C 740 ] 



Tagetes Lucida. Sweet-Scented 

 Tagetes, or Chili Marigold. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua. 



Generic Charatler. 



Recept. nudum. Pappus ariftis 5 ereclis. Cat. l-phyllus, 

 5-dentatus, tubulofus. Flofculi radii 4, perfiftentes. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms, 



TAGETES lucida ,• foliis fimplicibus connatis ovatis argute 



ferratis ciliatis. Cavan. Icon. 264. v. 3. n. 289. 

 TAGETES lucida. Bot. Repof. t. 359. 



A native of Chili ; of the greater value as, contrary to its 

 more gaudy congeners, it has an agreeable fmcll. This plant 

 has been accurately defcribed by Cavan illes from the 

 Madrid garden, whence it was introduced into this country. 

 This author does not notice that the leaves are full of pellucid 

 points, giving them an appearance as if perforated when held 

 up to the light ; but this circumftance is common to fome other 

 fpecies of Tagetes. He defcribes the pappus as confiding of 

 ufually five unequal ariftae, but there are in fad but two, which 

 are equal, fomewhat divaricate upwards, about one-third the 

 length of the feed, minutely jagged on the outfide ; Except 

 thefe, we could obferve only the mere remains of the tube of 

 the floret. The number of the ariftae mull be therefore lefs 

 limited in the generic character or this mult be feparated from 

 the genus. 



Our drawing was made at Meffrs. Grim wood and Wykes's. 

 The root is perennial and may be increafed by parting, or 

 frefh plants may be raifed from feeds, which it produces 

 freely. Is fufficiently hardy to refill moderate froft, but if 

 flieltered in the winter will be more fecure, as well as keep 

 longer in flower. Will live in any foil, but thrives bell in a 

 Jlrong loam,. 



