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STENACTIS* speciosa 



Shewy Stenactis. 







SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



Nat. ord. Composite Juss. § Astereee. {Introduction to the natural 

 system of Botany, p. 197.) £ 



STENACTIS Cass. — Capitulum radiatum, radio foemineo ssep6 bi- vel 

 pluriseriali, ligulis angustis linearibus discoque hermaphrodito fertilibus. 

 Involucri subhemispheerici foliolis 2-3-serialibus, imbricatis, subcequalibus, 

 angustis, subfoliaceis, rigidulis. Receptaculum planum, v. convexum, ver- 

 ruculoso-punctatum. Pappus duplex : exterior brevis paleaceus, paleolis 

 angustis; interior uniserialis, radiis distantibus, subeequalibus, filiformibus, 

 serrulato-scabris, deciduis. Neesgen. et sp. aster, p. 273. term, quibusd. mut. 



S. speciosa; caule erecto apice corymboso multifloro glabro, foliis ciliatis 

 acutis integerrimis : radicalibus spatulatis caulinis ovato-lanceolatis sub- 

 amplexicaulibus, radio involucro dupli> longiore. 



Perennis. Caules erecti, sulcati, glabri, 2-pedales, corymboso-ramosi, 

 latt virides. Folia ciliata, acuta, glabra, atroviridia, integerrima ; radi- 

 calia spatulata, in petiolum longum angustata ; caulina omnia sessilia : su- 

 periora acuminata. Hamuli monocephali. Capitula magna, speciosa, in 

 pedunculos longos pilosos nudos insidentia. Involucrum hispido-ciliatum, 

 hemisphcericum, ligulis ferl 3-plb brevius, subbiseriale : foliolis subulatis 

 creberrimis. Ligulse circiter 120, atroviolacea, obtusce, indivisce, v. apice 

 denticulate. Discus intenst luteus. 







A hardy perennial, native of California, whence it has 

 been sent by Mr. Douglas to the Horticultural Society. It 

 is very shewy, and flowers from July to October. It 

 increases freely by parting its roots; and it also produces 

 seeds abundantly. 



Although a perennial, this may also be treated as an 

 annual; for seedlings flower early enough the very first 





* Apparently from rro*Z>, to sigh ; if so, the application is unknown to 

 u s. Could the author of the name have had in view what his countrywomen 

 call couleur de soupir ? 



