COREOPSIS Grandiflora. 

 Large flowered Coreopsis. 



Class and Order. — Syngenesia Polygamia Frustranea. 

 Syn. Coreopsis Grandiflora. Sweet's B. F. G. Vol. '2. pi. 175. 



Root fibrous, creeping — Stem, tall, erect, branched. Leaves on short petioles 

 ternate, leaflets lanceolate, acute — cauline leaves becoming more li- 

 near. Flowers large, terminal, on long, slender peduncles — Calyx 

 double, exterior segments green, lanceolate acute; interior segments 

 brown, membranaceous — Corolla bright yellow, radiated florets 

 barren, dentate; florets of the disk fertile. 



This fine species is so similar to to C. Lanceolata, that it is only to 

 be distinguished by the leaf, the flowers being alike in form and 

 color, though perhaps a little larger in C. grandiflora — it was found 

 by Professor Nuttall in the Arkansas, and was sent by him to Mr. 

 Barclay about the year 1826 ; it is therefore from its late introduction 

 yet rare in'our collections, it promises to be of easy cultivation, its creep- 

 ing roots throwing up a plentiful supply of young plants from which it 

 may easily be propagated — a little protection in the winter may per- 

 haps be desirable. 



Amongst the most beautiful species of this genus are 



C. lanceolata 



— tinctoria. 



— verticillata. 



— tenuifolia. 

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