C 3828 ) 
HymMeEnoxys CALIFORNICA. CALIFORNIAN 
HyMENOXYS. 
Class and Order. 
SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz.—SENECIONIDES. ) 
Generic Character. 
Capitulum multiflorum discoideum, homogamum seu 
ligulis 8—10 uniserialibus fcemineis, fl. disci hermaphro- 
ditis tubulosis 5-dentatis. Involucrum biseriale, squamis 
rigidulis adpressis, interioribus longioribus. Receptaculum 
conicum e paleaceum alveolatum, glandulis parvis subonus- 
tum. Stylus disci ramis apice truncatis barbellatis. Ache- 
nia conformia turbinata villis sericeis erectis villosissima. 
Pappus paleaceus, paleis 5—8 inzqualibus membranaceis 
ovali-lanceolatis aristato-acuminatis erectis.—Herbz Amer- 
cane erecta ramose glabriuscule, trite odorem Anthemi- 
dearum spirantes. Folia alterna aut in eodem caule rarius 
opposita, in lobos lineares multipartita et Schkuhrie aut 
Achyropappi e@mula. Rami apice nudi pedunculiformes. 
Corolle lutee. DC. 
Specific Name and Character 
Hymenoxys * Californica; annua erecta gracilis, foliis line- 
ari-pinnatifidis glaberrimis, pedunculis filiformibus mo- 
nocephalis, involucri squamis subuniserialibus, pappi 
squamis 5 subulatis ineequalibus serratis. _ 
z — 
For this pretty annual I am indebted to Mr. Moore, who 
raised it at the Glasnevin mS Garden, from Californian — 
* So called by Cassin1 from the nature of the scales of the POPP. 
vpur, a membrance, and cfvs, sharp. a 
