_ Monograph on this genus. 
[ 23% 4 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM MINUTUM. LINY 
Fic-MARIGOLD. 
eR EE EEE RE IE a a 
Cla/s and Order. 
IcosaNDRIA PENTAGYNIA.’ 
Generic Charafer. 
Cal. 5-fidus. Petala numerofa, linearia, bafi coherentia, 
Cap/. turbinata, carnofa, infera, poly{perma. 
Specific CharaGfer and Synonyms. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM wminutum ; acaule, fubglobofum, 
| saat 4 apice concavo floriferum, co- 
~ rolla infundibuliformi. 
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM wiinutum ; (acaule, obconicum, 
2 -floribus fefilibus) lave glaucum 
- immaculatum, petalis late rubi-— 
cundis. Haworth Mefemb, p. 
126. Mifc. Nat. p. 1. 
The petals in this genus for the moft part flightly cohere at 
the bafe ; in fome they form a fhort tube ; but in this {pecies 
they unite into a tube above a quarter of an inch in length, 
narrowing downwards fo as to give the corolla fomewhat the 
form of a funnel. The plant confifts of a congeries of flefhy 
knobs, roundifh, hollowed at the apex. From the centre of 
this depreffion the flower is produced. " Haworrs confiders _ 
thefe button-like fubftances as the leaves, WiLLDENOW, ina 
nearly-related {pecies (minimum) as the ftems. The former of 
courle chara@terizes it as acaule or ftemlefs, the latter would 
 Callit aphylium or leaflefs. 
. What renders this elegant little vegetable the more acceptable 
is, that it produces its lively flowers from the middle of Novem- 
ber to near Chriftmas. 
Our fpecimen was kindly communicated by Mr. Hawortn, 
from his very extenfive colle@ion at Little Chelfea. This — 
adds to the value of our figure, from the certainty of its re- 
_ prefenting the plant intended by the intelligent author of the 
__ Native of the Cape of Good oe 
_ fended from froft, and, after it has done flo ering, to be kept 
| without water during the reft of the \ 
Hope. 
equires to be de- 
