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-PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA. ‘'TANSY-LEAVED 
PuaAcELIA. 
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Class and Order. 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Hyproruytes. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Corolla decidua. Ovarium ovoideo-globosum, piloso- 
hispidum. Placente \ineares, sepius dorso parietibus ova- 
rii adnate, biovulate. Capsula dissepimentis subcompletis 
pseudo-bilocularis—Herbe annue vel perennes, erecteé vel 
diffuse. Flores racemost, densi, sessiles, vel laxi peduncu- 
lati, cymis unilateralibus simplicibus vel dichotomis. Benth. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Puaceuia tanacetifolia ; scabro-hispida, foliis equaliter pin- 
natis, pinnis pinnatifidis segmentis ovatis inciso-denta- 
tis, spicis densis circinnatis corymbosis, calycis laciniis 
linearibus patenti-hispidis, staminibus exsertis. 
Puacexia tanacetifolia. Benth. in Linn. Trans. N.S. 2. 1. 
p. 479. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1696. : 
An inhabitant of California, whence its seeds were sent by 
Mr. Dove as to the Horticultural Society of London. It is 
a species in some respects approaching my Puacetta con- 
gesta (Bot. Mag. t. 3452) discovered by Mr. DrumMonp in 
Texas almost at the same time that the present species was 
detected on the Pacific side of North America. But besides 
the difference in foliage, the present species has the flowers 
much more spicate, of a more purplish colour, and less 
vivid hue: still it is a most desirable addition to our hardy 
annual plants: flowering in June and July. 
Descr. Stem erect, but weak, rounded, branched, it 
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