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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Mesembryanthemnm continued. 



channelled, pale green, adult ones expanded. Stems shrubby, 

 erect, h. 2ft. 1819. (M. A. S. 44, Fig. 1.) 



M. Sutherland! (Sutherland's), fl. lilac, with a yellow centre, 

 2in. to 2iin. broad. Summer. I. oblong-lanceolate, recurved, 

 scaberulous at the edge. h. Sin. '1870. (B. M. 6299.) 



M. tenuifolium (slender-leaved), fl. copper-red, solitary ; pe- 

 duncles elongated, naked. June to September. I. semi-terete, 

 rather compressed, subulate, green, glabrous, longer than the 

 internodes. Stems shrubby, erectish. h. 1ft. 1700. (M. A. S. 

 46, Fig. 6.) 



FIG. 563. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM TESTICULATUM. 



M. testiculatum (testiculated). fl. yellow, nearly lin. in dia- 

 meter ; calyx six-cleft, with two leaf-bracts at base. November. 

 I. six to eight, white, smooth, rather erect, convex beneath, 

 flat above, h. liin. 1819. Plant stemless, shrubby. SYN. 

 X. octophyllnm. See Fig. 563. (B. M. 1573) 



FIG. 564. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM TIGRINUM. 



M. tlgrlnum (tiger), fl. yellow, expanding after noon, large, 

 central, sessile. September to November. I. stem-clasping, 

 ovate-cordate, expanded, marbled with white, flat above, ciliated 

 with long hairs, cartilaginously keeled at the apex. h. Sin. 1790. 

 Plant stemless, greenish, herbaceous. See Fig. 564. (B. R. 260 ; 

 M. A. S. 5, Fig. 1.) 



M. trlcolorum (three-coloured).* fl. large, shining, peduncu- 

 late ; petals straw-coloured, blood-coloured at the base. April. 

 I. exactly cylindrical, acute, green. Stems prostrate ; branches 

 distant. 1794. See Fig. 565. (M. A. S. 15, Fig. 7.) 



M. trnncatellum (truncate), fl. solitary, sessile ; calyx tube 

 sunk and tightly wedged between the two uppermost leaves, 

 the limb five or six-cleft, the lobes obtuse, tinged purple ; petals 

 straw-coloured, in two series; stamens numerous; anthers 

 yellow. October. I. very fleshy, broadly cuneate, connate to 

 above the middle ; back and face convex ; crown lunate, brown, 

 mottled, convex. 1795. Plant forming tufts of pale glaucous- 

 green, obconic, truncate, translucent, fleshy masses. (B. M. 6077.) 



Mesembryanthenram continued. 



M. uncinatum (hooked-leaved), fl. red, middle-sized, solitary. 

 August. I. connate, and sheathing at the base, rather decurrent, 

 green, dotted, triquetrous, furnished with two spines underneath 

 at the apex. Stems shrubby, erect, h. 1ft. to 2ft 1725. (M. A. S. 

 33, Fig. 3.) 



M. vaginatum (sheathed). /. white, small, panicled, numerous. 

 July. I. spreading, straight, remote, triquetrous, rather recurved 

 at the apex, and, as well as the sheaths, green and glabrous, but 

 with the angles rough near the top. Stems erect, bushy. A. lift. 

 1882. Shrub. (M. A. S. 36, Fig. 4.) 



M. varlabile (variable), fl. yellow, at length becoming reddish, 

 solitary, pedunculate, expanding in the morning. July. I. some- 

 what triquetrous, compressed, glaucous, scabrous. Stems shrubby, 

 effuse, rather decumbent, h. lift. 1796. (M. A. S. 46, Fig. 2.) 



Fia. 565. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM TRICOLORUM, showing Habit, 

 and Unopened and Fully-expanded Flowers. 



M. vlolaceum (violaceous).* /. flesh-coloured to violet, ex- 

 panding in the heat of the sun ; peduncles one-flowered, naked 

 or bracteate at the very base. June to October. I. tri- 

 quetrously semi-terete, rough from dots, acute, glaucous. Stems 

 shrubby, erect ; branches violaceous, expanded, h. 1ft. to 2ft. 

 1820. SYN. M. polyphyllum. (M. A. S. 48, Fig. 3.) 

 M. Vlrldlflomm (green-flowered). /. greenish; petals very 

 narrow ; calyx hairy. July to November. I. semi-terete, beset 

 with papulose hairs. Branches diffuse, h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1774. 

 Shrub. (B. M. 326.) 



M. vlttatum (striped), fl. bright shining yellow, paler on the 

 back, with a narrow red line down the centre on both sides ; 

 peduncle one-flowered, bibracteate at the base. November. 

 I. connate at the base, erect, lanceolate, acute, mucronate. Plant 

 sub-acaulescent, caespitose, forming dense tufts, liin. to 2in. high. 

 1877. 



MESEMBRYEJE. A tribe of Ficoideas. 

 MESOCHL2ENA. Included under Didymochlcena. 

 MESOCLASTES. A synonym of Luisia (which 

 see). 



MESOSPINIDIUM. Now included, by Bentham 

 and Hooker, under Odontoglosstuii (which see). 



MESPILUS (from the old Greek name Mespilos, used 

 by Theophrastus). Medlar. OED. Rosacece. A small 

 genus of hardy deciduous trees, now included, by Bentham 

 and Hooker, under Pyrus. Flowers large, nearly sessile 

 usually solitary ; petals nearly orbicular. Pome turbi- 

 nate, open, five-celled. Leaves undivided, shortly stalked, 

 lanceolate or oblong, slightly toothed or lobed. For 

 culture, &c., see Medlar. 

 M. acuminata (acuminate). A synonym of Cotoneaster acu- 



minata. 



M. Amclanchier (Amelanchier). A' synonym of Amelanchier 

 vulgaris. Frequently met with in gardens under the name of 

 Snowy Mespilus. 



M. Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster). A synonym of Cotoneaster mil- 

 garis. 



