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P L A T E LVII.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM GLABRUM.
Sniooth-leaved annual Fig Marygold.
C L A S S XIL ORDER IV.
ICOSANDRIA PENTJGYNIA. Twenty Chives. ' Five Pointais.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX. Perianthium monophyllum, femiquinquefidum,
fuperum, patens, perfiflens.
COROLLA. Monopetala; pétala lanceolato-linearia,
numerofilTima, ferie multiplici nata,
calycé longiora, unguibus Iteviter connatis
in unum.
STAMINA. Filamenta numerofa,capillana, longitudine
calycis. Antherae incumbentes.
P I S T I L L Q M . Germen inferum, angulis quinqué,
obtuíis. Styli quinqué fepius, fubulati,
erefto-reflexi. Stigma ta fimpUcia.
P E R I C A R P I U M . Capfula carnofa, fubrotunda,
loculamentis numero ftylorum refpondentibus.
SEMINA plurima, fubrotunda.
EMPALEMENT. Cup one leaf, cut nearly half
way down into five divifions, above, fpreading,
and remaining.
BLOSSOM. One petal; petals linearly lancefliaped,
very numerous, riling in a number
of rows, longer tlian the cup, flightly joined
together by their claws.
CHIVES. Threads numerous, hair-like, the
length of the cup. Tips laying on the
threads.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud beneath, with five obtufe
angles. Shafts moftly five, awl-lhaped, upright,
and a little bent outwards. Summits
fimple.
SEED-VESSEL. A fiefhy capfule, nearly round,
the cells anfwering to the number of the
chives.
SEEDS many, nearly round.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Mefembryanthemum foliis amplexicaulibus, gla •
berrimis, fpa thulatis ; pedunculis longitudine
foliorum; calycibus hemifphoericis; corollis
luteis.
Fig Marygold with leaves embracing the ftcm,
veryfmooth, and fpatula-fliaped; the footftalks
the length of the leaves; cups hemifpherical;
blolToms yellow.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A Seed-bud; the Bloflbm, Cup and Chives, cut off, the Pointals remaining.
2. The fame, with the Cup and Chives.
As the extreme brilliancy of this plant cannot be done jufl:ice to in painting, we mufl: refi: fatisfied
with having done our beft; every perfon in the leaft acquainted with the art, muft know, that in
yellow the fliining colour exifting in nature cannot be retained in a drawing. This fpecies is annual,
and according to the Kew Catalogue, was introduced to the royal gardens by Mr . F. Maflbn in the
year 1787. The feeds ihould be fown on a hotbed in the month of February, and by the end of
Augufi: the plants will flower, and continue to bloffom till the end of Oiftober; never failing to perfed
their feeds.
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