wep aed 
Grropocon GLapruM.. SMooTH GERO- 
POGON, or OLp-Man’s-BEarb. 
sieledidbafesesledbdesle estaba de 
Cla/s and Order. 
-SYNGENESIA PoLYGAMIA ALQUALIS. 
_ Generic darieer. 
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Recept. ferele-paleaccan. Cal. fimplex. Sem, difci pappo plu- 2 
mofo ; radii §-ariftato, 
Specific Charaéler and Synonyms. 
GEROPOGON glabrum foliis glabris. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2. 
rem LO Al. ROW. U. 3 P. 140. 4 
TRAGOPOGON 
J gramineo folio, glabrum, flore dilute incar- : 
nato, Raii Suppl. 149. : oe 
-Moft Botanifts have feen, and are acquainted with, the Tra- 
gopogon, few have had an opportunity of obferving the Geropo- 
gon, which is here introduced more on account of its being a 
rare and curious than an ornamental plant. ee 
It is an annual, rifing with a fmooth ftem and leaves to about 
the height of a foot, its flowers are flefh-coloured, and expand — 
only when the fun fhines on them; they are quickly followed 
by feeds, deferving of notice for their ftru€ture, and as form-_ 
ing the chief diftinétion betwixt it and the Tragopogon. 2 
__ Isa native of Italy, flowers in July and Auguft, and was 
cultivated by Mr. Mitrerini759. Ait.Kew. 
__ No difficulty attends its culture; its feeds, which muft t 
timely gathered when ripe, fhould be fown in the {prii 
where it is intended that the plants fhall flower, 
