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Mesembryanthemum (To the species described on pp)

To the species described on pp. 355-60, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

M. Brownii (Brown's). fl. at first brilliant lustrous purple, fading into ochreous or reddish-yellow, 1in. to 1 1/4in. in diameter, solitary or in threes at the ends of the branches; calyx tube short, turbinate; petals in several series, very narrowly spathulate, the lip obtuse, retuse, or notched. July. l. six to eight lines long, terete, acute, pale glaucous-green; youngest ones obscurely triquetrous or semi-terete. Branches slender. h. 1ft. South Africa. (B. M. 6985.) SYN. M. micans, of gardens.

M. micans (glittering), of gardens. A synonym of M. Brownii.