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Coreopsis continued. 



A genus of showy annual or perennial herbaceous plants. 

 Involucral bracts in two rows, the outer spreading, and the 

 inner combined at the base and erect ; receptacle furnished 

 with linear chaffy scales. Leaves opposite, sim- 

 ple, or sub-pinnate. Seeds flat on one side, con- 

 vex on the other, membranous at the edge, and 

 the pappus with two horns. Several species of 

 this genus are very handsome, having a distinct, 

 bright-coloured disk. The hardy annuals are 

 largely grown, under the name of Calliopsis, for 

 summer ornamentation ; for which purpose seed 

 should be sown in March, in a gentle heat, or 

 outside late in April. The perennials are also 

 of easy culture in ordinary garden soil, and may 

 be propagated by divisions of the root, in autumn 

 or spring ; or, during the summer, by young cut- 

 tings, which will strike freely in a cold frame. 

 Annuals, except where otherwise mentioned. 

 C. arlstosa (bearded), fl.-heads orange-yellow, large, 

 numerously produced in a terminal panicle. September. 

 I. deeply pinnatifid, with coarse, lanceolate segments, 

 glabrous, much branched, h. 3ft. United States, 1869. 

 See Fig. 517. 



C. aurea (golden). A.-heads with golden-yellow rays ; 

 disk-flowers dull yellow. Autumn. L various, more 

 commonly three to seven - divided, with lanceolate 

 divisions, h. 1ft. to 3ft. United States. A glabrous 

 biennial. See Fig. 518. 



C. auriculata (auricled).* fl.-heads yellow, with a band 

 of purplish-brown encircling the disk, generally soli- 

 tary ; peduncles very long and slender. Summer. /. en- 

 tire, or sometimes three-lobed. h. 1ft. to lift. United 

 States, 1699. Perennial. See Fig. 519. 



Coreopsis continued. 



C. bicolor. A synonym of C. tinetoria. 



C. oardaminefolia (Cardamine-leaved). jt.-he.adst yellow ; lower 

 part of ray-florets brown-purple. Summer. I. once or twice pin- 

 nately divided, h. bin. to 2ft. United States. See Fig. 520. 



FIG. 617. FLOWERS OF COREOPSIS ARISTOSA. 



FIG. 518. FLOWERS AND BUDS OF COREOPSIS AUREA. 



C. ooronata (crowned). fl.-heads orange, spotted with brownish- 

 purple ; peduncles elongated. Summer, autumn. I. opposite, in 

 remote pairs, spathulate, tapering at base, undivided, or cut in a 

 pinnateS manner. Stem erect. A. 2ft. Texas, 1835. (B. M. 3460.) 



C. dlversifolia (diverse-leaved). A synonym of C. Drummondi. 



C. Drummondi (Dru mm end's)." fl.-heads yellow, with a circle 

 of rich crimson-brown around the eye. Summer. I. pinnate, with 

 ovate or lanceolate lobes, h. 1ft Texas, 1834. A dwarf, spread- 

 ing, slightly hairy species. SYN. C. divergtfolia. See Fig. 521. 

 (B. M. 3474.) 



C. grandlflora (large-flowered).* fl. bright yellow ; ray-florets 

 rive-toothed, deeply cut ; peduncle elongated, one-flowered. Sum- 

 mer. I. opposite, connate, almost sessile, fringed with hair at the 

 base. h. 3ft. to 4ft. United States, 1826. Perennial. (S.B.F.G. 

 175.) 



C. lanceolate (lance-shaped).* fl.-htadt bright yellow, 2in. to Sin. 

 across; ray-florets four-toothed; peduncles long, usually one- 

 flowered. Summer. I. lanceolate, entire, fringed with hairs ; 

 upper ones slightly connate at the base. Stem sometimes 

 branched at the base. h. 1ft. to 3ft North America, 1724. 

 Perennial. 



C. maritima. See Leptosyne maritlma. 



a nndate (naked), jl.-he.ads pale bluish, or violet, the size of a 

 small single Dahlia. August. I. few, opposite, linear subulate, 

 rush-like. A. 2ft. to 4ft Florida (swamps), 1879. (B. M. 6419.) 



C. rosea (rose), fl.-heads with rose-red rays and yellow disk- 

 flowers ; ray-florets coarsely three-toothed or lobed. Summer. 

 I. opposite, linear or nearly so, entire, or the lower ones two to 

 three-toothed or tripartite. A. 1ft United States. 



C. tenulfolia (slender-leaved). A synonym of C. verticillata. 



C. tinetoria (colouring).* fl.-heads yellow, with a purple-brown 

 blotch at the base ; ray-florets few, broad, jagged at the tip. 

 I. pinnate ; segments linear, h. 2ft United States. A very 

 pretty slender-growing annual, of which there are several 

 varieties, differing in the colour of the flowers. SYM. C. bicolor. 

 (B. M. 2512.) 



C. t. nana (dwarf), fl.-heads, rays yellow above, brown-purple 

 towards the base. h. bin. to 1ft. A beautiful plant, differing 

 from the type in its 4 warfer habit. See Fig. 522. 



