Volume V Part 4 (1/2)

_Generic Character._

_Receptaculum_ paleaceum. _Pappus_ bicornis. _Calyx_ erectus, polyphyllus, basi radiis patentibus cinctus.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

COREOPSIS _verticillata_ foliis decomposito-linearibus. _Linn. Syst.

Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 782._

COREOPSIS foliis verticillatis linearibus multifidis. _Gronov. Fl.

Virgin. p. 131._

DELPHINII vel mei foliis planta ad nodos positis caule singulari.

_Clayt. n. 308._

[Ill.u.s.tration: No 156]

The _Coreopsis verticillata_ is a hardy, perennial, herbaceous plant, a native of North-America; producing its blossoms, which are uncommonly shewy, from July to October, and is readily propagated by parting its roots in Autumn.

It grows to a great height, and is therefore rather adapted to the shrubbery than the flower-garden.

CLAYTON remarks, that the petals, though of a yellow colour, are used by the inhabitants to dye cloth red.

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HYACINTHUS BOTRYOIDES. GRAPE HYACINTH.

_Cla.s.s and Order._

HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cor._ campanulata: _Pori_ 3 melliferi germinis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

HYACINTHUS _botryoides_ corollis globosis uniformibus, foliis ca.n.a.liculato-cylindricis strictis. _Linn. Syst. Veget. ed. 14.

Murr. p. 336._ _Aiton Hort. Kew. v. 1. p. 459._

HYACINTHUS _racemosus_ caeruleus major. _Bauh. Pin. 42._

HYACINTHUS Botroides caeruleus amoenus. The skie-coloured grape-flower.

_Park. Par. p. 114. p. 113. f. 5._