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COREOPSIS SENIFOLIA. S1x-LEAVED Co- 
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Class and Order. 
SYNGENESIA F'RUSTRANEA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum paleaceum, Achenium compressum, emar- 
ginatum. Pappus bicornis (quandoque obsoletus). Invo- 
lucrum duplex, utrumque polyphyllum. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Coreopsis senifolia ; perennis, erecta, foliis oppositis sessi- 
libus ad basin usque tripartitis laciniis lanceolatis 
integerrimis rigidiusculis, floralibus plerumque indi- 
visis, radii flosculis integerrimis. 
Coreopsis senifolia. Mich. Am. v. 2. p.138. Willd. Sp. 
Pl. v. 3. p. 2054. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 568. Ell. 
Carol. v. 2. p. 433. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 614. 
A native of Carolina and Georgia, and introduced to our 
gardens by Mr. Joun Lyon, in 1812. Notwithstanding 
that it is peculiar to the Southern States of North America, 
where the summer heats are excessively great, it flourishes 
well in the open air, with us, even in Scotland ; flowering 
in the latter end of the sammer and autumn. _ It is readily 
distinguished by its leaves being oppoaite. and each deeply 
three-partite, the segments generally spreading ; so that it 
appears as if there was, at every joint, a whorl of six leaves, 
whence the specific name. The species is certainly very 
variable in the breadth of the segments of its leaves, and 
in the whole plant being more or less downy, or quite gla- 
brous: hence, as it appears to me, Nurratt has lately 
al constituted 
