PLATE 



DLXXX. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM 



ACINACIFORMK 



Scimitar-leaved Mesembry anthemum . 



CLASS XII. 



ORDER IV. 



ICOSANDRU PENTAGYN1J. Twenty Chives 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Five Pointals 



valde nuraerosa, linearia, bast cohae- 



reutia 



the 



base. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Mesfmbktanthemum folds acinaciformibus 



floribus araplissirais, laete purpureis. 

 Dilienii Hortus Ellhamensis, tab. CCXI. 



Fig-marvgold with scimitar-shaped leaves: 

 flowers very large, and of a bright purple 

 colour. 







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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



. The empalement, seed-bud, and pointals 



TH.OUOHOUT this extensive tribe of plants, this is the most splendid species of Mesembryanthemum 

 we are at present acquainted with j and althongh an old plant in the gardens, it is quite a rarity to 

 meet with it in flower. Our specimen is from the collection of Mr. Trimmer, of Kew Bridge, whose 

 method of forcing it into bloom may be worth the attention of cultivators. It is by training it up 

 against the glas* and watering it very sparingly > indeed, so little water is requisite for many of the 

 succulent plants, that we have seen them thrive very well without any, except what they absorb from- 

 the humidity of the atmosphere in the descending dews. 





