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Coreopsis Verticil lata. Whorled 

 Coreopsis. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Syngenesia Polyoamia Frustranea. 



Generic Character. 



Receptaculum paleaceum. Pappus bicornis. Calyx ere&us, 

 polyphyllus, ban radiis patentibus cinc\us. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



COREOPSIS verticillata foliis decompofito-linearibus. Linn. 

 Syji. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 782. 



COREOPSIS foliis verticillatis linearibus multifidis. Gronov. 

 Fl. Virgin, p. 131. 



DELPHINII vel mei foliis planta ad nodos pofitis caule fin- 

 gulari. €layt. n. 308. 



The Coreopfis verticillata is a hardy, perennial, herbaceous 

 plant, a native of North-America; producing its bloffoms, 

 which are uncommonly fhewy, from July to October, and i $ 

 readily propagated by parting its roots in Autumn. 



It grows to a great height, and is therefore rather adapted 

 to the Ihrubbery than the flower-garden. 



Clayton remarks, that the petals, though of a yello^ 

 colour, are ufed by the inhabitants to dye cloth red. 



