Stems erect. 

 fc.9in. 1727. Shrub. (M. A. S. 51, Fig. 1.) 



M. subulatum (subulate), fl., petals white, with a purple mid- 

 rib, solitary, pedicellate. June. I. rather glaucous, triquetrously 

 subulate, denticulated at the apex. Stems branched. Plant 

 herbaceous. 



M. snlcatum (furrowed). /. white, spotted with rose, middle- 

 sized, solitary. August. L crowded, linear-subulate, semi-terete, 



