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TussILAGO FRAGRANS. SWEET-SCENTED 
: CoLTsFoorT. 
JHE EHS Rite 
Clafs and Order. 
SYNGENESIA. Surenr LUA. 
Generic Charafters : 
Cal. fimplex : {quamz zquales, difcum aquantes, fabmem- 
branacee. Cor. feminez ligulate f. edentule. ec. nudum. 
Pappus fimplex, feflilis. (Flo/culi pleri/que polygamo-dioici.) 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
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TUSSILAGO /fragrans ; thyrfo faltigiato, floribus radiatis, 
foliis fubrotundo-cordatis zqualiter denticulatis 
fubtus pubefcentibus. Willd. Sp. P/. 3. p. 1969+ 
- Perfoon Syn. 2. Pe 455: 
-TUSSILAGO fragrans, thyrfo corymbofo, pedunculis fub- 
ramofis, floribus_ reviter. radiatis, foliis acute 
crenatis integris reniformibus fubtus hirfutis. 
Pi 
Villars AG. Soc. Nat. Scrut. Parif. p. 72+ t. 126 
Said to grow fpontaneoufly about Naples ; but has not, that 
we know of, been noticed by any Botanift before VILLARS. 
Of late years it has been commonly cultivated in gardens in 
France for the fake of its fragrant flowers, which much re- 
femble in odour thofe of HeLiorropiuM peruvianum. It is 
as yet rather rare with us, but will probably foon 5 ei 
enough, being eafily propagated by its creeping roots. intro- 
duced by Mefirs. ra ioe eof gpy, at whofe Nurfery at 
Hammerfmith our drawing was taken, from a plant flowering 
in the greenhoufe before Chriftmas. It is however fufficiently 
hardy to bear our winters-in the open air, when of courfe it 
will blow later. fa Bas gis , ee 
