CALENDULA OFFICINALIS. COMMON 
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Class and Order. 
Syngenesra NeEceEssariA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Composirz. ) 
Generic Character. 
‘Receptaculum nudum. Pappus nullus. Cal. polyphyl- 
lus, equalis. Sem. disci membranacea. Willd. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Catenputa * officinalis ; seminibus cymbiformibus muri- 
catis omnibus ineurvatis. Willd. - 
Catenputa officinalis. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1304. Willd. Sp. 
Pl. p. 2340, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 166. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 623. 
(8.) flore pleno. 
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Descr. Root annual, fibrous. Stem about a foot high, 
with many patent, dichotomous, or sometimes, trichotomous 
branches, striated, green, succulent, hispido- pubescent. 
_ Leaves oblong, acute, somewhat succulent, broad, and a 
little cordate at the base, the margins quite entire, often, 
_ 48 well as here and there upon the surface, hispid with short 
hairs. Flowers large, terminal, solitary upon each branch, 
Of a rich, full golden yellow, deeper and brighter previous 
to their full expansion. Involucre of many nearly equal, 
appressed, linear -subulate, piloso-hispid leaves or gti 
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* From Calende, the Calends, or the first day of every month, according 
to the Romans; in allusion to its bearing a succession of blossoms for a very 
long period—flower of every month. In France it is called Souci, or Solst, 
altered, according to Tuets, from solsequium, to follow the course of the 
sun. 
