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TROXIMON GLAUCUM. GLAUCOUS-LEAVED 
. TROXIMON. 
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Clafs and Order. 
SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA ASQUALIS. 
Generic Charaéter. 
-Receptaculum nudum, punéticulatum. Pappus pilofus, feffilis, 
Cal. oblongus, conicus, fimplex, aut {quamis inequalibus im- 
bricatus. 
Specific Characer and Synonym. 
TROXIMON oplaucum ; {capo unifloro, calycinis foliolis im- 
bricatis cufpidatis, foliis linearibus integerrimis utrinque 
glaucis. Purfb Fl. Amer. Sept. 2. p. 505+ 
In our cultivated plant the receptacle was flat, rather honey- 
combed than punéticulate; ca/yx in two feries, outer feries 
{carcely half the length of the inner, diftant, dark brown, conical, 
acute: inner feries linear-lanceolate, ereét, equal, green. 
Germen \inear-oblong. Pappus feffile, hairy. Leaves glaucous: 
nerves and veins whitifh, fheathing at the bottom. = 
The glaucous, flefhy foliage, uncommon in this clafs, and 
brilliant, though light, yellow flowers, contrafted with the long 
orange-coloured anthers, gives this plant rather a ftriking afpeét. 
A hardy perennial. Native of the Banks of the Miffouri, North- 
America. Introduced by Txomas Nuttat, Efg. Communi- 
cated by Meffrs. Fraser, from their American Nurfery, Sloane- 
Square. Flowers in May and June. 
