Mr. Haworth's Seventh Decade of new Succulent Plants. 327 



Mesembryanthemum, and exhausts for the present my stock 

 of novelty in that vast and polymorphous genus ; which seems 

 in a fair way of rivalling, at least in number, as I have already 

 observed to you, the more extensively discovered Heaths. 



The species of Mesembryanthemum here described, are all 

 now flourishing in our inexhaustible source of novelty, the 

 royal gardens of Kew, save one; and were all, save that one, 

 (which is in my own collection, and one other from New Hol- 

 land) collected in the distant regions of South Africa, by our 

 old and skilful friend Mr. Bowie ; who transmitted them safely 

 to those rich gardens, and where I have been graciously per- 

 mitted to describe them. 



Hoping the communication may be acceptable to your bo- 

 tanical readers, I remain, yours, &c. 



Chelsea, Nov. 1, 1826. A. H. Haworth. 



Classis et Ordo. Icosandria Pentagynia. 



Qenus, Mesembryanthemum Auctorum. 



Sectio, Ringentia Nob. in Philos. Mag. Aug. 1824, &c. 



musculinum. M. (small, trailing, Mouse Chop) foliorum capi- 



1. tatorum marginibus carinaque subunidentigeris, ramis 

 prostratis subsemipedalibus. 



Florebat in regio horto Jul. &c. 1826. G. H. % . s. \ . 



Obs. Facies M. murini, sed in ramis prostratis mi- 

 rabiliter differt, necnon in punctis albis majoribus cre- 

 brioribus, dentibusque paucioribus foliorum duplo 

 minorum. Forte magis affine M. erminino Nob. in 

 Philos. Mag. nihilominus ambobus longissime dif- 

 fert in petalis lineam latis, nee capillaceis. Flo? , es 

 saepe subpedunculati (antemeridiani?) vix unciales 

 omnino inodori. Calyx 5-phyllus turbinatus, foliolis 

 aequalibus, margine omni submembranaceo. Corolla 

 flava petalis superne purpurascentibus. Stamina pau- 

 cula exigua, basi ad lentem pubescentia, petalis mul- 

 toties breviora lutea, uti antherce. Styli 5 stellatim re- 

 curvi, antheris longe superantes. Germen 5-loculare. 



In sectione hac dignoscitur primo intuitu, ramulis 

 sarmentiformibus. — An ab aestu nimis elongatum ? 

 Vix ; enim abunde florebat. Pone M. ermininum lo- 

 carem, ante M. murinum. 



Sectio, Linguiformia, acaulia, foliis linguiformibus, 

 &c. Nob. in Revis. Succ. 93. 



grandiflorum. M. (great-blistered broad-leaved) foliis praslate 



2. linguiformibus 



