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CoREOPSIS CORONATA. CROWNED CoREOPSIS. 
KEKE KEE EK KEKE ERE EEE EK 
Class and Order. 
SyYNGENESIA F'RUSTRANEA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirs. ) 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum paleaceum. Semina compressa, emargi- 
nata. Pappus bicornis. Calyx duplex uterque poly- 
phyllus. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Coreopsis coronata; annua, caule erecto debili flexuoso 
glabro, foliis spathulatis integris vel ternatim-pinna- 
timve-sectis integerrimis flaccidis basi ciliatis, infimis 
longé petiolatis, pedunculis elongatis, involucro inte- 
riore piloso, radii corollis profundé quadrifidis coroua 
macularum atro-sanguinea, achenio bi- tripaleaceo. 
Seeds of this beautiful Corzopsis, gathered in Texas, were 
received from Mr. Drummonp in the spring of 1835, and the 
plants raised from them blossomed copiously in the summer 
and autumn, those in the open air continuing to display their 
handsome flowers, remarkable for the circle of brown spots 
placed at a distance from the disk, till October, when they 
were cut off by the frost. Those sheltered in a frame 
continued much longer in perfection. Only one specimen, 
exactly corresponding with this, is found in Mr. DruMMonp’s 
Mexican Herbarium, from which it may be inferred that the 
flowering season was passed when he discovered it. 
Descr. Root annual, small, and subfusiform. Stem erect, 
but weak and flexuose, a foot to a foot and a half or two 
feet long. Leaves opposite, in remote pairs, spathulate, 
tapering much at the base, undivided, or cut in a pinnated 
- Manner into two, three, or tive segments, the ultimate lobe 
or pinnule the largest, the lower ones into long scare 
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