MESEMBRYANTHEMUM aloidesHaw. [family AIZOACEAE], Suppl. 88;—DC. l. c. Salm Dyck l. c. fasc. 3. f. 1.
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stemless or nearly so; leaves erecto-patent, entire, semiterete, green, white-dotted, acute upwards, rather concave above, carinately triquetrous and mucronate at the apex; flowers sessile; calyx 5-cleft. Old plant tufted. Root fleshy, fusiform. Leaves 6–8, connate at the base, 2 inches long, and at the base 4 lines wide. Flowers 1 inch in diameter. Calyx turbinate, lobes equal in length, 3 of them membranaceous on the margins. Petals in one series. Stamens erect. Styles 10.