PLATE LVII.
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM GLABRUM.
Smooth-leaved annual Fig Marygold.
CLASS XII. ORDER IV.
ICOSANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. Twenty Chives. Five Pointals.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calyx. Perianthium monophyllum, semiquinquesidum, superum, patens, persistens.
Corolla. Monopetala; petala lanceolato-linearia, numerosissima, serie multiplici nata, calyce longiora, unguibus læviter connatis in unum.
Stamina. Filamenta numerosa, capillaria, longitudine calycis. Antheræ incumbentes.