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P L A T E DLXXX.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM ACINACIFORME.
Scimitar-leaved Mesemhryanthemum.
CLASS XIL ORDER IV.
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
Pé t a l a valde numerosa, linearía, basi cohae-
Tentia.
Pe t a l s very numerous, linear, cohering at the
base.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Mesembhyanthemum fol'iis acinaciformibus :
Fig-makygold with scimitar-shaped leaves:
floribus amplissimis, laetè purpuréis.
Billenii Hortus Elthamensis, tab. CCXI.
flowers very large, and of a bright purple
colour.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE,
The empalement,, seed-bud, and pointals.
T h s o c g h o u t this extensive tribe of plants, this is the most splendid species of MesembryanthemunL
we are at present acquainted with; and although 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
m e t h o d o f f o r c i n g it into bloom may be worth the attention of cultivators. It i^ by training it up
against the glass, and watering it very sparingly j. indeed, so little water is requisite for many of the
succulent plants, that we have seen them thrive very weU without any, except what they absorb-fro®
the humidity of the atmosphere in the descending dews.
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