ME S EMB RYANTHEMUM C RYP TANT RUM.
LReeve & C? London.
1 6 . F icoidejb (Fig-Marigold Family).
Mesembryanthemum, L k n .
*M. eryp-t«» thum, Hk. f.—This most singular native plant
ries win® young a bright green succulent mass, changing to
^ ■: it gate and finally drying up, as the hot weather apsfei
s ies, in the months of November and Decómber. I t grows on
; ottest paste, in the mopt barren, arid, rocky soil near to the sea,
?i! ivij n eigh lx-wb ood of Sandy Bay beach and Turk’s Cap Bay, and •
If i f be Ms«i with generally on thè Southern and Eastern outskirts
■ ¿he Island Tiw young plants appear afte'r the winter rains in
it iae ahd. ,i ol y. and soon put forth their somewhat concealed white
; ¡vers. A single plant seldom spreads more than fifteen inches in
• meter, and on! v reaches one or two inches in height. The plant
so.very succulent that it will not support its own ’weight when
;ld up from the ground, and water is seen to drop from it when
imply carried in the hand without any pressure. P l a t e 26. I t is
also fignpffld and described in Hk. Icon. Plant. 1684.
5P. lii «marginatum, Linn.—Brilliant purple-flowered Mesem-
bryanri,*-’j ’ growing almost wild in some places oh the-high exposed
1 ¿¡re it attains to a small shrubby bush. When in
blossom tete at presents one bright mass of purple, which for
several m:®. * i4*wtt is a most conspicuous object.—Hab. Cape of
ti I t . c i f “.¿iliaum, Linn.—The Ice plant grows wild, and is
; f-i"v talBHli' I', tlnmg h confined to thè Northern side of the Island,
frisili; Ladder tti il, Half-tree Hollow, &c. C. Alt. 1'2 ; seeds freely.-—
i | Greece- »■ Gpt: of Good Hope, Canary Islands, &c.
61 M. «Étete. Linn.—The Hottentot Fig grows wild, andvis very
common j tewteiste the Eastern portion of Longwood Farm, it overruns
c o - i s * tracts of land. M., Alt. ‘I to 4. The fruit does
not com-.- '.,-r.,‘‘:..‘--'aon as it does at the Cape of Good, Hope.—-Hab.
Cape of
62. IK. Linn.—Quite a weed, bearing a small bright
pink s t i i r - L - ' v s wild, and is very common generally in the
Inland. Ivf ■ «gpi^ Cap© of Good' Hope.
fto M . t|g , i -age-flowered Mesembryanthemum, cultivated
iffrdons. All’- ;rt' Bather rare.