PLATE LVII. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM GLABRUM. 



Smooth-leaved annual Fig Mary gold. 



CLASS XII. ORDER IV. 

 1C0SANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Twenty Chives. Five Pointals. 



GENERIC C 



Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, femiquin- 

 quefidum, fuperum, patens, perliftens. 



Cokolla. Monopetala; petala lanceolato-line- 

 aria, numerofiffima, ferie multiplici nata, 

 calvce longiora, unguibus laeviter connatis 

 in unum. 



Stamina. Filamenta numerofa,capillaria, longi- 

 tudine calycis. Antherse incumbentes. 



Pistillum. Germen inferum, angulis quinqne, 

 obtufis. Styli quinque faepius, fubulati, 

 erefto-reflexi. Stigmata fimplicia. 



Pericarpium. Capfula carnofa, fnbrotnnda, 

 loculamentis numero ftylorum refpondenti- 

 bus. 



Semika plurima, fubrotunda. 



HARACTER. 



Empalement. Cup one leaf, cut nearly half 

 way down into five divisions, above, fpread- 

 ing, and remaining. 



Blossom. One petal; petals linearly lance- 

 fhaped, very numerous, riling in a number 

 of rows, longer than the cup, llightly joined 

 together by their claws. 



Chives. Threads numerous, hair-like, the 

 length of the cup. Tips laying on the 

 threads. 



Poixtal. Seed-bud beneath, with five obtufe 

 angles. Shafts moftly five, awl-ihaped, up- 

 right, 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, fpathulatis; pedunculislongitudine 

 foliorum; calycibus hemifphaericis; corollis 

 luteis. 



Fig Marygold with leaves embracing the lira, 

 veryfmooth, and fpatula-fhaped; the foot- 

 llalks the length of the leaves; cups hemi- 

 fpherical; blollbins yellow. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Seed-bud; the Rlolfom, Cup and Chives, cut off, the Pointals remaining. 



2. The fame, with the Cup and Chives. 



As the extreme brilliancy of this plant cannot Jbe done juftice to in painting, we muft reft fatisfied 

 with having done our belt; every perfon in the leaft acquainted with the art, muft know, that in 

 yellow the iliining 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 fhould be fawn on a hotbed in the month of February, and by the end of 

 Auguft the plants will flower, and continue to bloflbm till the end of October; never failing to perfect 

 their feeds. 



