The V E G E T'A B L E S Y S T E M. 
77 
HERBS. 
SERIES I. 
With United Chives. 
CLASS I. 
With ASSEMBLED TUBULATED Florets, fuKOunded by 
Rays. 
ORDER I. 
With the General Cup entire. 
GENUS I. 
FRENCH MARYGOLD*. 
T A G E T E S. 
Character of the Genus^ 
The Cup has five Ridges lengthwife, and fiv^e flight In- 
dentings at the Rim. 
Plate I y. Fig. oaab. 
I. SPREADING FRENCH MARYGOLD. 
Plate 15. Fig. i. Common French Marygold. 
Character of the Species. Tagetes patula. 
The Stalk is divided and fubdivided, into a multitude of 
fpreading Branches. 
Fig. I. aabh. 
C OMMON as this Plant is now ill our Gardens, it is a native of 
Mexico : we raife it in hot-beds in Spring, and it bears the free 
air afterwards. It is an Annual, a yard high, with dulky Leaves, and 
* The received Englifh names both of the Genera and Species of Plants, it muftbe 
owned, are often injudicious. This before us is an inftance: for the Plants are not of 
the Marygold kind; nor are they the produce of either France or Africa. It would be 
eafy to contrive better denominations : but, as the e are univerfally known, it appears 
more eligible to retain them. To prevent any i!l-ef?e£l; from this, the regular generical 
Latin name, will be always added at the head of the Genus ; and the received trivial 
Latin name to every Species. The trivial Englifh name where there is any fuch, 
will be alfo added in a peculiar charafter over the Latin. 
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