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Bevuis ANNUA. Lesser Datsy. 
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Class and Order. 
SynGENESIA PoLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. 
Receptaculum nudum, conicum. Pappus 0. Cal. hemis- 
phericus : squamis equalibus. Sem. obovata. | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
BEtuis annua ; caule subfolioso. Sp. Pl. 121. ed. Willd. 3. 
p. 21, 22. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 5. p. 86. Persoon 
Syn. 2. p. 460. | 
Bettis minima pratensis, caule folioso. Boec. Mus. 2. p. 96. 
t. 35. 
Betxis-LevcaANTHEMUM annuum italicum. Mich. Gen. 34. 
Bettis maritima, foliis Agerati. Bauh. Pin. 261. Prodr. 121. 
Bexuis minor. Cam. Epit. 655. quoad iconem. 
Betws annua. De Cand. fi. fr. 4. p. 186. 
M. De Canpo tz, in the last edition of the Flore Frangaise, 
makes four varieties of this species ; two stemless, the one 
villous, the other smooth; and two caulescent, the one 
branched and leafy (to which Micueui’s figure, added by 
Mistake to the first variety, should haye been applied) the other 
creeping. The branched leafy variety, Bettis ramosa of 
Lamarck, may perhaps be a distinct species ; but the other 
three appear to.belong to this ; which, at least in a cultivated 
state, Mr. ANpeRsoN observes, has, by no means, an annual 
root, but lives two or three years, the stem becoming in the 
second year more branched, and woody, at the lower part, 
the peduncles shorter and the flowers smaller and more 
coloured. We have given two figures of this species, the 
One on the left hand representing the plant in its first year 
from seed ; that on the right in its second year. 
M. Viviant 
