The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 10 / Or, Flower-Garden Displayed

by William Curtis

Class and Order.

Icosandria Pentagynia.

Generic Character.

Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerosa linearia. Caps. carnosa infera polysperma.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM viridiflorum foliis semicylindraceis papuloso-pilosis, calycibus quinquefidis hirsutis. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 196. Haworth Mesemb. p. 199. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. p. 848.

N^o. 326

Of the seventy species of Mesembryanthemum described in the Hortus Kewensis, this is the only one with green flowers.

Mr. Masson introduced it from the Cape in 1774.