TUSSILAGO fraffrans 



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Fragrant Coltsfoot. 



Class and Order. — Syngensia, Polygamta Superflua. 

 Syn. Tussilago Fragrans. Curt. Bot. Mag. pi. 1388. 



Root creeping, fleshy — scape about eight inches high, woolly, appearing before 

 the leaves — leaves radical, large, cordate, margins crenate — young leaves 

 covered w^ith a deciduous down, cauline leaves cordate, sheathing the 

 stem — peduncles rising from concave bracteas — calyx many segments, 

 lanceolate, acute, tinged with brown — radiated florets ligulate, pink, 

 florets of the disk, five segments, white — style projecting, stigma dark 

 purple. 



This plant possesses little beauty to recommend it to our notice, 

 but its deliglitful fragrance, which strongly resembles the Heliotropium 

 Peruvianum, renders it an acceptable addition to our small stock of 

 winter flowers. It is a native of Italy, and was introduced into this 

 country by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, in 1806. Though frequently 

 treated as a green-house or frame-plant, it is perfectly hardy, and if 

 grown in a moist situation, it will spread so rapidly as to become 

 troublesome ; the best plan therefore is to confine it in a pot, and 

 plunge it in common garden soil, where it will flower about December 

 or January, without the least protection. 



This is the only species suitable for a flower garden. 

 PI. 51. 



