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Coreojisis lanccolata. Spear-leaved Coreopsis. — This species has 

 several stems, decumbent at the bottom, and thence arising obliquely 

 from a foot and a half to two feet in length ; at each joint a pair of 

 oblong leaves appear, with other .smaller ones ; the peduncles are 

 round and smooth ; the florets in the ray eight or nine, broad, with 

 four deep, large teeth at the end. It is a native of Carolina, and 

 lasts two or three years. .^ . 



Propagation and Culture. The propagation of these plants is 

 easily effected, either by slipping or dividing the roots in autumn, 

 when the stalks decay, planting them out where they are to remain, 

 keeping them clear fi'om Aveeds, and cutting down the stalks annually 

 in autumn, when they begin to decay. The fourth and fifth sorts 

 may be rendered more forward by the use of a hot-bed. They are 

 all well calculated for the more large borders and clumps, intro- 

 ducing them in the vacant spaces between shrubs. They exhibit a 

 great profusion of flowers until late in autumn. 



Medical Properties and Uses. These plants possess emetic, tonic, 

 diuretic, and diaphoretic properties ; although seldom used for either 

 of these purposes, and in order to produce the effect desired, large 

 quantities of the root, or decoction of the seeds is necessary. As 

 an emetic it operates very mildly. In extreme large doses it has 

 been known to prove cathartic. 



