XIII. 
CALENDULA OFFICINALIS.* 
(MARIGOLD. ) 
_ Sxnonyms.—Caltha officinalis, Matth. Caltha vulgaris, Bauhin. Solseginum 
aureum. Solis sponsa. Flos omnium mensium. Verrucaria, 
- Forrten Names.—Fy.: Le Souci de Jardin. Germ.: Die Gemeine Ringel- 
blume, Todtenblume. Dut.: Goudbloem. JItal.: Calendula, Fiore d’ogni mese. 
Span.: Calendula. Russ: Nogotki. 
Nat. Order, CorymBirer®, Juss.—SYNGENESIA, PoLYGAMIA 
NECESSARIA, 
Gun. Cuar.—Calyx simple, nearly upright, with numerous linear-lanceo- 
late, nearly equal divisions. Corolla radiate; florets of the disk nume- 
rous, tubular, semi-quinquefid, the length of the calyx. The Ray strap- 
shaped, very long, three-toothed, hairy at the base, without nerves, with 
pistils only. Stamens of the disk: filaments fine, capillary, very short ; 
anthers the length of the floret, inserted in a hollow cylinder. Pistil of 
the disk: germen oblong, three-cornered; style thread-shaped, scarcely the 
length of the stamens ; stigma obtuse, bifid, straight. Pistil of the ray: 
germen oblong, three-cornered; style thread-shaped; stigmas two, oblong, 
acuminate, reflexed. Pericarp: the permanent calyx converging and 
depressed. Sceds in the centre of the disk, none; in the circumference 
sometimes, but rarely, solitary, membranous, inversely heart-shaped, 
compressed; in the ray solitary, layers oblong, incurved, triangular, with 
membranous angle, marked on the outside longitudinally with the figure 
of a vegetable. Down none. Receptacle naked and flat. 
Sexe. Cuan.—Receptacle naked. Down none. Calyx with many divi- 
sions. Seeds in the circumference of the disk membranous. 
Fig. 1. Floret of the ray. 2. Floret of the disk. 3. Seed-vessel (magnified). 
* The word Calendula is derived from Calend, the months, because the plant 
flowers all the year through. 
