showy. JInvolucre of many imbricated, lax, linear-lanceo- 
late, acuminated, pubescent scales, which at length spread 
almost flat. Florets of the ray, all ofa pale, uniform yellow, 
cuneate, trifid. Germen abortive, crowned with five, small, 
subulate, chaffy scales. Florets of the centre perfect. Co- 
rolla tubular, bright yellow, tipped with purplish red, and 
clothed with stout hairs or bristles of the same colour. 
Anthers purple. Germen oblong, green, hairy at the base. 
Pappus of five white, membranaceous, chaffy scales, which 
terminate in long awl-shaped points. Stigmas long, linear, 
hispid, with purple red hairs. 
The principal difference between this and G. bicolor of 
our gardens, consists in the leaves being entire in the upper 
part of the stem, and in the ray of the flower being of one 
pale, uniform, yellow colour. Pursu described it from the 
Herbarium of Lewis, who found it in the Rocky Mountains, 
on dry hills. Mr. Doveras discovered it abundantly in dry 
soils, through a tract of country extending from the Rocky 
Mountains, to the Western ocean ; every where retaining 
the characters above mentioned, which distinguish it from 
the G. bicolor. It varies in size: for intermixed with the 
common appearance of the plant, Mr. Doveias saw many 
which did not arrive to a height greater than ten or twelve 
inches, and having all theleaves entire. It flowers in J uly, 
and will soon become common : the seeds having been in- 
troduced by the Horticultural Society, and by them liber- 
ally dispersed among our gardens. 
Fig. 1. Radical Leaf, natural size. 2. Fi 3. Floret of 
the Disk—Magnijfied. oret of the Ray. 
